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GRAMMIT I S FURCATA.
F I L I C E S .— G y u a t ì e . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u l f . E i l i c e s v e ræ . W ï l l à .
G e n . C h a r . G R A M M I T I S , S w . S o r i o b lo n g i, lin e a rc s , r e c ti, sp a rs i. I n d u s i a n u lla . I V i l l d .
G r a m m it is f u r c a t a ; f r o n d e l in e a r i g l a b r a f u r c a t a , a p ic e o b tu s a , s t i p i t e n u l l o , s o r i s o b lo n g i s o b l iq u e
p a r a l l e l i s .
H a b . G u i a n a . C . S . P a r k e r .
Ra d ix parva, cæspitosa, e fibris plurimis fuscis descendentibus.
ir a n d is plurimæ ex eadem radice, erectæ, Iineares, quatuor ad quinque uncias longæ, duas lineas latæ, medium
versus simpliciter furcatæ, margine integerrimæ, subsiniiatæ, apicibus obtusis, inferne attenuatæ, sed stipes
nullus. Substantia coriacea, medio costata, nervis simplicibus obscuris, oblique paraUelis, sorigeris.
Soi'i, in laciuiis furcarum, oblongi, tumidi, simplici serie, costa utrinque, dispositi.
Capsidce intense fuscoe, annido lato incompleto cinctæ, longe stipitatæ.
Semina subrotunda, flavescentia.
Fig. I. Portio frondis, cum soris. f. 2. Sorus. f. 3. Capsulæ. f. 4. Semina magn. auct.
W e p o s s e s s o n ly t h e s in g l e s p e c im e n o f t h i s d i s t in c t ly m a r k e d s p e c ie s o f G r a m m i t i s , w h i c h w a s
b r o u g h t f r o m D cm c r a r a h y o u r v a lu e d f r i e n d C . S . P a r k e r , E s q . I t h a s t h e f o r k e d h a b i t o f s o m e
sp e c ie s o f T c a iil is , e s p e c ia l ly o f T . f u r c a t a , a n d t h e d iv id e d s t a t e o f T . g r a m i n i f o l i a ; b u t t h e f r u c t i f
i c a t io n is d e c id e d ly t h a t o f a G r a m m i tis .
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