GYMNOGRAMME. 



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digituli, sordide fuscus, sub-lignosus, palcis ferc denudatus, undique obtectus 

 radiculislongis, filiformibus, sub-simplicibuS; fulvo-tomentosis^ stipitum reliquiis 

 intermixtis, sursum frondes plures sub-fasciculatas exserens. 



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FuoNDEs stipitat^j stipitem ^-irpedal^m, adscendentem , sub-tetragonum , 

 pube densa pallide fuscescente birsutum, imprimis inferne paleis sparsis obses- 

 sum longitudine parumper exsuperantes, circumscriptione sagiltato-oblongce, 

 longe acuminatge, pinnatas, ad rachin sub-tetragonam supra obiter canalicu- 

 latam hirsutissimse : juniores circinato^, paleis siniihbus (ac stipitum basis) 

 oblongo- vel hneari-lanceolatis varie patentibus arctissime reticulatis extus 

 puberulis fuscis ornatae. 



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PiNN.E utrinsecus 6-8, quin computentur nonnullae ex supremis sensim decre- 

 scentibus et in pinnam terminalem latam ovatam acuminatam pinnatisectam 

 coalescentibus, oppositas, exceptis inferioribus deflexis patentissimce, sessiles, 

 2^-4 poll. longx, f ad fere i^ poll. latse, oblongoc, sursum in acumen acutum vel 

 acuminatum rectum leviterve arcuatum attenuatae, basi truncata^ et interdum 

 inaequikterales, grosse inciso-crcnata? s. obiter pinnatifido), membranaceae, utro- 

 bique, maxime ihfra ad costam in venisque, hirsutulx. Lacmuc breves, rotun- 

 datae, integerrima^ vel obsolete repanda? et sub-reilexas ; inferior lateris sursum 

 spectantis rehquis haud raro magis elongata. Vence ratione fere eadem, qua in 

 Menisciis, distributse, i. e. laterales paraUelse divisse in venulas breves, qua; 

 connectuntur sub anguhs acutis, conjunctis per ramulum sub-flexuosum, usque 

 in laciniarum sinum procurrentem, basi autem pinnarum costam non attin- 

 gentem. 



Soiu venulas transvcrsas bccupantes, angulatim confluentes, interdum venu- 

 lam connexivam flexuosam tenentes, hneares, ab initio palhde virescentcs, dein 

 cinnamei et demum fuscescentes, intus ssepe margine hmbati tenuissimo membra- 

 naceo, e venula} dilatatione exbrto sensimque corrugato, rarissime paleis cito 

 evanidis tenerrimis tecti. Capsulce sub-globosa?, sub-sessiles, juventute corpu- 

 cuhs minutis globosis glandulaceis breviter pediceUatis commixt^, annulo sub- 

 completo articulato, sursum juxta annulum setis pluribus albis erectis cxornatae 

 irregulariter transversim dehiscentes. Sporos sub-reniformes, scabriuscula? , 

 fusc3e, opacse. 



EXPLICATIO TABUL.E. 



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Planta minor Gymxogra_mm/E ^fe^wo^/Y//;^;;^^; magn. jiaU 

 Fig' r. Paleaj caudicis ; auctce. 

 Fig. 2, Fragmentum pinnas ferlilis ; auct. 

 Fig- 3. Capsulffi; itidem aitct. 



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