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TÆNITI S FURCATA.
F ILIC ES.—G y r a tæ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. F i l i c e s veræ. TVilld.
G e n . C h a r . T j E N I T I S . S o n i s lin e a ris , c o n tim m s , q u a n d o q n e in te r ru p tu s , lo n g itu d in a lis , in te r
co s tam e t m a rg in em e x te rio rem fro n d is s itu s . In d u s ium n u llum . W illd .
T iE n n v s, fu r c a ta i f ro n d ib u s d ic h o tom o -p a rtitis p in n a tifid isv e , la c in iis lin e a ri-la n c e o la tis a cu tis s im is ,
s u b tu s sq u am u lo so -p u n c ta tis .
T æ n itis fu rc a ta . W illd . S p . P I . v . 5. p . 136. S m ith in P e e s Cycl.
P te r is fu rc a ta . L i im . S p . P I . p . 1531. Sw a r tz . S y n . F il. p . 9 5 .
L in g u a c e rv in a fu rc a ta . P lum . F il. p . 1 2 2 et 141.
H ab. I n sylvis H isp a n io læ . P lum ie r . In su la S a n c ti V in c e n tii. R e v . L . G u ild in g . In su la
T r in ita tis . D . L o c k h a r t.
Caudex repens, ramosas, densissime sqaamoso-tomentosus, intense fiiscus.
Stipes fere nullus.
Frons spithamoea ad pedalem, erecta, infeme indivisa, linearis, basi attenuata, superne vel dichotomo-partita vel
pinnatifida; laciniis ultimis et nonnunquam lateralibus furcatis; omnibus lineari-lanceolatis vel linearibus,
3— 6 vel ad 8 uncías longis, 6 lineas (in speclmine Phimiei-i imciam) latis, coriaceo-membi-anaceis, integerrimis,
acutissimis, costatis e t obscure venosis, facie superna viridibus, subnitidis fere midis, subtus p.allidioribus
punctatosquamulosis, squannilis minutis, ovatis, reticulatis, pellatis.
Sori in duas lineas longitudinales prope marginem frondis, et totam fere longifudinem laciniarum plerumque occupantes.
Indusùm omnino nulliim.
Capsula pedicellatæ, annulo completo.
Semina oblonga vel subreniformia.
Kg. 1. Squamuh. f. 2. Portio frondis cum sorls. C 3. Capsuiæ. f. 4 . Seminai-.(nag». aarf.
I f we aro r ig h t in re f e r r in g th is iin d o u h te tl spe c ie s o f Tasmtis to th e 7'. fu r c a ta o f Sw a rtz a n d
th e L i n p t a cercina fu r c a ta o f P Im n ie r, i t w o u ld se em to b e a sp e c ie s o f v e ry ra re o c cu rren c e , a n d
o n ly h ith e r to k n ow n to P Im n ie r. T h e figure in o u r p la te in d e ed differs from tlia t o f P lnm ic r in its
m n eh n a rrow e r fronds, a n d in th e d iv isions b e in g r a th e r su ch as to give th e c h a r a c te r o f p in n a tifid
th a n reg u la rly d ic h o to r a o iis : h u t sin c e th e a n n e x e d en g ra v in g was finished, we h av e re c e iv ed sp e c im
en s from H is E x c c lle n e y S ir R a lp h W o o d fo rd o f T r in id a d , g a th e re d b y M r. L o c k h a r t, w h ich have
th e fronds co n s id e rab ly b ro ad e r, s till n a rrow e r th a n P lum ic r’s p la n t, a n d w ith som e o f th e in dividua ls
(evidently th e y o u n g e r on e s) sim p ly d ic lio tom o u s ly divided. T h e m o re p e r f e c t s ta te o f t h e p la n t is
p e rh ap s c o n s ta n tly pinn.atifid with few s egm en ts , and th e b r e a d th o f th e fro n d is liab le to m u ch
v a ria tion.