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G e n . C h a r . P T E R I S , L i n n . Sori l i n e a r c s , m a r g i n a l e s , c o n t i n u i ; c a p s u l i s s i n u i n v o l u c r i i n s
e r t i s . Involucmm m a r g i n a l e , c o n t i n u u m , s c a r i o s u m , i n t u s l i b e r u m .
P t e r i s auriculata-, f ro n d ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is b rev issim e p e tio la tis trian g u la ri-o v a tis su b trilo b is ,
v c l b a si su rsum a u ric u la tis in fe rio rib u s su b ro tu n d is , s tip ite ra c h iq u e lævissim is n itid is.
P te r is a u ricu la ta . Thunh. Fl. Cap. cd. Schultes, v. 2. p . 7 3 3 . W illd . Sp. P l. v. 5. p . 3 65.
Swarlz. S yn. Fil. p . 103. Spreng. S y s t. Feget, v. 4. p . 7 1 . Sieber S yn . Fil.
S chlentend. A d u m b . P l . t. 22.
A d ia n tum a u ric u la tum . Thunh. Prodr. Fl. Cap. p . 173.
H a b . A d P rom o n to r ium B o n æ S p c i. Thunberg; Fillette; Thom; M u n d ; Carmichael.
R a d ix cæspitosa, e fibris numerosis ramosis subpUosis.
Stipes brevis, vix duas uncias longus, erectus, flexuosus, atro-purpureus, longissimus, nitidus.
Fro-ns palmaris usque ad spithamæam, circumscriptione lanceolata, pinnata. Pinnæ alternæ, plerumque subremotoe,
forma m ue variantes; inferiores subrotundoe, integerrimoe, obtusissimoe, reliquæ magis minusve ovatoe
vel triangulares, basi utrinque vel sursum solummodo auriculatæ, nunc obtusæ, nunc acutæ ; superiores magis
angustæ ; omnes brevissime petiolatæ, subcoriaceæ, glabræ, supra intense virides, inferne pallidæ, costatoe, vix,
nisi oculo bene armato, venosæ. Rachis glaberrima, atro-puqiurea.
Soi-i marginales, continui.
Involucrum e margine membranaceo formatum, paDide fuscum, apice mæqualiter crenulatum, subimdulatum.
Capsulæ numerosæ, pedicellatæ, annulo lato donatoe.
Semina parva, globosa.
Fig. 1. Portio pimiæ cum soro. f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3 . Semina:—magn. auct.
A t t h e t i m e t h a t o u r d r a w i n g w a s m a d e , n o f i g u r e e x i s t e d o f t h i s s p e c i e s o f P te r is ; b u t s i n c e t h e
e n g r a v i n g w a s e x e c u t e d , w e f i n d i t r e p r e s e n t e d i n t h e l a s t n u m b e r o f S c h l e n t e n d a l ’ s e x c e l l e n t
Adumbrationes P la n ta n tm ; o f w h i c h , h o w e v e r , t h e d e s c r i p t i o n s h a v e n o t y e t r e a c h e d u s . T h e f o u r
n u m b e r s t h a t w e h a v e s e e n a r e a d m i r a b l y i l l u s t r a t i v e o f t h e F e r n s o f t h e C a p e o f G o o d H o p e .