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TODEA F ß A SE R l .
FILTCES.'— O sM U N D A C E Æ . Br., Kaulf. O s m u n d a c e æ . Spreng. S c h i s m a t o -
P T E K ID E S . iVilld.
G e n . C h a r . T O D E A , W \M . 0 6 'i l /6W Z > Æ , P a rs ., T h u n b ., Sm ., B r. A C R O S l 'I C H I s^ q-
cies, L in n . Capsulæ g lo b o sæ , pedic e lla tæ , re ticu la tæ , g ib b e rc (vel a n n u lo ) d orsa li p e lluc ido,
la te ra lite r d eh isc en te s, v enulis fro n d is in fe r, in sid en te s. Spreng.
T o d e a Fraseri ; fro n d ib u s b ip in n a tis m em b ran a c e is g lab ris, p in n u lis o b lo n g is p ro fu n d e se rra tis ,
p in n a rum ra chi alata.
P Iab . In ru p ib u s madidis a p u d “ Bougainville Cataract," in m o n tib u s cærule is N o væ H o llan
d iæ . D . Fraser.
Caudex e re ctu s , brev is ? cra ssu s, su b sq u am osu s, vestigiis fro n d ium vetuscarum c ic a tric a tu s, ad ap icem frondosus.
S tip ite s su b q u ad rip o llic ares, semite re te s, g la b ri, h in c su lc ati, infern e sq u amis fuscis la tis m em b ran a ce is instruct!.
Frondes, c ircum sc rip tio n e , o v a to -lan c eo la tæ, bip in n a tæ , p in n is p a ten tib u s lan ceo lato -a cum in atis, sessilibus, ite rum
p in n a tis, p in n u lis oblongis, obtusis, pellu cid o -m em b ran a ce is, (siccitate) olivaceo-fuscis, m in u te reticu la tis,
costatis, p a ra lle lo -ven o sis, venis sim plicibus rarissim e fu rc atis. Hachis p r im a r ia n u d a , nisi e x trem ita tem
ve rsu s frondis, u b i, secundaria vel p in n a rum , m em b ran a ceo -a la ta.
Capsulæ in v en as p in n u la rum , p ræ c ip u e b a sin v e rsu s, in p a rte in ferio ri fro n d is sp a rsæ , p a llid e fuscoe, sp b e ricoe,
liediccllatæ , re ticu la tæ , rim a v e rtica li a basi ad g ib b e rem dorsalem vel a n n u lum re ticu la tum , aib id o -p ellu cid um
dehiscens.
Semin a p a rv a , sub g lo b o sa , pellucida.
F ig . 1. P in n u la cum cap.sulis. f. 2. P o rtio p in n u læ . f. 3. 4. 4. Cap su læ . f. S. Semin a ««cA
W e bave he re followed Swa rtz , Willd cn ow , K au lfu s s , an d S p re n g e l, iii r e ta in in g th e g en u s Todea,
as d is tin g u ish e d from Osmunda, w ith w h ich B row n , as T h u n b e rg has d o n e , u n ite s it.
T h e r e is a difference o f h a b it in th e tw o g e n e ra , m a inly h ow ev e r a ris in g , we m u s t confe ss, from
th e c ircum s tan c e o f th e fru c tific a tio n s b e in g pla c ed o n th e b a ck o f th e unchanged fro n d in Todea ;
w h ils t in Osmunda th e y a re s itu a te d on th e a lte re d a n d co n tra c te d p in n u le s . In Osmunda regalis,
howeve r, wc find th e r in g o r g ib b o u s p o rtio n d is tin c tly s tria te d ; in Todea it is re ticu la ted .
T h e very in te re s tin g spe c ie s h e re rep re s en ted ,— th e se co n d only o f th e g en u s n ow desc ribed,— was
c om m u n ic a ted to u s by M r. F r a s e r , who obse rve s, th a t h e fo u n d it b u t in o n e sp o t, be low m o is t
ro c k s , a t B o u g a in v ille ’s C a ta ra c t, in the. B lu e M o u n ta in s o f N ew H o lla n d . I t differs rem a rk a b ly
from T. africana, which is eq u a lly a na tiv e o f New H o lla n d , b y th e d e lic a te a n d sub p e llu c id te x tu r e
o f its froiul. A th ird spe c ie s o f Todea, b u t n o t p ro b ab ly a n A u s tra la s ia n p la n t, is k n ow n to
M r. B row n , h a v in g a fro n d o f a s im ila r h a b it with th a t o f T. Frasm-i, as m ay be in fe rre d from his
o b s e rv a tio n s , u n d e r th e g en u s Osnmnda, P ro d r. p. 1 6 3 ; Q iio n iam in T o d e a JVilld. cap su læ ve re
p ed ic e lla tæ, ct cum p o rro alia species cx is tit, iisdem pariler dorsalibus, a t fro n d e pellucidâ Tricho-
mani.s instar donata, co n su ltiu s du x i am ba s ad O sm u n d a in am an d a rc .”
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