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A C T IN O S T A C H Y S . W a ll.
S p o ra n g ia subquadriserlaUa, appendicibus digitalis.— Cæterum ut in S ch izæ a ,
( T a b . N o s t r . X IX .) .
Actinostaobys pennula.— 5'c7iLcca p em m la . Sw.— S . tr ila tc ra lis. Scblrahr, Fü.
T a b . XU .— S . p en ic clla ta . B ..W Y .— S . in cu rva ta . Meyer.
T h e q u a d ris e ria l a rr a n g em e n t o f th e s p o ra n g ia , a n d th e d ig ita te , n o t p in n a te , a p p e n d a g e s
on wh ich tl.e s p o ra n g ia a re p la c e d , le d D r W a llic h .and o th e r s to c o n s id e r th e s e a s / f f i -
c ie n t clmvacters to c o n s titu te g e n e ric d istin c tio n . O u r c h a ra c te r o f S c la zoe a a t T a b . X X .
w a s d raw n n p w ith th e v iew o f in c lu d in g b o th k in d s o f fru c tific a tio n . B u t as th e p a te
(T a b . X I X . ) o n ly e x h ib its th e t r u e S c h izæ a , w e h e r e g iv e D r W a ll.c h ’s A c tmo sta ch y s,
to wiiich a lso b e lo n g A. d ig ita ta , Sw ., from C e y lo n , a n d S . su h triju g a , M a r t. T h e sp ecie s
c o n s e q u e n tly in h a b it th e E . In d ie s a n d S. A m e ric a .
T a b C X I. A .-A c tin o s ta c h y s ponnula. Fig. 1. P la n t; nat. s iz e : f . 2. Upper portion of the
same, the appendages more developed; nat. s ize : f . 3. Single appendage : / . 4.
with the sporangia, cut through transversely; / . 5, d. Sporang.a; / . 7. Sporules ¡ -m o r e
magnified.
TAB. CXI. B.
L Y G O D IC T Y O N . J . Sm .
Venæ pinnarum reticulatæ.— Cætcrum ut in Lyg o d io , ( T a b . X X V I I I .)
Lygodlctyon Fo r s te r i. J . Sm . L y g o d ium reticu la tum . Sclkxùiv.— Ophioglossum
• scandens. Foi-A.— Ily d ro g lo ssum p o ly ca rp um . Willd.
I n t r u e LygodiMm ( T a b . X X V III .) th e v e in s o f th e p in n a , a r e d iohotom oiis, th e v e in le
ts f r e e ; in th e p r e s e n t g e n u s , a s M r J . Sm ith c o n s id e rs it, th e v e in s fo rm a n e t-w o rk hy
a n a stom o sin g , w ith o b lo n g m esh e s o r a reo læ .
T a b CX I B .-L y a o d ic ty o n Forsteri. JTig. I. S t e r i l e p i n n a ; / . 2- F e r / pin uæ;
3. Sin g leM rtile p in n a; magnified: f . 4. Spike of fructification: / . 5, 6. Sporang.a:
f . l . Sporules