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GRAMMIT I S INVOLUTA.
L i L I C E S .— G y u a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u l f . F i l i c e s v e ræ . W i l l d . , S p r e n g .
G e n . C h a r . G R A M M I T I S , Sw. S o r i o b lo n g i, lin e a rc s , re c ti, sp a rsi. I n d u s i a n u lla . W i l l d .
G r a m m it is in v o l u t a ; b r e v ite r s tip ita ta , fro n d e s im p lic i la n c e o la ta c o ria c e a b a s i ap ic e q u e valde
a tte n u a ta m a rg in e in te g e rrim a (s ic c ita te in v o lu ta ), so ris o b liq u is p rom in e n tib u s , c ap su lis pilis
a r tic u la tis im m ix tis .
G ram m itis in v o lu ta . D o n P r o d r . 'F l . N e j i a l . p . 14. S p i 'e n g . S y s t . V e g e t . v . A . p .W .
“ S co lo p e n d rium rc v o lu tum . H a m i l t o n M S S f i
G ram m itis ? p la n ta g in e a . W a l l i c h M S S . in H e r b , n o s tr .
G ram m itis flavescens. W a l l i c h M S S . in H e r b , n o s tr .
H a b . I n N ep a lia . H a m i l t o n . W a l l i c h .
Ra d ix fibrosa, fibi'is ramosis, nigris, tomento ferrugineo dense obsilis.
Caudex, ut videtur, repens, crassus, squamis majusculis, imbricatis, ovatis, acuminatis, reticulatis, integerrimis
tectus.
Stipes vix unciam longus, hinc sulcatus, dorso convexus, duas lineas latus, nudus.
Frons omnino glabra, subpedalis, lanceolata, valde acuminata, inferne in stipitem sensim attenuata, coriacea,
costata, costa subtus prominente, enervis, margine tenui integerrimo, siccitate involuto.
Sori numerosi, unciam ad duas aut tres uncias longi, obliqui, paralleli, insigniter prombientes, fere seinicylindrici,
utrinque obtusi.
Capsula pedicellatæ, exacte sphoericoe, flavescentes, annulo lato, fusco, fere integi’o cinctæ. Inter has capsulas
p ili numerosi, articolati, pellucidi, iis longiores.
Semina oblonga, subangulata, pellucida.
Fig. 1. Capsulæ. f. 2. Semiim. f. 3. Pili e soris:—magn. auct.
W c c a n n o t say w h e th e r in a liv in g s ta te th e m a rg in o f th is F e rn is in v o lu te : to us i t ap p e a rs to
b e th e effe c t o f d ry in g , as w'e k n ow to b e eq u a lly th e case in th e P o ly p o d iu m p e r t u s u m . T h e r e is
to o , o n th e su rfa c e o f th e p r e s e n t p la n t, a s se e n in th e h e rb a rium , a ru g o s e o r w rin k le d ap p e a ran c e ,
th e c o n s e q u e n c e o f th e d ry in g a n d s h r in k in g o f th e p a re n c h ym a to u s su b s ta n c e b e n e a th th e e p ide
rm is.
O u r p la n ts we re g a th e re d b y D r. W a llic h in N ep a l, a n d w e re s e n t to u s w ith th e n am e o f G i-am -
m i t i s P p l a n t a g i n e a ; w h ils t D r. H am ilto n se em s p rev io u s ly to have g iv en th e M S S . specific n am e o f
h iv o lu tu m , wh ich is a d o p te d by M r . D o n . A g a in , wc h av e re c e iv ed sp e c im en s f rom th e H o n o u r a b le
th e E a s t In d ia C om p an y , h e a r in g th e n am e “ G r a m m i t i s fla v e s c e n s . W a ll.”
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