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FILICES.— G v r a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. F i l i c e s veræ. Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a r . A C R O S T IC H U M , L in n . Sori am o rp h i, s e u Capsulæ p e r to tam p a g in am inferio
rem fro n d is (in te rd um dive rsæ) vel ad e ju s p a r tem spa rsæ . Involucrum n u llu in (n is i sq u a m
u læ , ve l s c tæ in q u ib u sd am c ap su lis in te r s tin c tæ ) . B r .
A c r o s t i c h u m subcrenatum-, fro n d ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is b rev i-p e tio la tis su b c re n a tis lan c eo la tis a cu m
in a tis , ste rilib u s (s ep ten is ) b a s i c u n e a to -a tte n u a tis , fe rtilib u s (no v en is) m u lto m in o rib u s , basi,
in fe rio rib u sq u e apic e , o b tu s iu s cu lis , ra ch i suba la ta .
H a b . E Z e y lo n a , u bi in ru p ib u s , p ro p e S uffragan, p ro v e n it, c om m u n ic av it D . Emerson, M .D .
Caudex, u t videtur, brevis, subrepens, squamoso-paleaceus.
Stipes erectus, in fronde sterili digitalis, fertili spithamæus, gracilis, subnitidus, hic illic paleaceus, hinc sulcatus.
Frons sterilis palmaris, pinnata, pinnis lanceolatis longe acuminatis, basi süboblique cuneato-attenuatis, ultima
raajori, margine subcrenata, utrinque glabra, venis pinnatis, venulis reticulatim connexis. Rachis subalata :—
fe rtilis pinnis quadruplo minoribus, inferioribus basi apiceque minus attenuatis obscure crenatis.
Capsulæ totam inferiorem partem pinnarum tegentes, flavo-fuscæ, pedicellatæ.
Semina subovalia, paululum angulata, pellucida.
Fig. 1. Portio pinnæ sterilis. f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct.
C om m u n ic a te d b y D r. E m e rso n , w h o re c e iv ed i t f rom C e y lo n , w ith th e n a tiv e n am e “A le Kowila"
a tta c h e d to it. W e c an find n o th in g co rre sp o n d in g with it to be de sc rib ed in a n y p u b lic a tio n .