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38 FILIGES. 



nodulosusj sublus radiculas numerosas agens. Radiculce conferla^^ filifornies, 

 ramosai aut simplices, nun(j[uam ultra { ped. longa;, saepe vix poUicares, nuda: 

 "vel fulvo-tomentossej fusca;. 



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FROiVDEs numerosaij stipitata?, erectse; membranaceoej glabr^ : steriles ternata: 

 aut pinnis 5- 7, rarius 9, terminali plerumque proliferaj ferliles semper pinnatai 

 nec apice proliferae. 



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Stipes sterilium 5-8-poIIicaris, fertilium ciixiter pedalis, crassitie penna? cor- 

 vinas vel tenuior , teretiuseulus , liinc canaliculatus , sursum glaber el sordide stra- 

 mineus, deorsum fuscusj prope caudicem quidpiam incrassatus ^ laceris adspersus 

 reliquiis palearum, quibus junior circinatus totus obtegitur. Palece caudicis coacer- 

 vatae, imbricatGe, stipitis imi minus numerosa;, ovatse vel ovato-Ianceolatas, 

 acuminat^, fere integerrima; vel parumper eroso-denticulata^, reticulat^, fuscae, 

 infra macula saturatiore sub-peltatae, margine magis diapbanae, scariosae. 



Frons sterilis prouti et pinna^ sua3 magniludine valde ina;qualis; piniice ferti- 

 libus semper majores, plerumque oppositae, rarius alterna;, sessiles aut breviter 

 petiolatce, ovali-oblonga; vel oblongo-lanceolatce , magis minusve acuminatse, 

 basi aliquantulum, et sospe oblique attenuata?, leviter repanda;, eroso-crenulatse, 

 utrinque costa elevata venisque parallelis, interstitiis subtus reticulatis; terml- 

 iialis major, longius petiolata, apice utplurimum producta in caudam sa^pe 

 pedalem, angustam, sub-repandam, nutantem, sub apice proliferam; laterales 

 frondis ternata) sxpissime ovato -oblongK, basi minus attenuata>, in^quilate- 

 rales, latere interno nonnunquam obtuse auriculatae vel partitx. Plaiitce nos>ellce 

 e prolificationibus prognata; fronde constanter ternata, pinnis lateralibus mino- 

 ribus nec raro obtusis. 



FRONsfertilis: Pinnoe minorcs, paullo longius pctiolatai, lineari-lanceolatEe , 

 obtusa^, inferne in petiolum angustatoGj sub-integerrimoe, tenuiores, costata?, 

 obsolete venoso-reticulata?, supra glabra?, marginibus diaplianis capsulis con- 

 fertis obductai; terminalis aliquantulo major atque magis minusve acuminata. 



CAPsuLiE minutje, pallide fusca;, breviter pedicellata?, turgide lenticulares, 

 annulo obscuriore, sub-completo, latiore, elevato, cujus articuli versus basin 

 lateris, quo capsula dehiscit, magis extcnsi apparent. Sporce minutissimx, varie 

 depressa^, glabra^, pallide fusccc. 



EXPLICATIO TABULiE 



A.CROSTicnvMjlagelliferum; magn. nat. 

 Paleffi caudicls stipitisque ; auct. 

 Fragmentum frondis fertllis ; auct. 

 Capsula; ; multum adauct. 



