a3a OSMUNDACE.E 



Ordo cxciv. 



OSMUNDACEiE 



(Reich: consp: I. p. 89. = Bartl: ord: oat: p. 18, 

 = Gleichenece et Osmundacece R. Br: prodr: ed: i . 

 p. 160. 161. et ed: 2. p. 16. ly. = Poropterides et 

 Schismatopterides W. sp: V. p. XXXXI. XXXXII. 

 = Poropterides , Osmundece et Gleichenece Spr: 

 sysl: IV. p. 40* 



Char: essentialis, 



» Capsulce in pagina inferiori frondium , saepius 

 » borum segmentis contractis vel omnino immutatis, 

 » in spicas simplices vel paniculatas congestae, seria- 

 » tim connatae annulo sive zona striata rarius obli- 

 » qua vel rarissime ( in Panicularia) soro nudo cin- 

 » ctae (Gleichenece R. Br:) , vel lihei^ce sive exannu- 

 » latce vertice radiatim striato (^Osmundacece R. Br:), 

 » rima longitudinali rarissime poro {Poropterides W.), 

 » vel apice 2 - valvi ( in Panicularia ) dehiscentes , 

 » utplurimum sessiles , indusiatae vel nudse. » 



Ohs: Ordo artificialis, constans ex Bartl: 12. ge- 

 neribus , quorum varia obscura, Plantae fere omnes 

 exoticae. 



I. OsMUNDA Lin: gen: ed: Scbreb: n. 1622. excl: variis 

 stirpib: = Spr: syst: n. 3224. = Lam: ill: t. 865. 

 excl: fig: i. 



» Copsulce sub-globosac pedicellatae a basi ad gibber 



