DELESSERIA. i85 



Seba Tlies. III. p. 191. t. 112. n. 10, 



Fuciis venosiis, Linn. ?.Iant. p. 3i!?. — Web, 

 & !\Iolir Beytr. p. 275. (Specimen capsiiliferiim}* 

 Tiirn. Hist. t. ijS. (Spccimea soriferum). 



Ad Caput Bonce vSpei. 



Speciiiiina dederunt iMcrlcns & Desfontaines. 



Rr-dlx calloso- jcntu.Iata, sed fibris repcns. /'rows 

 basi filiforiiii-j mox pUma, iireari - cuncala, paliiiaris-r^ 

 pcdalis, vage frsa, segDientis snblinearibus apice ro- 

 tundatis Cv^ erosts, costa quidem nulla, sed venis ad[ 

 basiii q'5asi iu co-iaia a;:;^:^^ pgatis, n.ox divisis ^Z lon- 

 ^iiudinaliter fere progrcdienL.biH, sed hic illic ana- 

 stoiuosantibas, elcva'is, in specimine capsulifcro gra— 

 cilibus, in sorifero lalioribus. Fmdns diiplex. i. cap- 

 sulifi s].iijericye, ad utrani';ue paginam clevat.ne, semi- 

 ni sinapcos a:quales, f^dr.]jLilum includeules, extus se- 

 ininibus dense aggregalis ania-nissimc roseis, ovaiis 

 vcl sjduericis, inlus e massa fibro^a hyaiina, in qua 

 iusident semina quasi pedicellis afTixa, constilrituni; 

 2. sori ex inlervaiiis venaruin elficiuntur, semini- 

 bus ibi sparsis ania:ne rubris globosis, sed in;aqua!is 

 Hiagniiudinis. Color amocne cocciiieus ,' exsiccaiion» 

 sxpe laferitius. Subsfantia membianaceo-cartilaqiinea. 

 Structiira sorifcraruni reticulato-cellulosa , cellulis 

 roseis, irregularitcr hcxagonis, ductij^us hyalinis se- 

 paratis; capsuliferarum, cellulis magis irregularibits 

 densioribus ductibus in'crcella: ibus minus conspicuis. 



Fructus hujus spcciei Tuinrro quidcm ignotus^ 

 unde de idcntita'e spcciei a \\ cbero & Mohrio de- 

 SCriptse valde dubitat. E descriptione nostia apparet 

 dtias formas inducrc lianc specicm, alleranj capsuLfcraui 

 quam descripscrunt Weber & IMohr, sub-.tantia lenu- 

 iore, venis gracilibus e medlo quodammodo divcrgcn— 

 tibus, alteram a Turncjo pictam, substantia crassiore, 

 venis latis crebre anastoiijo>an:ibus, arcolis j^elluci- 

 dis soros includenl^bus. Ob hanc diversam foimam 

 a:i^re diaarnosis proj^jonitur. Capsul e in co mcmora- 

 biles, quad globulus inclusus in centro c massa fibro- 



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