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TAB. XLVl.
A N T R O P H Y UM PUMILUM.
FILICES.— G y r a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e í e . X om //. E i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a r . A N T R O P H Y U M , Kaulf. Sori lineares, continui, venis frondis reticulatis immersi.
indusium gcmiiiatum, medio debisccns. Kaulf.
A n t r o p h y u m pwnilum; fro n d ib u s lan c eo la tis o b tu s iu s c u lis b a si in s tip item b rcv em a tte n u a tis , soris
lo n g is s im is lin e a ri-filifo rm ib u s su b re tic u la tim co im cx is im m e rsis.
Antrophyum pumiluni. Katdf. Enum. Fil. p . 19 7 . Spreng. S y st. V g e l . v. 4. p . 67 . (excl. syn.
P. coriacea, Don.)
Hemionitis immersa. B o ry M S S . TVilld. Sp. PI. v. 5. p . 12 7 .
H a b . In rupibus Borboniæ. Bory. Insula Mauritii. D . Carmichael.
R a d ix fib ro sa, d en sissim e tom e n to sa , ram o sa.
Stip e s b rev is , vLx u n c iam lo n g u s, compressiis.
Frondes subcoespitosoe, d ig itale s e t ulti-a, fere co ria ce a:, eco sta tæ, sic citate su b ru g o sæ , j
in te g e rrim o , b a si in stip item a tte n u a tæ , ap ice ob tu siu scu loe.
So ri lin e ari-filifo rmes, longissimi, r e ticu la tim ram o s i, fi-ondis su b s ta n tia immersi.
Involucrum d u p le x e m a rg in ib u s su lc o rum fru c tific atio n is o rtum .
Capstdæ n ume i'os issimæ , sp hæ ricæ , r e ticu la tæ , p ed ice lla tæ , an n u la toe .
S m in a su b sp hæ ric a , pa llide flava.
Fig . 1. P o r tio fro n d is cum soris. f. 2. P o r tio fro n d is, cum so ro , tran sv e rs im se cta . f. 3
s o b so le tis, m a rg in e
The gcnus Antrophyum, established by Kaulfuss in his valuable Enumeratio Filicum, is well
d i s t in g u i s h e d f r o m b y the presence of an involucre, always, we believe, following th e
lines of the veins, although in some species th e veins themselves are scarcely visible when not
rendered so by th e presence of the fructification.
The present plant, for specimens of which, from the Isle of France, we are indebted both to
Captain Carmichael and to A. B. Ltmtbcrt, Esq., is remarkable in having the lines o f fnictificatiou
immersed in th e very substance o f the frond.
Our specimens vary in size, but they aro all larger than those described by Willdenow.
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