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fila libéra conferta gerens. Stomata magna, 8-9 cellulis triseriaüs for- 

 mata. Cellulae epidermidis maxime incrassatee, parietibus trabeculaüs, 

 trigonis magnis subnodulosis. Squamae posticae oblique ovalse, medio in- 

 fero purpureo (unde nomen «maculata ») supero hyalino, appendiculum 

 squamse sequilongum, lanceolatum spina singula supra basin arma tum, 

 apice setaceum. Pedunculus brevis (5 mm,) crassus stramineus, subteres, 

 laxe cellulosus, ubique paleis longis hyalinis hirtus, barba apicalis pauci- 

 paleacea. Carpocephala disciformia, parum convexa parva, lobis centro 

 asquilongis, hmid solutis, grosse papulosis, emarginatis, ob papulas pro- 

 minentes margine lobulatis, cum involucro sequilonga et similiter lobu- 

 lato obconico-hiantibus, margine crispatulis. Perianthia ovato-oblonga. 

 acuminata, ore breviter rostrato-tubuloso. Capsula dilute brunnea, oper- 

 cule trigonis magnis incrassato. Sjwrœ 70 jj., fusco-brunneae, alis angustis, 

 crenato-lobulatis. Elateres 144 ^, crassi, stricti, sequilali, rufo-brunnei, 

 monospiri, spiris ligulatis. Andrœcia in ramulis par\ds posticis minuta. 

 Hab. Himalaya, Sansidara. 3000 ' engl. (Duthie). 



10. Fimbriaria 'Wallichiana L. und L. Pug. PI. JY, p. 4. 



Dioica? major, viridis, postice purpurascens, tenera. Frons ad 25 mm. 

 longa et 5 mm. lata, ex apice vel e latere costse innovata, rarius furcata, 

 antice subplana, postice plano-convexa, costa fronde o-plo angustior bene 

 producta, alis attenuatis, venosis, margine crenulalis et plicatulo-crispatis. 

 Stratum anticum in medio frondis costse sequialtum, cavernis angustissi- 

 mis, sub porp fila libéra longa valdeque aggregata gerentibus; Stratum 

 hypoportim itaque quasi ut in Ricciis. Stomata magna, 6-cellulis quadri- 

 seriatis formata, valde convexa; cell, epidermidis lenerad. Squamae posticse 

 magnge, purpurese, imbricatae, appendiculo magno lanceolato simplici vel 

 plus minus grosse laciniato, laciniis filiformibus e margine appendiculi 

 ortis. Pedunculus brevis (semper) 3 mm. longus, apice barbatus, paleis 

 brevibus, lanceolatis hyalinis vel purpureis. Carpocephala disciformia, 

 parum convexa, grosse papulosa, lobis profunde discretis brevibus recte 

 patulis cum involucro aequimagno ad annulum reductis. Perianthia itaque 

 longe (ad 70 exserta, ovata, sat longe acuminata, recte patentia. Capsula 

 tenera rufescens, opercule valde incrassato. Sporse 63 ^l, fusco-brunneae 

 repando-alatae. Elateres brèves 180 ^ mono-vel bispiri. Andrœcia 

 ignota. 



Hab. Birma (Wallich) Bhotan (Griffith) Ind. orient. Bhor Ghat 

 (Schiffner). 



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