POLYPODIUM. j3 



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Ca™.x an arborum truncis longissime repens, lortuosus, lignosus, tenax, cras- 

 s^tudme ere pem,. anscrin., totus dense paleacco-criniLs, sr^ra Crdcs/ 

 mfra ct e ater,bus radiculas emittcns. &.&.fcnumerosa=, tcnerrimx, ramosx 

 pass:m nr r:cata., cmeracco-fusca., nudiuseulx. Palece imbricatx, apprcssx au^ 

 patute, eongata., bneari-subulata., acuminatissim», supernc plcrumVe fissx, 

 urfcrne mtegerrzmx, juniores albida^ et nitentcs, basin yersus ferruginca. ct per 

 punctum sphacelatum subpeltato-aJnxaB, adultiores cineraceo-fusca^ , dcmum 

 mgra, ct dccidua,, omnes tenuissima^, glabra., arctissimc striata, et basin ycrsus 

 paululum reticulatGe. 



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STmTES breyes, H-poUicares, inter paleas cmersi, basi subtortuosi, supra 

 canahculati, mfra rotundati, e fusco flavicantes, glabri. 



Frondes .^-5-pollicares, H poll.- lata^, subconformes, simplices, integra.^ 

 hneares stenles plerumque minores ssepiusque spatulatoe; obtusie (maximc 

 steriles), basi attenuat^, integerrima^, rcYoluta^, coriace^, rigidce, glaberrim^ 

 nitidos, costd medi^ supra plan4, leviter sulcatd, subtus prominuM, rotundat^' 

 avemos (lucem vcrsus spectato^ vcnis rcticulatis teneris), fertiles ob soros pagina^ 

 mferiori profunde immersos ad margines tuberculis parvis globosis obsit^. 



SoRi solitarii, utrinque circiter 7-15, margini approximati atque paralleli, 

 rotundi, nudi, primum cavitatibus profundis absconditi, tandem magis magisque 

 convexo-emergcntcs, ferrugineo-fuscescentes. Capsul(^ numerosissimee, primum 

 subsessiles, postea pediccllis magis magisque elongatis, peripheric^ longius 

 pedicellatffi quam centrales, sphseroidea) , basi tamen ahquantulum attenuata;, 

 fuscse, hinc annulo lato, plano, ferrugineo, ilhnc dehiscentes. Inter capsulas 

 corpuscula pauca, subsessiHa vel nonnunquam longe pedicellata, clavata, ferru- 

 ghiea aut saturate purpurascentia, quie partim capsula; nondum cvoluta: esse 

 videntur. Sporce ovalesj hinc planiusculx*, ilhnc dcpress^, fuscai, lccves, 



/3. Frondlbus oLovatis rotundatis aut lanceolatis oLtusiusculis. 



Habitat : A VAN Hasselt admontem ignivomum Pulusarie provlncia; Bantam lecta. Prccsertim fromles steriles 

 (1-j poll. longec, f poU. lats) formam modo defmilam exhibent, soris aliquot jam sccpius instractcc, fcrtiles 

 autem magis lanceolata! sunt, fere 3-pollicares , vix^unc. lata;. 



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r- Frondibus elongatis lineari-lanceolatis obtusiusculis ^ut 

 obtuse acuminatis. 



Habitat : Ad Passir-Ipis provinciLT Bm/enzorg, longitudine fron(Iecj_ue minus rigida insignis, 4-8 polL longa, 

 vix I polL lata- 



EXPLIGATIO TABULiE. 



Fig> I. PoLypODiUM stenophyllum ; inagn, nat, 



a-) Fragmentum frondjs soropliora) verlicaliter sectuni j aiict. 

 h.) Capsulec ; auct. 



