AGROSTIGHUM. 



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F\iomfcrtilis 4f ro-poUicaris, 1-2 polL lata, sterili conformis, ast scepius obtu- 

 sior marginibusque tenuioribus diaphanis, subtus prceter margines costamque 

 capsulis onusta. 



r 



W 

 r 



ri 



Capsulce minutissim;», confertissimse, fuscae, ellipsoidetE; per f-f ambitus 

 annulo angusto sub-eleYato cinctse, lateraliter dehiscentes, filo tenero diapbano 

 annexce, Sporce minutissimiB, sub-globosae , fuscae. 



- /5. Frondibus utrinque acuminatis obsolete punctato-sq;uamu- 

 losis. 



Habitat : ITkc varietas , quam van IIasselt in interioribus proviiicia; Bantam detexit , notatu videtur digna 

 ob frondes utrinsccus magis attcnuatas , marginc pellucido cinctas, et utrinque, maxime pagina infera pallidiore, 

 paleis punctisve minutis stcllatis pallide ferrugineis adspersas. In costa autem utrobic|;ue prominula, subtus 

 supcrficiarie unisulcala, hinc inde prscsertim versus basin palese occurrunt solitariac lineari-subuIatK, partim 

 laccra; , varie torta; , ferruginea; , magniludlue admodum inaiquales. Pariter caudex stipitumque basis quidpiam 

 incrassata paleis angustioribus quara in « veslitur. Ceterum supcrfluum rati, ob discrimina ista perlevia varie- 

 taLem hancce icone collustrare, adhuc notaraus, stipitem esse circiter 4-poIIicarem ac frondem ro-ii poU. 

 longam , latitudine nondum 2 poH. explente. 



2. ACROSTIGHUM conforme swartz. 



Tab. V. 



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A. frondibus stipitatis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis 

 rigidis sub-marginatis parallelo-venulosis supra glabris subtus 

 squamuloso-punctatis , fertilibus angustioribus longius stipitatis, 

 stipite inferne caudiceq;ue repente dense paleaceis. Bl. 



SWARTZ Syn. Fil p. 10. 4, et p. 192. Tab. I, Jig. i. 



WlLLD 



Spec. Pl. F, p. 107. 20. — Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 62, 



4 



Radd. FiL 



Brasil. p. 4. — Spreng. Syst. Feg. IV, p. 35. 2j. 



A. latifolium SwARTZ in ScHRAD. Journ. 1801, /?. 271. 

 A. ohlongum Desv. Journ. de Botan. i8i3, p. 211. 

 A. cemulum Blume Fil. Ja^. p. 100. 2. 



IIabitat : Planta revera omnivaga , quippe qua; in Promonlorio Bonce Spei, St.-Helend et Brasilid inventa , 

 et a nobis in regionibus altioribus montis ignivomi Gede Javce ab arbonim truncis Jecta. Ipsam prius pro 

 A. ivmuloKAvi.T . juniore putavimus (quod parumper certe ab A.con/brmi Sw. discrepare videturj, ast postquam 



