TAB. LVIII. A.
M IC R O L E P IA . Presl.
D a va ll iæ Sw. et Auct.
Sori globosi, a margine frondis remoti. Indusium semiorbiculare, scariosum, m a r gine
superiore truncatum, demum sorum dimidium tegens. Beceptaculum globosum,
respectu parvitatis sori satis magnum.—Filices intratropicoe. R hizoma
repens. Frondes herbaceoe, pinnatim supradecompositæ, fa c ie Dicksoniæ tene ræ .
Venæ pinnatæ, utrinque prominulæ, venulisque ante marginem frondis apice clavato
desinentes, infimæ pinnatim venulosoe, medio furcatæ, superiores simplices, venulis
infimis superioribus soriferis. Presl.
Microlepia inæqualis. Presl. (T ab. L V I I I . A.) Davallia. Kunze.
Fig. 1. Upper side o f a fertile pinnule ; f . ì . Under side of two pinnules j f . 8. Sorus ; f . 4.
Sporangium ; / . 5. Sporules •.— magnified.
Microlepia polypodioides. Presl. Dicksonia. Sw.
T ab. L V I I I , A . Fig. 6. Under-side of a fertile pinnule :—magnified.
T A B . L V I I I . B.
SA C C O L OM A . K a u lf Presl.
D a v a l l iæ sp. Sw. et Auct. D i c k s o n iæ sp. Bory. A s p i d i i sp..Blume.
Sori in apice omnium venularum au t superiorum (e furca tu ra ), subglobosi, parvi,
dorsum dentium occupantes, inframarginales. Indusium semiorbiculare, her-
baceura, demum scariosum, margine superiore late ro tu n d a tum . Receptaculum
p unctiforme minimum Species intratropicoe. Frondes sparsoe v. fascicidatai,
herbaceæ, teneræ, simpliciter pinnatæ, p innis subinde dimidiatis. Venæ pinnatæ,
crebræ, internoe, tenues, parallelæ, simplices aut in diversa altitudinefurcatæ venulisque
ante marginem apice acuto desinente. Presl.
Saccoloma elegans. Kaulf.
( T ab. L V I I I . B .) F ig 1. Under-side of a portion of a fertile pinna ; f . 2 . Smaller portion of the
same ; f . 3. Sporangium ; f . 4. Sporules :—magnified.
Saccoloma Imrayana. Hooh. in le . P l. ined.
( T ab. L V I I I . B.) F ig . S. Portion of a fertile pinna seen from beneath ; / . 6. Larger portion of
the same;—magnified.
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