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Sporochnaceae. 



Desmarestia aculeata (L.) Lamour. 



Var. nova oompressa, Reinsch. (23er. £)eutfd)e 23otan. 

 ©ejeflfd). 1888. p. 145. %lova. 1888. 8fe. 12. p. 2). 



Fronde coriaceo -cartilagineo, e basi ramosissima, ramis 

 plerumque oppositis, pinnis majoribua repetito ramosis et pinnulis 

 intermixtis, pinnulis ultimis linearibus, foliaceo - compressis, 

 1 usque 2 Millim. latis, marginibus spinis dispersis subfirmis 

 obsessis; rachide in sectione transversali regulariter elliptica. 



„flippen an bei Sübjette ber £anb<junge. ®üb = ©eorgia. 

 6. Februar 1883." 



Sie ©truftut ber 20—35 (Zentimeter (joljen ^ftanje njetdjt im 

 SBejentltdjen lucntg ab mm ber ^flan^e au§ ber 9?orbjee. 3aö 

 Sßarendjgm ber s J3iebuUarjd)id)te be§ (Stengels setgt ftdj ntdjt fo gXeidt)= 

 förmig; einzelne ntrfjt regelmäßig berfljetlte größere ßetfert, umringt 

 tum um bte §älfte fleineren. gm 33aue ber ^ovtifa(fd)tcf)te geigen ftdj 

 feine SSerjdjteberifjetten, and) ntdjt im 33ane ber ge^a^nelten ,"ytebcrd)eit. 

 2)te ^flan^e Btlbet com ©runbe an einen biden 23ujdj. 



Desmarestia Pteridoides. Reinsch. (33er. Seittjdje ^Botan. 

 ©efettfä. 1888. p. 144. Jlora 1888. 3te. 12). 



D. e majoribus, frondibus compluribus coriaceo-cartilagineis, 

 15 usque 45 Centimetra longis in basi 4 usque 9 Centimetra latis, 

 colore olivaceo viridi, e pedicello disciforrniter dilatato ortis 

 e basi usque ad apicem regularissime tripliciter pinnatis, rachide, 

 lineari, colore nigrescente, sursum versus sensim angustata, in 

 basi 1,5 usque 2,5 Millimetra lata, in sectione transversali regu- 

 lariter elliptice circumscripta: pinnis e basi sensim decrescentibus, 

 apicem frondis versus subito decrescentibus: pinnis pinnulisque 

 omnibus oppositis, pinnulis primae ordinis apicem frondis versus 

 sensim decrescentibus, in basi frondis 4 usque 8 Centimetra longis ; 

 pinnulis secundae ordinis subaequalibus , apicem pinnae versus 

 subito decrescentibus, 1,5 usque 2 Centimetra longis: pinnulis 

 ultimae ordinis e basi pinnulae usque ad apicem sensim decres- 



