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A N T R O P H Y U M . K a u lf.
S o r i longissimi, continui, lineares, renis frondis reticulatis magis minusve immersi
unno superficiales; sulcorum marginibus plerumque elevatis indusiiformibus.—
Frondes simplices coespitosæ, lanceolatæ, ooriaceo-memhranaceoe indivisoe, cos-
ta toe v e l ecostatæ. Venæ uniformes reticulatæ, areolis elongatis suihexagoniis.
Radices sæpe ferrugineo-tomentosæ.
Antrophyum pla n ta g in eum . K a u lf.—/3. L essoni. H ook, et A r n . B o t. o f Beech.
Voy. p . 74.
A. Lessoni. B o r y in D u p e r r e y Voy. B o t. p . 255. t. 2 8 . / . 2.
A Genus established by Kaulfuss; but too near Hemionitis, with which Presl unites it;
as already observed, T a b . LXXIV. B . The sunken character of th.0 sori is by no means
constant; and then, except in the undivided frond, it cannot bo distinguished from
Hemionitis.
T a b . C IX . A.—Fig. 1. Portion of the frond of Antrophyum plantagineum, 5 ; / . 2. Smaller p o rtion
o f the same : f . 3. Portion of a sorus ; the sporangia in p a rt removed from the receptacle : f . 4,
5, Glandular hairs found among the sporangia ; / . 6, 7. Sporangia ; / . 8. Sporules ¡—magnified.
TAB. CIX. B.
D IB L EM M A . J . Sm .
S o ru s nudus, superficialis, duplex ; 1.—linearis, marginalis, continuus, in venulam
marginalem situs; 2— sori irregulares, rotundati v. oblongi, in venulas breves anastomosantes
siti.— Frondes simplices, lineari-lanceolatæ, attenuatæ. Venæ retiau-
latæ, areolas inoequales fo rm a n te s : venulæ p lu r im oe , lïberæ, apice clavatæ.
J . Sm .
Diblemma S am arensis. J . Sm . in H ook. Jo u rn . o f B o t. v . iy. p . 399.
H a b . Philippine islands. Cuming.
“ This simple-fronded Fern has the venation of some species of Drymaria and of Dry -
moglossum, and is peculiar in having the simple rounded sori of the former, and the compound
elongated marginal sorus of the latter on the same frond.” J . Sm Only one species
is Imown.
T a b . C IX . B— Fig. 1, Portion Diblemma Samarensis; nat. size:/, 2, Portion of the same:
/. 3, Smaller p o rtio n : / . 4, 5. S p o ra n g ia : f . 6. Sporules \^magnified.
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