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Cyatheaceæ.
H E M IT E L IA , Presl.
H e m i t e l i a sp. B r C y a t h e æ sp. Auct.
Sorus in singula lacinia solitarius, ad basin venæ infimæ superioris insertus.
Indusium ? squama ovata, concava, lacera, ad basin inferiorem sita. Sporangia
numerosa, imbricata, sessilia, late annula ta : annulo verticali. Receptaculum elongatum,
villosum .Filix arborescens Capensis. Frondes amploe, tripinnatoe; p in nulæ
profunde pinnatifidoe, ohlongoe, inciso-serratæ ; venæ pinnatæ simplices, inferiores
squamulosæ.
Hemitelia is. i5 r._ (T A B . X L I I . A.)
F ig . I . P in n a ; f . 2. Portion of do. ; / , 3, Sorus ; f . 4. Receptacle ; / 5, 6, 7. Sporangia ; / . 8.
Scale or indusium (?) from the sorus,
T A B . X L I I . B.
M e t a x y a . Presl.
Sori 2— 4, globosi, n u d i, ad basin venarum prope costam vel infra medium venarum
sita. Sporangia sessilia, pilis longis a rticulatis immixta. Receptaculum punctiforme.—
F ilix arborescens. Frondes pinnatæ. Pin næ subcoriaceoe, nitidoe,
acuminatoe, acumine serrato. Venæ simplices vel fu r ca tæ ad marginem attingentes.
M etaxya rostrata. P r— (T a b . X L I I . B.) Polypodium ro stra tum . Willd. P . Hum-
boldtii. P oir. P . blechnoides. Sw. Aspidium ro stra tum . H . B . K . Alsophila
ro s tra ta . Mart.
A very handsome Genus of S. American Ferns, allied in habit to Triclwpteris.
(T ab . n o s t r . X X X IV -)
T a b . X H I . B . M e t a x y a r o s t r a t a . — 1. Pinna, with fructification ; f . 2 , Portion o f a p inna;
/ . 3. Sorus ; f . 4, 5. Sporangia ; / . 6, Hairs from among the capsules ; 7. Sporules more or
less magnified.
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