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FILICES— G y e a tæ . Br. P o l y i - o d i a c e® . Kaulf. F i l i c e s veræ. Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a e . A S P L E N I U M , L im i. S o r i lin e a rc s, sp a rsi, d orsa le s. In v o ln a -um c v e n a la te ra lite r
o r tum duc cns, m a rg in e su p e rio re lib e ro . B r .
AsPLEureM G illie sm n um ; fro n d ib n s a n g u s te la n c eo la tis p in n a tis , p in n is flab e llifo rm ib u s an tic a
la c in ia tis d e n ta tisq u e , ra ch i lævi apic e n o n rad ic an te .
A sp lé n ium G illic sii. H o o k , in E x . F lo r a ,p . 2 0 9. (sub de sc r. A s p i . fh h eU ifo lii, s ine le .)
H a b . I n f is s n r is r n p in m , a p u d C e n o G r a n d e U s p a l la t a , A n d ib u s . D . Gillies,
l ì t t i i i p a m , fib ro sa, fib ris sn b s im p fid b u s , to rtu o s is , fillformibus, m ag is m in o sv e liirsa tis .
Stipe, oncia ad duas uncias longus, gtncllis, glaber. vfi-idis, ad basin squamoso-hispidus.
» 0» angnsto-lanceolala, pianata, pinnis remotiusculis, alternis, flabelliformibus, tenuissime membr.uaceis, pallide
vindibue, antice sublobatia, lobis subtribus, inciso-crenatis, pinnis ultimis sensim mmoribus. Buchi, W is ,
apice nunquam radicante.
Involuci-a linearia, membranacea, pallide fusca, fere albida.
Capsula: sphæricæ, articulatoe, pediceUatæ.
Semina ovalia, fusca.
Fig. 1. Himn, cum soris. f. 2. Capsula!, f. 3 . Semina t—rnog». amt.
D is co v e red b y o u r ex c e lle n t frien d D r. Gillie s o n th e e a s te rn side o f th e A n d e s , lo o k in g tow a rd s
M e n d o z a . T h e spe c ie s h a d b e e n b e fo re n o tic e d in H o o k e r s E x o t ie F lo ra u n d e r th e d e s c rip tio n o f
A sp le n ium fla b e llifo lium , a na tiv e o f N ew H o lla n d , a u d wh ich h a s m a n y p o in ts in com m o n w ith th e
p re s e n t. A s p l . Gillie sia n um m ay , h ow ev e r, a lways be d is tin g u ish e d b y its m u c h sm a lle r siz e , m o re
s len d e r a n d d e lic a te h ab it, n e v e r th row in g o u t ro o ts from th e ex trem ity o f a leafless ra chis.
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