A S P L E N I U M D E N T A T UM.
FILICES—G y k a t ®. Br. P o l y p o d i a c e ® . Kaulf. F i l i c e s v e ræ , Willi., Sprmg.
G e n . C h a r . A S P L E N I U M , L in n . S o r i lin e a re s , sp a rs i, dorsa le s. In v o lu c rum e v e n a la te raUte r
o rtum d u c cn s, m a rg in e su p e rio re lib e ro . B r .
A s p l e n iu m d c n ta tum ; fro n d e lin e a ri-o b lo n g a g la b r a p in n a ta , p in n is rb om b e o -o v a tis d en ta tis c ren a -
tisq u c d eo rsum a tte n u a tis in teg ris .
A sp len ium d e n ta tum . L in n . S p . P L p .M i a . Sm u r r i. S y n . F d . p . m . W i l l i . S p . P I . v . i . p . m i .
S p r e n g . S y s t. V e g e t. v. 4 . p . 86.
T ric h om a n e s la tifo lium d en ta tum . P lum . FU. p. 5 8 . /. lO l . f . C.
H a b . I u Jam a ic a . H isp a n io la . P lu n d e r . E x In s ,d a J am a ic a eom m n n lc av e ru n t
D . W i l e s e t B a n c r o ft.
E u i i v cæspims., fibres., fibris m.gis minusve longis, tor,„„sis, fuscis, plerumque Mrsutis.
S „ p ,e , plurimi ex e.dem r.dice, du,m ve! tres unci.s lougi, noimuuqu.m efiam pdmares, fusco-virides, com-
pressi, glabri, superne marginati.
Froeties, circumscriptione, oblongtoliue.res, ti-i-qu.dripollicmes . . ulti-u, p iana te , pinnis remotis, g l.bris, rhom be c
ovatis, obtusis, untice irreguluriter cren.to-dentotis, deorsum oblique cmie.tis, auemi.tis, integerrimis. BacMs
compressa, alata.
Invoîua-a in venis lateralibus, lineai-i-oblongis.
Capsulæ sphoericoe, sublonge pedicellatæ.
Semina ovaU-rotundata, limbata, limbo crenato.
Fig. 1. Pinna cum soris. C 2. Capsoloe. f. 3. Semina
P lum ie r, w h o ap p e a rs to h av e f irs t d e te c te d th is F e ru iu th e little is lan d caUed L a T o r tu c
Situated to th e n o r th o f th e P o r i i . P a in in S t. D om in g o , te d s n s th a t th is p la n , varies in siz e and
lu x u rian c e ve ry m u ch , a c c o rd in g to its s itu a tio n u p o n w e t o r d ry ro ck s .
I t will r a n k n e a r to th e A s p l . v ir i ie a n d A . Trich o n ia n is o f o u r c o u n try .
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