546 NAMES AND OBSERVATIONS ON INDIAN PLANTS. 



suggested by this plant, which has its flowers in a capitnlnm. 

 — Brown s MSS. 



Cometes abtssinica. (Brown MSS.) Tab. 18. 



Foliis lineari-lanceolatis, mucronatis, pungentibus ; sti- 

 pulis liberis ; ramulis pulvereo-pubescentibus, scabris ; 

 fructus involucri ramulis pinnatis, patulis. — Brown MSS. 



Saltia adyssinica, Brown apud Salt, in Itin. Abyssin. 

 Append. B. p. 376. 



39] Abelmoschus. 



Calyx 5-dentatus, spathaceus, deciduus, cinctus involucro 

 {calyce exterior e) 5 — 10-partito. Stigmata 5. Capsula 

 5-locularis, valvis medio septiferis, polysperma. Semi n a 

 calva. — Brown MSS. 



41] SpHtEROPTERIS. 



Involucra dorsalia, e medio venulae orto, pedicellata, 

 sphaerica, clausa, verticahter dehiscentia, bivalvia. Cap- 

 sule pedicellatae, receptaculo communi convexo insi- 

 dentes. — Brown MSS. 



Habitus Aspidii, caudice nullo, frondibus decompositis, 

 venulis subtus glandulosis, stipite rachique paleaceis. — 

 Genus nimis forsan affine Biacalpi, Blume Enum. Plant. 

 Javan. p. 241 (fide speciminis Javanici a Domino Hors- 

 field anno 1818 communicati), quae similis habitu, venulis 

 glandulosis, medio soriferis, involucro sphaerico, clauso, 

 reticulata, areolis subrotundis, parietibus moniliformibus, 

 nodulosisve ; diversa involucro sessili, laceratim dehiscente, 

 capsulis vix pedicellatis, et receptaculo obsoletiori insiden- 

 tibus. Hoc ultimo charactere et reticulatione involucri a 

 Cyatheis nonnullis (involucro e medio venae orto) praesertim 

 distinguenda ; arctiore tamen affinitate nixa cum Woodsia, 

 mediante specie mexicana (W. meccicana Nob.) quae, ni 

 fallor, Physewatium molte, Kaulf. in Regensb. Bot. Zeit. 

 1829, 1 Band, p. 341, cui eel. auctor attribuit involucrum 



