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A D I A N T UM LU N U L A TU M.
F I L I C E S .— G v u 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 veræ. JV illd.
G e n . C h a r . S o ì ì m a rg in a le s , p u n c tifo rm e s vel Iine a re s. In v o lu c rum c m a rg in e fro n d is replic a to ,
disco ven o so c ap su life ro , lim b o m em b ran a c eo , lib e ro . B r .
A diantum lu n u la tum , g lab rum ; fro n d e p in n a ta , p in n is su b lo n g e p c tio la tis lu n u la to -o b lo n g is o b tu sissimis,
su p rem a cu n c a ta , m a rg in e su p c rio re lo b a to .
A d ia n tum lu n u la tum . B u rm . F l. In d . p . 2 3 5 . S w . S y n . F il. p . 121. T V illd . S p . P I . v. 5.
430. D o n P ro d r . F l. N e p a l. p . \ 6 . K a x d f. E n um . F tl. p . 2 0 b . S p r e n g . S y s t. Veg e t.
V. 4 . p . 110. R e liq . H a n k . p . 62.
P te r is lu n a ta . ” R c t z . Obs. 2 . p . 2 8 . t. 4.”
A d ia n tum lu n a tum . Cavan. P roe le c t. 1801. n . 6 " 6 .
A d ia n tum a rcu a tim i. S w a r tz . S y n . F il. p . 122. TVilld. S p . P l . v. 5. p .A 3 \ .
C a p illa ris m a lab a ric a n o n ram o s a , fo lio ro tu n d a to d e n ta to . P e iiv . G azoph. t. 54. f . 10.
A v cn k a . H o r t. M a la b . v . 12. p . 73. t. 40.
H a b . I n In d ia O rie n ta li ;— a ren o s is h um id is in M a lab a ria . R he ede . B ra s ilia . S w a r iz . In su la
Ja v a . B u rm a n . I n N c p a lia le g e ru n t H am ilto n c t TVallich. In su lis P h ilip p in is , M a rian is ,
e t ad Ac ap iü co . Cavan. T V illd . Chamisso. I n M e x ic o . H oe n k e .
Ra d ix cæspitosa, fibrosa, fibris tcnuibus, valde ramosis, flexuosis, tomentosis.
Stipites plurimi ex eadem radice, graciles, paululum, u t videtur, decumbentes, atro-fusci, nitidi, compressi, glabri.
Frons digitalis ad spithamæam, circumscriptione oblonga, obtusa, simpliciter pinnata, pinnis altérais, remotiusculis,
petiolatis, petiolo semiunciam longo, tenui, gracillimo, unciam longis, lunulato-oblongis, obtusissimis,
radiato-venosls, basi tinmcatis membranaceis, pallide viridibus, suprema cuneata, margine superiore semicir-
culavi, lobato, lobis contiguis non raro confluentibus, fructiferis. Rachis gi-acilis, aterrima, nitida, quandoque
■ (fide Kaulfuss) apice radicans.
Sori Iineares, marginem loborum occupantes, nunc confluentes.
Capsida numerosæ, longe stipitatæ. Sm in a triangularia, pallida.
Fig. I. Pinna, f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct.
A d ia n tum lu n u la tum u ppc a rs to bave a ve ry e x te n d e d g e o g ra p h ic a l ra n g e , b e in g fo u n d b o th u p o n
th e c o n tin e n t* a n d th e islands o f In d ia , as we ll as in M ex ico .
T h e ed ito r o f th e R e liq u ia H a n k e a n a , on th e a u th o r ity o f spe c im ens in W illd en ow ’s h e rb a rium ,
h a s v e fem 'd th e A . a rcu a ium o f th a t a u th o r a n d Sw a rtz (th e A . lu n a tum o f C avanillc s) to o u r p lan t,
as a ve ry tr if lin g v a rie ty w ith th e lo b e s o f th e pinna? m o re de ep ly c u t th a n usua l.
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