GYMNOGRAMME. 



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utrinque sub-pubcscentes, caudicis approximatx^ et appressce, stipitum rariores, 

 patulae; pulcre reticulatse, pallide fuscescentes. 



Stipites 2-6-pollicares, graciles, crassitie vix pennae columbina}; erecti vel 

 adscendentesj rarius tortuosij ccque ac raclies teretiusculi vel obsolete angulati, 

 supra canaliculati,pilis albidis patentibus aut dellexo-tortuosis liirsutuli, basi; 

 prxsertim juniores, paleacei, paleis in adultioribus et sursum evanidis. 



Frondes plerumque aggregatos, erectse.vel sub-cernuae; pinnatEe; circum- 

 scriptione oblongo-lanceolatce; 4-pollicares-pedales et ultra^ ih-^i poU. lata?, 

 membranaceae, virides, utrinque pilis albidis hirsutulaj, juniores circinata^ et 

 birsutissimos. 



Pm?Z(^ utrinque circiter io-i5; oppositae velalternce; superiores et inferiores 

 decrescentes; superiores sessiles aut adnata^, demum mag-is magisque approxi- 

 matae, ac in tcrminalem longe acuminatam, inferne pinnatifidam, superne serratam 

 confluentes; infimm minores, vix petiolatcC; sub-cordato-ovatoe, obtusa^ vel 

 obtusiusculai; grosse et obtuse dentata;, reflexo-patentes j intermedicc plerumque 

 plus I2 poU. longas, | poU. lata^, sessiles, magis patentes, laneeolatge; basi 

 insequali-truncatasj leviter pinnatifidse, laciniis sub-oppositis, ovatis, obtusis; 

 apice quidpiam . inasquali-crenulatis , superioribus magis falcatis , tandem in 

 acumen magis minusve elongatum confluentibus. 



SoRi ad lacinias pinnarum utrinsecus circa 3-4 in seriem simplicem dispositi; 

 venulis lateralibus simplicibus, a costula versus marginem oblique adscenden- 

 tibus inserti, nudi, inferiores oblongi aut lineares, apicales sa^pissime minores 

 et rotundi, prout in Polypodiis. Capsulce confertissimae, parvos, brevissime pedi- 

 cellatoe vel sub-sessiles, pallide fuscae, ellipsoideae, lenticulari-compressos , binc 

 annulo pallido, incompleto, elevato, parum articulato tectos, illinc veluti ad 

 basin versus oblique truncata; et transverse dehiscentes, nonnunquam pilis 

 nonnuUis, longis, simphcibus, pellucidis ornatae, et corpusculis intermixtce soli- 

 tariis, paululo saturatius tinctis, clavatis, materie grumulosa repletis, setigeris, 

 rarius nudis. iSJyo/YL' fusca?, reniformes. 



EXPLICATIO TABUL^, 



Planta ; magn, nat. 



Fig^ i - Pinnula fertills ; paululum aucta. 



Fig. 2. Fragmentum pinnulffi fertilis ; maximopere auct. 



Fig. 3. Capsula3 et corpuscula clavata; auct. 



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