TAB. CXXIV. 
HYMENOPHYLLUM AXILLARE. 
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FILICES.—GvrnarTzx. Br.  PorvPopnracEzX. Kaulf. | Frinricxs vere. Willd. 
Grzw. Cuag. HYMENOPHYLLUM, Sm. Sori marginales. | Capsule sessiles, receptaculo 
communi cylindraceo inserte, intra Jzvolucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exte- 
rius liberis. 2. 
HyMxeNoPnvLLuM azillare; fronde oblongo-lanceolata pinnata, pinnis pinnatifidis segmentis sim- 
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plicibus furcatis vel iterum pinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus emarginatis integerrimis glabris, 
involucris orbicularibus, profunde bilabiatis. 
Hymenophyllum axillare. Swartz. Ind. Occ. p. 1750. — Syn. Fil. p.148. JZFilld. Sp. PI. v. 5. 
p.532. Spreng. Syst. l'eget. v. 4. p. 132. 
Has. In montibus altissimis Jamaicz, ad truncos arborum muscosos locis umbrosis. Swartz. 
Ex eadem insula communicaverunt DD. Lunan, Hisgson, et VW'iles.- 
Caudex filiformis, repens, ramosus, hic illic fibras paucas emittens. 
Stipes brevis, gracilis, teres, nudus, vix semiunciam longus. 
Frons digitalis et ultra, circumscriptione, oblongo-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, flaccida, pinnata, pinnis subpollicaribus 
lanceolatis, pinnatifidis, segmentis superioribus simplicibus, intermediis plerumque furcatis, inferioribus non 
raro iterum pinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus, integerrimis, glabris, costatis, reticulatis, apice emarginatis. 
Rachis nuda, vel hic illic, ob pinnas decurrentes, marginata. 
Sori solitarii in laciniis brevibus pinnarum supremarum terminales. 
Involucra orbicularia, basi solummodo subcuneata, immersa, laxe reticulata, textura frondis, infra medium bi- 
labiata, labiis integris. | 
Receptaculum inclusum. 
Capsule paucse, in singulo involucro, plerumque 4—5, majuscule, peltatee. 
Semina angulata, subpellucida, pallide flava. | 
Fig. 1. Pinna superior cum soris. f 2. Involucrum. f. 3. Capsula. f 4. Semina:—magn. auct. 
This species, contrary to the habit of the greater number of the genus, has the rachis naked, or. 
only slightly margined here and there by the decurrent bases of the pinne: hence the primary 
divisions are truly pinnated, the rest pinnatifid. 
