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DANÆA NODOSA.
FILICES.— M a u a t t i e æ . Bory. M a e a t t i a c e æ . Kaulf. P o r o p t e r i d e s . Willd.
G e n . C h a r . D A N Æ A , Sm . S o r i lin e a rc s , d o rs a lc s , tr a n sv e rs i, p a ra lle li. C apsulæ in sc rie s
g em in a ta s a r e te c o n n a tæ , su p e rn e p o ro d eh is c en te s . In d u s ium su p e rfic ia rium so ro s c in g cn s .
(A sp lcn ii S p . L in n .)
D a n æ a n o d o sa ; fro n d e p in n a ta , ra c h i n u d a n o d o s a , p in n is b r e v ite r p e tio la tis lin e a ri-e llip tic is apic e
a c um in a tis su b in tc g c rrim is b a s i a cu tis , fe rtilib u s lin e a ri-lan c eo la tis .
D a næ a n o d o s a . Sm ith , T ra c is , p . 2 6 0 . S w a r t z . S y n . F il. p . iQ l . T V illd . S p . P l . v . b. p . 6 8 .
(exc l. sy n . S lo an ii.) S p r e n g . S y s l . V e § e t. v. 4 . p . 24.
A sp le n ium n o d o sum . L in n . S p . P L p . 1 5 3 9 .
A sp le n ium s im p le x a s su rg c n s , fo liis lo n g is o p p o s itis , c au le g cn ic id a to , lin c is fru c tific a tio n um
se rie c o n tig u a . Bro x vn e J a m . p . 9 3 .
L in g u a c e rv in a n o d o s a m a jo r. P lum . F il. p . 9 0 . 1 . 108.
H a b . I n lo c is um b ro s is humiclis J am a icæ , H isp a n io læ , M a r tin icæ , e t ad Cu ra c c a s. (T V illd )
I n In s u la S a n c ti V in c e n tii. R e v . L . G u ild iig .
Stipes bipedalis et ultr.-i, 4—G lineas latus, erectus, dorso convcxo, facie superna canaliculata, squamulis minutis
fuscis hic et illic tectus.
Fi'ons bi-tripedalis, circumscriptione oblonga, pinnata, rachi ad insertionem pinnarum nodosa, dorso convexa, facie
superna plana, marginata.
P in n a numerosæ, 15-pares cum impari, ojjpositoe, 8-pollicares, patentes, lineari-ellipticæ, supra medium parum
latiores, apice acumiiiatæ, subintegerrimæ, basi acute , in petiolum brevem attenua te : Substantia rigida, subcoriacea:
Costa subtus sqiiatnulosa : Ne rva parallelæ, transversales, numerosissimæ, ad b.asin soepe furcatæ.
Color pallide viridis, nitidus. P in n a fertiles, sterilibus minores, lineari-lanccolatoe, basi acute , apice subacuminate.
Fnicti/icatio ut in D . elliptica e t D . alata jamdudiim descripte.
Fig. 1. Ajmx frondis sterilis. f. 2. Apex frondis fertilis. f. 3. Pinna cum rachi inferiore frondis sterüis. f. 4. Pinna
inferior frondis fertilis. f. 5. Sorus. f. 6 . Semina:—magi. auct.
W illd c n ow was o n ly a c q u a in te d w ith th e fru c tified s ta te o f th e f r o n d : b u t it is in th e s te rile
f ro n d s t h a t th e m o s t s t r ik in g d iffe renc e s a rc fo u n d to e x is t b e tw e en th is spe c ie s a n d D . a la ta and
D . elliptica. S om e o f th e fro n d s w h ich M r . G u ild in g h a s s e n t u s, in c lu d in g th e s tip e s , m e a su re n o t
le ss th a n s ix fe e t in h e ig h t, a n d a lm o s t a fo o t a n d a h a lf in d iam e te r in th e w id e st p a r t. T h e p in næ
a rc rcm a rk a h le fo r th e ir pa le c o lo u r, th e ir sh in in g surfa c e , a n d rig id te x tu r e . I n d ry in g , th e k n o ts
a t th e in s e r tio n o f th e le av e s, p ro b ab ljq in a c e rta in d e g re e , d is ap p e a r, fo r th e y a rc b y n o m e an s so
visible in o u r sp e c im en s as in P lum ie r s figure.