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2 POLYBOTRYA 



CrCUTARIA. 



Tab. II. 



P. fronde longe stipItatA tcrnatA in venis subtus fulvo-tomcn- 

 tosA , foliolis petiolatis pinnatifidis , sterilibus laciniis lineari- 

 lanceolatls acuminatis integris, superioribus obtusiusculls , late- 

 ralium InfimA exterlore elongata lanceolata pinnatifidA, stlpite 

 inferne paleaceo. Blume Fil. Ja9. p. 100. 2. 



Habitat : Cl. VAN Hasselt spcciem hanc ad ripas lapidosas TJikaloiig pravincix australis Bantam detexit, 

 Specimcn in ipsius Iicrbario servatum steiile quidem cst, asthabitu cum pixcedcnti adeo congruit, ut genci'i 

 Polyhotrya ipsam acccnsere nuHi dubitemus. Diflcrt a P. auritd Bl. imprimis foliolls petiolatis, profundc 

 pinnalifidis, longius accuminatis, quorum laciniae muUo-angusliores, magis acuminata; potiusque crecto- 

 patentcs, quam sub-falcata;. 



FiLix circitcr i ^-2-pedalis. 



Caudex oMiquus, prope subterraneus j lignosusj brevis, crassiusculus, inter 

 stipitum reliquias undique radiculas exserens, sursum squamis multis coacer- 

 vatis horrens. Radiculce 4-8-pollicares , horizontali-proserpentes, fuscsej inferne 

 filiformesj et in fibrillas multas teneras tortuosas diYisae. Stipitum relicjuice soli- 

 tarice, appresscCj teretiusculos, fistulosa?, fragiles. 



Froisdes 7-10-pollicares, stipitata;, e parte caudicis superna alia supra aliam 

 exortae. 



SriPES 8 poU. ad i ped. longus vellongior, erectus aut sub-tortuosus, e fusco 

 atro-purpurascens , inferne crassitudine pennGe corYince, sub-trigonus, paleis 

 sparsis, sursum tenuior, teretiusculus , glaberrimus, binc sulco levi sursum 

 sub-tomentoso exaratus. Prolificationes in petiolorum axillis baud rarb obvia^, 

 sobtariGe, parvse, squamis plurimis teneris efformatce, inferne ssepius fibrillas 

 plures llliformes, simplices, tortuosas, sub-tomcntosas, emittenles. Palecc caudicis 

 stipitisque circiter 15-Iineares, lineari-subulata? , acuminatse; caudicis erectius- 

 culse; stipitis patula? aut varie flexae, membranaceae , fuscae, margine denticulato- 

 sub-ciliatce ; prolificationum longe minores. 



ri 

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Frons sterilis ternata, circumscriptione ovata, 5-8-pollicaris, et vix angustior. 

 Foliola breviter petiolata, magnitudine inaequalia, acuminatissima , profunde 



pinnalifida, membranacea, in costa media venisque primariis supra ferrugineo- 



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