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A S P ID IUM CARYOTIDEUM.
TILICES.— G y r a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d ia c e æ . Kau/. E i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd., Spreng.
G e - s .C h x p . . A S P I D I U M , P y . H Y P O P E L T I S , s p e c ie s , Sw. S o r i t o -
t u n d i , d o r s a l e s . I n v o l u c m m o r b i c u l a r e , p e l t a t u m , s t i p i t a t u m , j n m e d io s o r i i n s e r tu m , u n d iq u e
l ib e r u m . B r .
A s p id ium c a r y o tid e um - , fro n d e p in n a ta g lab ra , p in n is su b sc ssilib u s rh om b c o -la n c e o la tis valde
a c um in a tis su b fa lc a tis c ilia to -s c rra tis , infimis te rm in a liq u e su b trilo b is , in te rm ed iis b a s i su p c rio
re u n id e n ta to .
A s p id i i u n c a r y o tid e u m . W a l l . M S S .
tL vB . I n I n d i a O r i e n t a l i (N e p a l ? ) . W a l l i c h .
Caudex, iit videtur, repens, squamosus, hic illic radiculosus.
Stipes pedalis e t ultra, pallide fuscus, subteres, biuc sulcatus, basi parce paleaceo-squamosus, superne nudus,
glaber.
Frons, stipitis longitudine, circumscriptione oblongo-ovata, pinnata, pinnis remotis patentibus, inferioribus oppositis,
reliquis alternis, sex poUicaribus, glabris, rhombeo-Iauceolatis, inæqualibus, longe acuminatis costatis,
oblique venosis, venis, sub lente, redculatis, marginibus tenuiter ciliato-serratis, basi cuneatis, brevissime
petiolatis ; vflmis tei-minalique ü-üobis, lobis lateralibus brevioribus acuminatis, intermediis margine superiore
versus basin dente unico insü'ucto.
Sori in duas lineas, inter- venas latérales dispositi, parvi, rotundati.
Involucrum exacte orbiculatnm, primum orbiculatnm, centro depressum, demum, inai-ginibus recun-is, umbilicatum,
peltatum.
Capsula: subsphoerlcæ, annulatoe, pedicellatæ, pedicello longissimo, articulate.
Semina minuta, sphærica, marginata, margine tuberculato, fiavo-viridia.
Fig. I. Aspidium caryotideum, ^ diminutum. f. 2. P inna :—magn. nat. f. 3. Portio frondis u t venæ reticidatæ
videantur. f. 4. Sorus immaturus involucro tectus. f. 5. Sorus maturus, verticaliter sectus. f. 6. Capsulæ.
f. 7. Semina.
T h i s is a v e r y d i s t in c t ly m a r k e d s p e c ie s o i A s p i d i u m , f o r w h i c h w e a r e in d e b t e d t o t h e H o n o u r a
b le t h e E a s t I n d i a C o m p a n y . T h e f ro n d s , w h e n s e e n t h r o u g h a g o o d m a g n i f y in g l e n s , p r e s e n t a
v e r y h c a u t i f u l a p p e a r a n c e , f r o m t h e n a tm - e o f t h e r e t i c u l a t io n . E a c h a r e o l a h a s a b r a n c h o f a v e in ,
s o m e t im e s s im p le , s o m e t im e s f o r k e d , p a s s in g u p w a r d s , t h r o u g h t h e c e n t r e , b u t n o t r e a c h in g t o th e
t o p . T h e s e v e in l e t s , i i r o b a b ly , t h o u g h i t is d if f ic u l t t o a s c e r t a in t h e f a c t , a r e w h a t t e rm i n a t e in th e
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