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GR AMMIT I S DECURRENS .
F I L I C E S .— G y r a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u l f . F i l i c e s v e ræ . W i l ld .
G e n . C h a r . G R A M M I T I S . S o r i o b lo n g i, lin e a rc s , re c ti, sp a rs i. In d u s ia n u lla . W illd .
G r a m m it is d em r r e n s ; fro n d e p in n a tifid a , s e gm e n tis r em o tis la n c e o la tis a cum in a tis in te g e rrim is ,
s tip ite r a c liiq u e g lab ris.
G ram m itis d e cu rren s . W a ll . M S S .
H ab. I n In d ia O r ie n ta li (N e p a l ?). W a llic h .
Caudex repens, crassus, valde fibrosus, fibris ramosis non raro hirsutis.
Stipes pedalis et ultra, pennæ corvinæ crassitie, erectus, glaber, nitidus, fuscus, teres, bine sulcatus.
Frons, circumscriptione late ovata, profunde pinnatifida, segmentis 6—8-poUicaxibus, patentibus, lanceolatis, acuminatis,
coriaceo-membranaceis, apice acuminatis, marginibus integerrimis; rachi loevi superne late, inferne
anguste alata.
Soì-i in medio frondis u t e t in segmentis, iineares, obliqui, venulis suppositi, prope costam, sed non ad marginem
attingentes.
Capsula splioericoe, longe pedicellatæ, reticulatæ, annulo incompleto.
Semina pai-va, oblongo-subreniformia.
Fig. 1. 1. Capsulæ. f. 2. Semina :—77Zì^ì. auct.
In th e G ram m itis de currens o f D r . W a llic h we h av e a spe c ie s q u ite u n lik e a n y o th e r d e sc ribed
p la n t o f t h e g en u s , a n d v e ry s im ila r iu h a b it to m a n y spe c ie s o f P o lyp o d ium .
W e h av e re c e iv ed sp e c im en s f rom D r. W a llic h in 1 8 2 0 , a n d a g a in in 1 8 2 6 f rom th e H o n o u r a b le
th e E a s t In d ia C om p a n y ; b u t th e e x a c t p la c e w h e re th e p la n ts we re g a th e r e d is n o t m en tio n ed .