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FILICES. 



brevior et stcrilis paiiUo longius stipitata magisque ovata , basi simul magis rotundatS. Varietas /3 autem , quam 

 uvidis montis Salak nemoribus detexi , gaudct fronde sterili sub-sessili , orbiculari et utrinque pube rarissima 

 stcllata adspersa , id quod forte loco natali potest attribui, Ut species liKC ab A. ohovalo Bl., mox describendo, 

 facilius dignoscatur, iconem tam planta; CelehiccEj a cel" Reiswardt ixpcrta; , quam varietatis ,Q adjecimus. 



Caudex longissimus, filiformis, tenax, hinc inde ramosus, in truncis rcptans 

 radiculisque cortici illorum intime annexus, subtus unisulcatus, fuscus, at 

 squamis teneris vclut ferruginco-hirsutus. RacUculce tencroe, brcYcs, simplices 

 vel suL-pinnato-ramosae, villo atro-fuscescente oLductae. 



Frondes simplices, sub-alternx, dispai'cs, coriaceic vel suL-carnosa?, planius- 

 culas, supra palhde virides, exsiccando hepatic^. 



Stipes sterilium vix linearis vel Lrevior, fertihum |4-poUicaris et ultra, prope 

 caudicem paleis multis setaceis ornatus, sursum quidpiam steUato-tomcntosus. 

 Palece caudicis stipitisque conformes, angusto-lanceolatae vel subulatae, acumi- 

 natissimse, longe ciKatae, Lasi puncto oLscure ferrugineo annexae, marginibus 

 liberse, tenerrima), laxe imbricatae, tenuissime membranacea?, breviores et inferne 

 pro portione latiores in speciminibus Jamnicis, quam Moluccanis, 



Frondes steriles numeroste, ^-| uncias longae totidemque lat^ vel adhuc 

 minores, sub-sessiles vel suL-peltatai , sub-rotundaj aut ovato-rotundata? , 

 obsolete cordatae vel basi rotundata^, nunc integerrimoe, nunc paululum repand^, 

 ecostatse, avenise, supra pihs steUatis solitariis consita?, dcmum la;vigatie, 

 subtus incano-tomcntosa?, pubc steUata ferruginea velat^. Fertiles pauciores, 

 longiores, angustiores, i-i|-pollicares, 2^-5 lin. lata;, oLovatie aut oblongo- 

 spatulata;, basi cuneatai, integerrima;, supra obsolete unicostata^, avenijc, 

 glabriuscul^ pubeve steUata adspersa?, subtus ex toto capsuhs pihsque longis 

 steUatis ferrugineis obtecta;, et ideo convexiuscul^. 



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Capsul^e inter pUos stcUatos immersai, pediceUo longo tenuissimo fulta^, 

 spha^ricaj, lenliculari-compressiusculse, fusco-nitentcs, hinc annulo incompleto 

 articulatoinstructfe, iUinc elastice dehisccntcs. Articuli annuh numerosi, consti- 

 pati; ubi latus liberum capsul^ attingunt, latiorcs et tenuiores, annulum quasi 

 spurium laxum formantes. Sporc^ ellipsoidea^, vix angulata^, paUide fusc^ 

 diaphana^. ' 



EXPLICATIO TABUL^. 



Fig. i. Acrostichum nummularifolium Sw., Celcbicum; magn. nat 

 Palea caudicls ; magn. auct. 

 Capsulas pJHs stellatis tecta: ; auct: 

 Capsula; ; quam maxime auct. 



Fig. 2. A. nummularifolium Sw. , ^ su/fcltatum; magn. nat. 



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