Walkeriane. N. O. Filices. 
DCCCCV. 
GYMNOPTERIS QUERCIFOLIA, Bernh. 
Frondibus ternatis, pinnis sterilibus membranaceis subciliatis 
lateralibus subcordato-lobatis sessilibus inequilateralibus 
intermedia maxima petiolata sa Mage sinuata lobata, 
imo, pinnis linearibus, 
stipitibus inferne precipue squamosis, caudice repente. 
Gymnopteris quercifolia.— Bernh.-Presl. Tent. Pterid. p. 244. 
Acrostichum quercifolium, Retz. Obs. Bot. 6. p. 39. Sw. Syn. 
Fil. p.12. Schkh. Fil. 2. 4. 3. 
Osmunda trifida, Jacq. Coll. 3. p. 281. ¢. 20. f. 8, 
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eptochilus quercifolius, Fée, Mem. sur la Fam. des Fougeéres. 
- 88 
p- 88. 
Has. Ceylon, (Vahl.) Mrs. Genl. Walker, Gardner, n. 1170. 
Madras Peninsula, Dr. Wight, Herb. Propr. Cryptog.n. 46. 
China and Cochinchina, Moreau, Turanne, ie Gaudichot, 
(according to Presl). 
well or accurately. 
Botanist will scarcely consider it can, with ropriety, remain 
in Acrostichum. Bernhardi and mn 
ibus,” characters not very intelligible to us. Our present plant 
1s remarkable for the lencth and slenderness of the fertile 
frond, and small size of Ke i 
sterile one. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a sterile frond, J: 2. Portion of a fertile 
frond :—magnified. 
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