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A D I A N T U M P E N T A D A C T Y L O N .
FILICES.— G y r a t æ . B t . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. E i l i c e s veræ. Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a r . A D I A N T U M , L in n . S o r i m a rg in a le s , p u n c tifo rm e s vel lin e a re s . In v o lu c rum e
m a rg in e fro n d is rep lic a to , disco v en o so c ap sid ifc ro , lim b o m em b ra n a c e o , lib e ro . B r .
A dian tum p e n ta d a c ty lo n ; fro n d e trip in n a ta , p in n u lis p e tio la tis te n e r is o v a to -rh om b e is a cum in a tis
in c iso -lo b a tis , lo b is se rra tis , b a s i o b liq u e c u n e a tis , so ris o b lo n g is so lita riis ad a p ic em lo b o rum .
A d ia n tum p e n ta d a c ty lo n . “ L a n g s d . et F ische r, le . F il. t. 2 bA K a u l f . E n um . F l . p . 206. TVilld.
S p . P l . V. 5. p . 4 4 8 . S p r e n g . Siy st. V eg e t. v . 4 . p . I l 4 .
A d ia n tum , I 8 1 7 . B u r c h e ll M s s .
H ab. I n In s u la S t. C a th e r in æ B ra s iliæ . L a n g s d o r f. Chamisso. P ro p e R io de J a n e iro .
D . B u r c h e ll. M a r ia Graham.
Stipes spithamæus et ultra, aterrimus, nitidissimus.
Frons fere longitudine stipitis, circumscriptione deltoidea, bipinnata, pinnis inferioribus longis iterum divisis, pinnulis
alternis remoüusculis, petiolatis, petiolo gracillimo, sesquiunciam ad duas uncias longis, teneris, opacis,
ovato-rhorabeis, acuminatis, inciso-Iobatis, lobis oblongis serratis, basi inæquali et oblique cuneatis, integris.
Neroi numerosi, repetitim dicliotome divisi, e basi radiatim expansi. Color intense viridis. Rachis universalis
partialisque aterrimoe, nitidoe.
Sari ad apicem loborum, solitarii.
Involucrum transverse oblongum, subtus capsuliferum.
Capsulæ fuscæ, sphæricæ, sublonge pedicellatæ.
Semina triangularia, pellucida, pallida.
.Fig. 1. Puma cum soris. f. 2. Apex lobi fertilis. f. 3. Capsulæ. f. 4. S e m i n a auct.
O u r f rie n d M r . B u rc h e ll, as we ll as M rs . G ra lumi, h av e b e en so o b lig in g as to c om m u n ic a te
th is ve ry h an d som e spe c ie s o f F e rn to u s. W illd en ow , co rre c tly e n o u g h , com p a re s i t w ith th e
A d . tra p e z ifo rm e : b u t th a t h a s s h o r te r , le ss a c um in a te d p in n u le s , n e v e r d e ep ly in c iso -lo b a tc a t th e
m a rg in as in o u r p la n t, w h ic h ' a p p e a rs to b e tru ly d is tin c t from th a t a n d eve ry o th e r o f th e g cn u s ,
a n d co n fin ed to th e n e ig h b o u rh o o d o f R io , in B ra z il.
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