AGROSTIGIIUM. 



8. ACROSTICHUM obtusifolium willd. 



A. frondibus sterilibus obovato-oblongis basi attcnuatis apice 

 rotundato - obtusis sub - marginatis parallelo-venulosis coriaceis 

 glabi^is, fertilibus longius stipitatis angustioribus obtusis, stipite 

 teretiusculo glabro, caudice repente paleaceo. Bl^ 



WiLLD. Spec. Pl. F,p. 107. 21. — Blume Fil. Jav. p. 102. 6. 



Habitat : In montosis Jav<B occidentalis ad arbores ruposque basalticos muscosos , miaus frequens. Cl. "VViLii- 

 DErfow plantam sterilem et abscjue dubio valde juvcnilem dcscnpslt ; nostra enim partibus omnibus pro portione 

 major est, id quod etiam a loco provcnire posset. Quum Willdenow iconem Polypodii indicifacie tertU 

 Ereyn. Cent, igi, Tah. 0)^,ftg. intermed. qua optimam citet, et h^c speoiescuiii scq^uenti niaximam simililur 

 dinem alat, ipsam dclineare noluimus. 



FiLis totacirciter pedalis, siccata fusca. 



Gaudex brevisj lignosus, rcpens, crassiusculus, fuscus, parte emortua nudius- 

 culus, junior paleaceus et inferne dense cespitoso-fibrosus. Radiculce sub-sini- 

 plices, ferrugineo-Yillosa:}. Stipitum reliquice sola in.parte caudicis vetustiore 

 denudata solitariae, breves, atro-fusca^. 



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Frondes plures, approximatce, e superiore caudicis portione adscendentes, tam 

 steriles quam fertiles simplices et intcgr£e. 



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Stipites adscendentes vel erecti, teretiusculi vel, frondis maxime fertilis, 

 sub-tetragoni, supra canaliculati, basi sub-flexuosi et paleacei, sursum glabri, 

 proxime frondem marginibus bujus decurrentibus obsolete marginati, crassitie 

 penna? coryinoe, frondium sterilium 4-5-poIlicares, fertilium 5^7 -pollicares. 

 Patecaudicis stipitisque inferioris ovato-lanceolata; venanceolatce, acuminatGCj 

 margine setis sparsis, reticulatce, pallide ferruginece, membranaceo-scariosoe, 

 circiter 4-lineares, i-i^ lin. latai. 



Frons sterilis 6-7^-polIicaris, 2 poll. et ultra lata, obovato-oblongaj obtusis- 



sima, inferne in stipitem angustata, vix repanda vel rarius — e casu? sinuato- 



incisa, margine angustissimo pallido, plana, coriacea, glaberrima, nitidiuscula. 

 Costa media glabra, supra obsolete unisulcata, subtus prominula. VencG obsoletGC 

 supra quidpiam distinctiores, parallelae, marginem versus pler^que bifurcatse. 



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