TAB. CCXI. 
TRICHOMANES INTRAMARGINALE. 
FILICES.—GvnaATzx. Br. Porvropiaczzm. Kaulf. FiricEs vere.Willd., Spreng. 
Gzs. CHag. TRICHOMANES, Sm., Sw.  Sori marginales. 
communi cylindraceo insertze, intra Znmvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, 
textura frondis. Dr. 
Capsule sessiles, receptaculo 
TnuicHoMANES ?ntramarginale ; pumilum, frondibus erectis subbipinnatifidis, laciniis paucis lato- 
linearibus erecto-patentibus subundulatis opacis costatis nervo tenui paulo intra marginem 
sito apicibus retusis, involucris in apicibus laciniarum terminalium cylindraceo-campanulatis, 
ore patente brevissime bilabiato. 
Haz. Insula Zeylonz. | Communicavit Prof. Lindley. 
Caudexz filiformis, repens, tomentoso-radiculosus. 
Stipites perbreves, vix semiunciam longi, subtomentosi, superne alati. 
Frons unciam longa, erecta, rigidiuscula, subbipinnatifida; /acinic paucee, lato-lineares, vel lineari-oblongze, ple- 
rumque retuse, minute reticulatae, obscure virides, costat;e, nervo tenui paulo intra marginem sito. 
Involucra oblongo-campanulata, ad apices laciniarum supremarum omnino immersa, ore paululum dilatato, bre- 
vissime bilabiato, integerrimo. 
Feceptaculum 
Capsule inclusze, subglobosze, compresse, peltatze, annulatae. 
Semina subglobosa, flavo-viridia, subpellucida, limbo pallidiora. 
Fig. 1. Portio frondis cum involucris. f. 2. Involucrum verticaliter sectum, cum capsulis et basi receptaculi. 
f. 3. Portiolacinie. f. 4. Capsule. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. 
Of this little plant, which appears to us very distinct from any hitherto described Z7chomanes, 
we have only seen specimens in the state here represented, and in which the greater part of the 
receptacle is broken away. It is of a singularly lurid aspect, and very opake. 
