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TAB. CXV.
T R I C H OMA N E S Q U E R C I F O L I UM.
FILICES.— G y 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 . T R IC H O M A N E S , S m . , S w . Sori m a r g i n a l e s . Capsulæ s e s s i l e s , r e c e p t á c u l o
c o m m u n i c y l i n d r a c e o i n s c r t æ , i n t r a Involucmm m o n o p l i y l l i u n , s u b u r c e o l a t u m , o r e h i a n t e ,
t e x t u r a f r o n d i s . B r .
T r i c h o m a n e s quei-cifolium ; fro n d ib u s o b o v a to -c u n e a tis in s tip item brevem a tte n u a tis , p ro fu n d e
p in n a tifid is , la c in iis lin e a ri-o b lo n g is o b tu s is s in u a tis apice so rife ris , in v o lu c ris ex s e rtis .
TLvb. I u a rb o rib u s , in sylvis a p u d E sm e ra ld a s , ab u rb e Q u ito ite r dic i d is tan tcm . Am c r.
M c rid . a lt. 8 0 0 0 p ed. D . Prof. Gul. Jameson.
Caudex filiformis, repens, Lie illic radicans, squamoso-tomentosus, fuscus.
Frondes 3—!• uncias longæ, unciam ad duas uncias latæ, obovato-cuneatoe, basi in stipitem brevem subtomentosum
attenuatæ, membranaceæ, pulcberrime reticulatæ, profunde pinnatifidæ, laciniis lineari-oblongis, obtusis,
sinuatis, penninerviis, superioribus apice soriferis. P ili pauci, furcati vel steDati ad mai-ginem laciniarum.
Sori terminales, solitarii vel bini ternive in singula lacinia superiore.
Involucra omnino exserta, libera, subcylindracea, inferne attenuata, superne bilabiata, labiis erectis subrotundis.
Receptamlum Iongissimu]ii, exsei-tum, ad basin solummodo, intra involucrum, capsuliferum.
Capsidoe orbiculares, compressoe, peltatoe, transversim complete annulatæ.
Semina parva, oblonga vel triangularla, flavo-fusca.
Fig. 1. Portio lacbiioe cum soris. f. 2. Portio frondis:—magn. auct. f. 3. Pars inferior receptaculi cum capsulis.
f. 4. Semina:—magi. auct.
A l l i e d t o T . reptans o f S w a i - t z a n d ' W i l l d c n o w ; b u t d i s t i n g u i s h e d b y i t s m u c h g r e a t e r s i z e , a n d
t h e d e e p e r a n d n a r r o w e r s e g m e n t s o f t h e f r o n d .
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