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TÆNITI S IN T ER R U P TA .
F I L I C E S .— G ï r a t æ . B r . P o i t p o d ia c e æ . K a u l f . F i l i c e s v e ræ . W i l l d .
G e n . C h a r . T Æ N I T I S , S w . S o r u s l in e a r i s , c o n t in m i s , q u a n d o q u e i n t e r r u p t u s , lo n g i t u d in a l i s ,
i n t e r c o s t am e t m a r g i n c n t e x t e r i o r e m f r o n d i s s i t u s . I n d u s i u m n u l lu m . W tU d .
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T æ n it i s i n t e n - u p t a ; f r o n d e p i n n a t a , p in n i s l in e a r i - e l l ip t i c i s o b tu s i u s c u l i s , s o r i s i n t c r r u p t i s .
T æ n i t i s l in e a r i s . W a l l . M S S . ( n o n K a u l f )
H a b . I n I n d i a O r i e n t a l i . W a l l .
Stipes quatuor ad sex uncias longus, erectus, flavo-fuscus, liinc canaliculatus, basi subsquamosus, intense fuscus.
Frons stipite brevior, circumscriptione late ovata, pinnata, pinnis alternis remotiusculis subpatentibus, lineari-
ellipticis, parum coriaceis, obscure reticulatim venosis, costatis, integerrimis, apice obtusiusculis, basi acutis,
brevissime petiolatis, terminali petiolo sublongiore.
Sori longitudinales, interrupt!, prope marginem frondis inserti, uivolucro nullo.
Capsulæ sphæricæ, annulo lato fere completo cinctæ, pedicellatæ. Capsulæ plurimæ obortivæ (f. 3.).
Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soro. f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3. Pedicelli cum capsulis aboitivis:—magn. aUct.
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I n d i a i s n o t m e n t io n e d . I t s a f f in ity is e v id e n t l y w i t h T . b le c k n o id e s S w . ( T . p le r id io i d e s o f S c h k u h r ) ;
b u t t h a t i s a v a s t ly l a r g e r p l a n t , w i t h t h e p i n n æ r e m a r k a b l y a t t e n u a t e d . O f t h a t s p e c ie s S w a r t z
o b s e n 'c s t h a t t h e c a p s u le s a r e m ix e d w i t h a r t i c u l a t e d s c tæ , t e rm i n a t e d b y a to r u l o s c r o u n d e d c lu b .
T h e s e a r e d o u b t l e s s a n a lo g o u s t o w h a t w c h e r e c o n s id e r p e d ic e l s w i t h a b o r t i v e c a p s u le s— c a p s u le s
in d e e d r e d u c e d t o a p o r t i o n o f t h e a n n n lu s , w h i c h is a l l t h a t is f o rm e d o f th e m .
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