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nodulosus ; lamina Y longa, 3-4'" lata, linearis oblusa prolunde 

 pinnatipartita, laciniœ numerosissimse contiguse vcl imbricatae basi 

 aequali adnatœ semi-oblongœ vcl breviter vix ovato-oblongge 

 rotundato-obtusissimœ margine siccitate revoluto integerrimae, 

 inferiores paullulum decrescentes ; costula nervique immersi ; 

 nervi ulrinque 2-3, primi in latere interno,plerumque eu m proxi- 

 mis furcati ; sori solitarii in basi interna laciniarum superiorum 

 margini approximati. 



Receptaculum sori, ut ex laciniis maceratione continuata emollitis et 

 ope acidi nitrici decoloratis pellucidis patet, nervum infimum internum 

 e furcatura cum cruribus occupât vel rectius excipit dichotomiam ipsam 

 cruraque incrassata hujus nervi ; variseest formae et amplitu.dinis ; in soris 

 minoribus observatur depressum tri-quadrangulare-pyramidatum, supra 

 foveolis levibus tribus quatuor, paraphysibus paleaceo-pilosis vestitis, 

 exaratum vel totidem sporangiis obtectum vel occultatum; sororum majo- 

 rum receptaculum pulviniforme, diametri l w , peripheria foveolis 4-6, 

 rotundatum vel hippocrepicum, cruribus receptaculi ramo nervi soriferi 

 incumbentibus, in dichotomia ejus conjunctis; receptaculum sporangiis 

 delapsispersistit, superficie paraphysibus rufo-hirsutissimum, paraphysibus 

 denudatum, massam fuscam induratam superficie insequaliter verrucosam 

 sistit; paraphyses velut in Marattia ex. gr. M. attenuata irregulariter 

 divisi, indusium circa basin sporangiorum simulantes; sporangia ampla 

 A-6, sessilia; annulus et sporse Gleicheniacearum. 



schizj:a. 

 Actinostachys. 



107. Sch. lœvigata, n. sp. 



Rhizoma repens abbreviatum, setis fuscis nitidis vestitum ; folia 

 densa coriacea nitida glaberrima; petioltis 1" longus, l r " laïus, 

 Iriqùeier, subflexuosus, lamina aigïfata; segmenta 4-7-juga, ad 

 11/4" longa, 3/4"' lata, stricta linearia vel lineari-spatbulata, basi 

 attenuata, apice stérile longius breviusve aouminata integerrima 

 glaberrima; sporangia utrinque ad costam biseriata. 



« Ëingea» (1669). 



Proxirna Sch. digilala, a qua petiolo triquetro diversissima. 



