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contigui lobo membranaceo derivato abscondita. Capsulce 1 

 involucro inclusae, subsessiles ; paris difformis inferior,* ob- 

 longa, deraum circumscissa continens Saccu 3 (luteu) e ma- 

 xima parte incrustatione inclusum, vertice coronatum corpore 4 

 centro cavo, apice explanato cum capsular apice cohaerente, 

 divulso radiculoso fibrose^ superficie diviso in lobos 3 vel 9 5 

 quorum 2 superiores (majores), 6 inferiores ; corpus totum in 

 membranam nuclearem (capsulam secondariam) inclusum. 

 Capsulce alterius 6 capsular secondaries massas? 2 — 3 faciebus 

 contiguis radiculigeras continent. 



AZOLLA. 



Lam. Enc. Meth. \.p. 343. t. S63. R. Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. 

 Holl. edn.p. 2.22. App. Flinders. Terra Austr, 2. p. 611. 

 t, 10. Mart, PI. Crypt. Bras. p. 123. t. 74. 75. /. Meyen. 

 Nov. Act. 18. p. 523. t. 38. Endl. Gen. PI. p. 67. No, 688. 



Salvinia, Juss. Gen. PL p. 16. 



Rhizosperma. Meyen. op. cit. loc. cit. 



Char. Gen. — Character Sub-familiae. 



If the foregoing supposition be correct, those species of Azolla alone, 

 that have radicles either plumose throughout, or to a greater or less dis- 

 tance from the apex, will present this calyptra. M. Meyen does not no- 

 tice any such calyptra in his account. 



1. Organa propagatoria Mart. Endl. Meyen. 



2. Fl. Masc. Meyen. Endl. ? R- Br. Calyptra. EartEndl. Indusium. 

 Meyen. 



3. Dimidium inferius. Loculus inferior. R. Br. Nesicula. Mart. V. 

 basilaris. Endl. Vesicula shaerica Meyen, 



4. Dimidium superius. Loculus superior. R. Br. Axis tricruris. Mart. 

 Columella tricruris : Endl. Axis triangularis. Meyen. 



5. Antherse. R. Br. Meyen. Corpuscula. R. Br. Mart. Corp. an- 

 theriformia. Endl. 



6. Involucrum interius. R. Br. Indusium. Mart. Indusium exterius. 

 Meyen Capsulae. Capsular partiales R. Br. Sporangia. Mart. Endl. 

 Sporangia. Indusium interius. Seed-holder. Meyen. 



7 Seminia R. Br. Granna. Mart Endl, Granula Meyen. 



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