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TAB. LX. A.
C U L C IT A . Fred .
Sori globosi, magni. Indusium coriaceum, utrum que fornicato-semilunatum, patens.
Beceptaculum transversum, lineare, cristæforme.— Filix Maderensis. Frons
coriacea, pinnato-decomposita. Venæ pinnata), subtus elevata), simplices furcatoeve,
simplices apice fructiferoe.— A Balantio genus hoc differt indusio utroque conformi
semilunato, receptáculo transverso lineari et cristoeformi, sorisque magnis. Presl.
CuXchs.macrocarpa. (T a b . L X . A.) Dicksonia Culcita. L ’Hérit. Balantium.
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Fig. 1. Portion with barren and fertile segments, seen from beneath ; f . 2. Fertile portion ; f . 3.
Sorus ; f . 4. Sporangium ; f . 6. Sporules ; f . 6. Hair from among the sporangia :—magnified.
TA B . L X . B.
L F P T O P L E U R IA . Presl.
Sori in venulis superioribus marginales, globosi. Indusium verum coriaceum, semilunare,
concavum, demum patens, accessorium e dente frondis excreto efformatum
conforme. Beceptaculum punctiforme, minimum F ilixe* insula Borbonioe.
Frondes coriaceoe, pinnnatoe, pinnis sessilibus, oblongis, oblique subcordatis obtusis,
crenulatis. Venæ pinnatæ, creberrimæ, internoe, tenuissimæ, uni-bifurcatoe, venulis
parallelis, sub margine fro n d is apice punctiformi magna terminatis. Presl.
Lep to p leu ria a6rw/)to. ( T a b . L X . B.) Dicksonia. Bory.
Fig. 1. Pinna, with sori ; f . 2. Portion of the same ; f . 3. Sorus ; f . 4. Sporangium ; f. 5. Sporules ;
—magnified.