

TAB. CXIX. 



ACROSTICHUM FCENICULACEUM 



FILICES. — Gyratte. Br. 



Polypodiace^. Kaulf Filices verae. Willd. 9 Spreng. 



Gen. C 



iar. ACROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsula per totam paginam in- 

 feriorem frondis (interdum diversae) vel ad ejus partem sparsae. Involucrum nullum (nisi 

 squamulae, vel setae in quibusdam capsulis interstinctae) . Br. 



Acrosticku m foeniculaceum ; frondibus sterilibus reniformi-multifidis, laciniis repetitim dichotomis 



lineari-filiformibus fertilibus bilobis supra nudis, margine diaphano duplicato-crenato. 

 Hab. Supra truncos putridos arborum, in sylvis apud Esmeraldas, Amer. Sept. altit. 3000 ped. 

 D. Prof. Gul. tlameson. 



t 



Caudex longe repens, gracilis, squamosus, subtus radices plures, tenues, filiformes ramosas emittens. 



Stip 



longi, frondium sterilium et fertilium subaeque longi, erecti, graciles, squamosi 



Frondcs steriles, circumscriptione reniformes, duas ad tres uncias latae, repetitim dichotome ramosae, laciniis divari- 



catis, tenuissime linearibus, planis, obscure costatis, glabris, apicibus furcatis, acutis : fertiles vix unciam latae, 

 bilobae, lobis rotundatis, facie superiore nudo, margine diaphano duplicato-crenato, subtus vix squamulosis. 



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Capsula? numerosae, brevi-pedicellatge, globosae. 



Semina subglobosa. - 



Fig. 1 . Frons fertilis, subtus visa. f. 2. Capsulae. f. 3. Semina : — magn. auct. 



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Received, along with our A. tripartitum, from W. Jameson, Esq., whose love of 

 justly entitled him to the honour which has lately been conferred upon him, of the appointment 

 the Professorship of Natural History and Chemistry in the University of Quito. 



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We trust that 



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will 



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him still 



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magnificent country in which his residence 

 pensed his exertions in pursuit of plants, 



covered. 



pportunities for exploring the botanical riches of the 



The success which has already recom- 



now 



fixed 



a sufficient proof of how much yet remains undi 



