﻿MathewsianoE. N. O. Fillces 



TAB. XCVi 



BleCUNUM PECTINATU3r. 



Fronde ovato-lanceolata profunde pinnatifida, laciniis approxi- 

 matis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, infimis (seu pinnis) liberis, son's 

 utrinque ad costam, capsulis numerosissimis demum feretotani 

 fere superficiem inferiorem tegentibus, stipite elongato sub- 



paleaceo. „ 



Hab. Sent by Mr. Mathews with " Pohjpodium, n. ISOa; 

 hence probably an inhabitant of the same place, Casapi, in 



the Cordillera of Peru. . , 



C^spitosa. Slipites spitham^i erecti, teretes, hinc sulcati, sub- 

 paleacei. Frondes palmares, circumscriptione ovato-lanceo- 

 lata, apice solnmmodo attenuat^e, acnmine integro, profunde 

 pinnatifuk., laciniis approxlmatis, falcat.s 1-^^-°^ «"S-^ 

 Lutis, infimis solummodo, seu pinnis, Uber.s. f--^. mq" 

 ad costam insert!. CapsulcB copies^, demum totam fere par 

 tern inferiorem lacinias occupantes. ^lefTntrnish- 



From the B.polypodloideso^ Raddi th.s is at «- j^^'"/;' ' . 

 able by its mo.^ closely placed and narrower In.., not b^ 

 coming gradually smaller and deltoid at the ^ ' ^^^ ^^. 

 innnmerrble capsules which force back the involutes, and 

 almost the whole under surface of the lacm.^. 



Fig. 1. Inferior lacinia or pinna : 



magnified. 



