POLYPODIUM. 



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POLYPODIUM 



ALBIDO-SQUAMATUM. 



Tab. LVIL 



P. frondibus longe stipitatis simplicibus aut alterne pmnatis, 

 pinnis petlolatis et frondibus simplicibus lanceolatis cuspidatis 

 repandis membranaceis glabrls tenulter parallelo-venosls supra et 

 ad marginem albIdo-sq;uamulatIs , soris solitarlis, stlplte rachiq^ue 

 glabrls, caudlce repente paleaceo-crlnito. Blume Fll. Ja^. 



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32. 3 



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/3. Frondlbus ad marginem modo albido-squamulosls 



Habitat : In sylvis Jma intcrioris ad montium altorum radices, semper arborum truncis vetustis innascens. 

 Varietatcm ;?, squarais tantumraodo mar{jina!ibus aberrantem, cl. Keiswardt iu insula Cclehes carj.sit. Etiam 

 viros infatijjabilps Ruul et van Hasselt formosa ha[:c species non latuit; ctcmra fragmenta ipsins in illorum lier- 

 bario hospitantur, adnotato habitaculo Batu-AwaLAA. flumen Tjiminiak provlnciai Baiitam. V. laniiato Sw. 

 proxlme acccdit, squamis autem, qunrum in illius deseriptlouc nuUa mentio fit, dincrre vidctur. 



FiLix Yenustissima, i-3-pedalis. 



Caudex repens, lignosus, crassitie pennce anserinasj extus fuscusj densissime 

 paleaceo-crinitusj annosior nudusj intus rufescens, supra frondigerj infra et e 

 lateribus radiculas elongatas^ simplices aut pinnatim ramosasj pallide fuscasj 

 rufo-villosas exserens. Palece imbricatae, elongatsej ovatcCj apice subito in acumen 

 longissimumj setaceum, rigidiusculum producta), Lasi rotundatce ycI insequali- 

 lobata^, intus plana;, extra convexaej medio fuscos, marginibus tenuioribus palli- 

 diorcs et ciliato-denticulatce. 



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Stipites 4-i8-pollicares, erecti, basi prope caudiccm incrassati, teretes aut 

 quidquam compressi, graciles, pennce passerince vel corvinae crassitie, losvigati. 



Frondes pinnatae, rarius simplices, longe aut longissime stipitat^, rachiglabra. 



Plnnce alternx, brcviter petiolatos (terminales 2 nunc sessiles, nunc subcon- 



iluentes) yJw^^^que simpUces 5-pollicares usque fere pedales, 4-15 unc. lata?, 



lanceolatae vel oblongo-lanceolata;, rarius lineari-lanceolatce, longissime slipi- 



tata?, basi oblique attenuatce, margine angusto cartilagineo cinctae, integerrimce 



aut leviter repandae, nunc undulatce, membranaceiK, glabra;, supra nitidiusculce 



et maxime ad margines squamis suborbicularibus lacteis adsperscc, subtus fcre 



opaca? ct pallidiores, costa utrinque distincta, subtus magis prominente, venis 



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