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FILIGES. 



inus. Namquo non diffcrt a prima Grammilidum scctione, nisi soioium fornia in univcisum magis curvala 

 quippe qui, parifer in venis lalcralibus exortij in iisdcm vcrsus froitdis coslam dcllcclunlur, ct, ubi lacinul^ 

 parva? siblniet ndmodum approximala; sunl , seciis cosla? lon^itndincm confliiunt, IJoc autcm sola cx liondis 

 divisione laciniarumquc ipsius approximatione videlur pcndcre, quoniam inlcr eas quoquc Grammitides qua- 



rumfronssimplicissima est, quxdam specics occurrtmt, in quibns sori — ctiamsi minorem in gradum oblinuc 



costam versus dirigunlur, ct sa^pius simili rationc ntrobique connuunt, ast a marginibus frondis rellexis obtegi 

 nequeunt, quiainterslidum inter venas parencbymatc conjungitur. Quare salius censcmus , cjusmodi species 

 iicet froude pinnalifida, quoad babitum, a reliqms aliquantulum discrepant, tantummodo nt scclionem sc^rc- 

 gare,qua?cerle,proptersImjlcm venarumslructuram,rccliusliuc,quamadPo/>-^?or//rt,^ 



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FiLix pusilla, circitcr 4-5 poll. longa, caudice brcyi, ccespitoso, radiculis multis 

 filiformibus simplicibus nigro-fuscis hinc inde ferrugineo-lomentosis instructo 

 et, maxime sursum inter stipiles, paleis obtecto a-aUm, longis, angusto-laneeo- 

 latis, acuminatis, tenuibus, scariosis, flavidis, deciduis vel irregularitcr laceris. 



Frondes 10-20 pluresque, fascicukto-congestie, rectte vel adscendentes, 

 angusto-laneeolata}, aeuminatse, inferne in stipitem vix aliquot lineas longum 

 gracilem ancipitem glabrum angustatx^ profunde pinnatifido-dentatae, e mwn- 

 branaceo sub-coriacea^, glabra^, pallide virides, costil utrinque distineta. Lacinicc 

 alterna?, utrinsecus decrescentes, sub-dentiformes, integerrimoe, uninervia; • 

 inferiores e basi decurrente acuta^, sub-triangula), plance, steriles; superiores' 

 fere mde a frondis medio, fertilcs, latiores, falcato-obovat^, obtusa^, maro-ine 

 mfenore reflexo cucullatse. . ° 



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Soia solitarii, in pagina inferiore laciniarum obtusarum, obliqui vcl curvati, 

 dum laciniarum nervum prope totum oecupant, et versus frondis costam desccn- 

 dunt, magni, initio penitus inter laciniarum margincs reflcxos oeculti, in frondis 

 medio discreti, superiorcs confluentes. Capsulw numerosissima^, parva^ sub- 

 globosa^, pedieello longo tenui artieulato, haud per f ambitus annulo ex articuhs 

 11 composito pallide ferruginco cincta^, laxe reticulat^, flavidce, irregulariter 

 transversim dehiscentes. Spora^ globoso., pallidc fusc^, diaphana^, intcrdum 

 caudicula brcvi tencra auct^. 



EXPLICATIO TABUL.E. 



Fig. 3. Grammitis cucuUata; magn. naU 

 a.) Palea; caudicis, 



b.)Lac;„;. s.per;o,.cs sorophor» , margJnc ^nfcr^orc pari;,„ ;„flcxo, „t soror„„, ;„scrt;o „,„.!, 

 conspicua sit. , ^ ' 



c.) CapsuJte; omn, auct. 



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