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fila libera conferta gerens. Stomata magna, 8-9 cellulis triseriatis for- 

 mata. Gellulae epidermidis maxime incrassatse, parietibus trabeculatis, 

 trigonis magnis subnodulosis. Squamae posticse oblique ovatas, medio in- 

 fero purpureo (unde nomen « maculata ») supero hyalino, appendiculum 

 squamse sequilongum, lanceolatum spina singula supra basin armatum, 

 apice setaceum. Pedunculus brevis (5 mm,) crassus stramineus, subteres, 

 laxe cellulosus, ubique paleis longis hyalinis hirtus, barba apicaUs pauci- 

 paleacea. Carpocephala disciformia, parum convexa parva, lobis centro 

 eequilongis, haud solutis, grosse papulosis, emarginatis, ob papulas pro- 

 minentes margine lobulatis, cum involucro sequilonga et similiter lobu- 

 ato obconico-hiantibus, margine crispatulis. Perianthia ovato-oblonga, 

 acuminata, ore breviter rostrato-tubuloso. Capsula dilute brunnea, oper- 

 culo trigonis magnis incrassato. Sporde 70 [x, fusco-brunneae, alis angustis, 

 crenato-lobulalis. Elateres 144 [jl, crassi, stricti, sequilali, rufo-brunnei, 

 monospiri, spiris hgulatis. Andrcecia in ramulis parvis posticis minuta. 

 Hab. Himalaya, Sansidara. 3000 ' engl. (DuLhie). 



10. Fimbriaria Wallichiana L. und L. Pug. PI. lY, p. 4. 



Dioica? major, viridis, postice purpurascens, tenera. Frons ad 25 mm. 

 longa et 5 mm. lata, ex apice vel e latere coslae innovata, rarius furcata, 

 antice subplana, postice plano-convexa, costa fronde 5-pIo angustior bene 

 producta, alis attenuatis, venosis, margine crenulatis et plicatulo-crispatis. 

 Stratum anticum in medio frondis costse sequialtum, cavernis angustissi- 

 mis, sub poro fila libera longa valdeque aggregala gerentibus; stratum 

 hypoporum ilaque quasi ut in Ricciis. Stomata magna, 6-ceIIuIis quadri- 

 seriaLisformata, valdeconvexa; cell. epidermidis lenerse. Squamae posticse 

 magnse, purpureae, imbricatse, appendiculo magno lanceolato simplici vel 

 plus minus grosse laciniato, laciniis fihformibus e margine appendiculi 

 ortis. Pedunculus brevis (semper) 3 mm. longus, apice barbatus, paleis 

 brevibus, lanceolatis hyalinis vel purpureis. Carpocephala disciformia. 

 parum convexa, grosse papulosa, lobis profunde discretis brevibus recte 

 patulis cum involucro aequimagno ad annulum reductis. Perianthia itaque 

 longe (ad 70 exserta, ovata, sat longe acuminata, recte patentia. Capsula 

 tenera rufescens, operculo valde incrassato. Sporde 63 ^, fusco-brunnese 

 repando-alatse. Elateres breves 180 ^ mono-vel bispiri. Androecia 

 ignota. 



Hab. Birma (Wallich) Bhotan (Griffith) Ind. orient. Bhor Ghat 

 (Schiffner). 



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