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FILIGES. 



avenisej sicca;, costa media. quidpiam elcvata. Fertiles lincarcs, rarius spatulato- 

 oblongo3j i|-4-pollicares (in Zejlanicis breviores), plcrumque vix plus 2 lin. 

 latae; apice obtusa?, basi in stipitem valdc angustatas, avenia^, costa mcdia quid- 

 quam distinctiore (maximc in Zejlanicis), infcrne vel carinata, subtus maro-ine 

 secundum longitudinem in sulco debili fructiflcantcs. 



SoRi linearcs, utrinque fere ad basin usque pertingentes, plerumqiie continui, 

 rarius interrupti, apice coadunati, turgidi, quasi ipsi folii margini inserti, utrin- 

 que per longitudinem margine parum elevato, continuo atquc membranaceo 

 limbati, exteriorc distinctiore, interiorc sx'pe obliterato. Capsulm numerosis- 

 sima?, parvae, sphieroidea?, saturatc ferrugineos, Iiinc annulo lato incomplcto, 

 demum adscendente cincta;, illinc irregulariter dehiscentcs, inferne pedicello 

 tcnero diaphano suffulta?. Sporm majuscula?, ovales aut reniformcs, punctis 

 multis asperis muricatce , pcllucida^ , flavicantc-hyalince. 



VI T.ENITIS 



SWARTZ. WILLD. 



SwARTZ Sjn. Fil. p. 24. 5. 



WlLLD. Spec. Plant.V, p. i35. ' 



Pteridis spec. Willd. Phjtogr. I, p. i3. 



CHARACTER DIFFERENTIALIS : 



ri ' 



' SoRUS linearls, longltudinalis, contlnuus aut quandoque inter- 

 ruptus , Inter costam marglnemque frondis. 



Indusium nuUum. 



I 



Veget : Flllces terrestres. Frondes pinnatai, sub-membranace£e, 

 venis laterallLus multls, tenerls, approximatls , dichotomo- 

 retlculatis, subtus utrinque costam Inter marglncmcpe plnna- 

 rum tectse soro longltudinali, lineari, nonnuncjuam c|uldpiam 

 interrupto. Sororum situs in hocce genere memoratu dignlssl- 

 mus est. Etenim sorlmlnime, utl In rellcfuls Filicibus, secundum 

 venarum directionem vel versus earundem apices oriuntur, 

 sed Ipsas transverse persecant. QuAre venas cjuidem paulo for- 

 tlus contrahunt, ast nulM plane ratione suo interpellant cursu. 

 Sin autem vena; laterales, multlpllciter dlchotomo-ramosai, 



