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1 6 . HYMENOPHYLLUM.
G e n . 1 5 . L o x s om a , B r .
Jnvol. subui-ceolate ®? + „ tC L ’nex w ith stipitate caps, (mixed with jointed hairs),
much exserted clothed to the a p " oblique ring, opening vertically. Caudex
which have a short coriaceous, decompomd, glaucous
long, stout, creeping, P feacems. G « ' Z/ ^ 15.
Unmth. Veins simple or forked. I ab.
d „ . , o n ., w»h . .- Â Î 7 S l Î S f î . ' —
iÆ â f r . - J f ' d h Â Ï " * t a ifW i™ •• - -
in Linn. Proceed, inedit, cum icone.
1. L.
ove» *
1' forked.
Br. Sp- P- Gard, F . t. 31.
Hab Moulmeine, Rev. 0. S. P arish.-The smallest and simplest species of tbe genus,
rivalling in minuteness Trichomanes BarUvmum and Vitiense.
Ä n d , the semi-orbicular lips f r e e . - f t / . Thwaües
Em m , F l. Ceyl, p . 397* ^ . t.**. u i.
thickened. . . r i
• a TJir Xr Pv • Qf 2-4 lin I . ; f^ . linear, once or twice lorkea,
Ic Fil. i. 34. H k . Sp. 1. p . 87. Pachyloma, V. V . B .
Hab. Port Jackson, Australia, rare.-Substance of the frond undnlated.
5. H. asplenioides, S w .; *i. ^
pendulous, o b l o n g in geneial ^ on both sides or one o n ly ;
. . . . marginal, more or less sunk m » y tlm
or vein. /»®oZ. inferior, moie «i less de 1 7 ,1 2 Recept. elongated,
same texture as the X s m o s tl| orbicular, depressed, attaclied by
columnar, exserted or ? 7 jwoid transverse ring, opening irregularly at the
' ■ ■ S I -------- L rachis ; lower lobes rhomhoidal-cn. eate, clett_ on no^ of the
simple or slightly lobed, or once or twice dichotomous. - » l y
PI. 1 9 5 7 .
T 1 J n. 1 1 J- ft bish. A remarkable Fern, with
Hab. N Zealand i ^ « ¿ ‘¿«“ J à 'Y X f X c a t ì o n rfther of Trichomanes. but with a
tl.o habit ot a coriaceous m cu o n ia , lu» 7ry X* *° *>'®
G e n . 1 6 . I I y m e n o p h y l l u m .
„ g t t . , , . « » 0 , 1 -
.nfoTlAT Tinoie 0 1 less ULeiJiy . i v .. r\lAr»freifprl.
or branched {never anastomosing) v e in s .\ T a b . .
* Fronds glabrous,
Sp. 1-5
1 1 9 8 in 1. • fr. ovate-lanceolate,
1 . H. cruentim, Cfivy, st. slen eri " ^ .q e low ; tlF veins simple, proiiiinent,
slightly Binnated, 3-5 ™- Y a t regular intervals, e recto-patent; son
growth. ^ ^ minute, 2-3
i X i ^ T n f h i i X l e » cleft a t the ajF’x, sometimes half-way
t T h. • ; *1
L d delicacy of execution, have rarely ?Y 7A e n e ra and species, were the very opposite
carrying ont with regaritto the the fact of thoslofSirYVilliam Hooker.as may be jad^^^^^ that in his Synopsis and a r e h e r e considered
Supplement, 450 so-called species ar® § j g;, yviUiam Hooker wrote ; Tina
twlV"®™.- t® *'»®“*y-f°“ V 7 r e 7 nJoies multiplied to an extent with which I
genus and the following one have ’>f in his widely-scattered publifannot
at all concur. The late l®YYt.?w sT“ ie7 which it has not been in my power to
cations, has no doubt described many " YhL^orinion on a large portion of my collection
identify ; b u t having b e e n favoured w th t o Grisebach in the opinion expressed
7 h f : X o r 7 "
founded.”
Hah Tropical America, from Cuba and Mexico southward t o Brazil.-Easily recog-
nizable by its peculiar habit of growth.
Fronds glabrous, one to fo u r times pinnatifid.— C-30.
0. H. abruptum, Hk._; fi. tte^'mam rachis ; fm n a i linear,
oblong, p in n a tiM to w ittm a s loi dichotomously forked, only a
erecto-patent, about j m. l.,_ b (m. , terminal on the apex or
central midrib in each division , halfway down, the base cuneate,
upper segments ; invol. not divided more f t y. gg. t. 31. B.
the valves rounded ; recept. occasionally p ro tin d .d . H k . bp. t . p
H. hrevifrons, Kunze. ■ . „ u i
quite simple, linear, the lowei ®bies s g y j . ^ much imbricated ; sori
i l i n . hr, the upper ones P fy® £ 7® “ 7m 7 n ts lar»e compared with the size of
ha lf a circle, large, membranaceous.
Hab. Hew Caledonia, Pic du Mont « k y t u T d t X r o l X c o l X
t X X g “ r & V Æ ’Xsegmen^^ are quite simple, the main
rachis is scarcely winged below.