Lindeniane. N. QO. Filices. 
TAB. CDLXXXVIII. 
ScoLopenprium LinpeEnt. 
Fronde lineari-oblonga obtuse attenuata integerrima basi cordata 
sublonge stipitata, stipite superne costAque inferne subtus 
ferrugineo-lanatis, venis ad basin bifurcatis venulis seu ramis 
hl . 
a. 
Has. On old oaks, Chamulars, Prov. Chiapas, Mexico. Linden, 
Herb. Mex. n. 1543. : 
Caudexr ——? Stipes subbiuncialis, superne squamis angustis 
subulatis ferrugineis lanosus. Frons vix spithameea, } unc. 
lata, lineari-oblonga, coriaceo-membranacea, integerrima, mar- 
ginata, apice obtuse attenuata, basi cordata, superne glaber- 
rima, subtus, precipue ad costam basin versus, ferrugineo- 
lanosa. Ven usque ad basin furcate; venule approximate, 
parallel, oblique horizontales, simplices, apicibus paulo infra 
marginem liberis clavatis ; venula superiore et venula inferiore 
moOx superioris vene soriferis. Sori lineares longitudine 
variabiles. 
This would be a true Scolopendrium of Presl, having the 
veinlets free at the apices, not there connected by reticulated 
veinlets as in his Antigramma. As a species it is quite different 
from any described one ; but its nearest affinity is perhaps with 
8. longifolium of Pres| (Relig. Henk. p. 48, t. 9, f. 1.), a native 
of Luzon. That, however, has much longer fronds, is quite 
oe glabrous, and tapers at the base into the stipes. 
a og. 1. Portion of the fructified frond. 
Ee : f. 2, 3. Sporangia. 
— f.4. Sporules. J. 5. Scale from the costa painted. 
