T A B . C X V l ï .
T l l l CHOMANE S APODUM.
FILICES.— G y u 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 , Sm., Sw. Sori m a rg in a le s . Capsula sessiles, re c ep tá cu lo
com m u n i cy lin d ra c eo in s c rtæ , in tr a Involucrum m o n o p h y llum , su b u rc e o la tum , o re h ian te ,
te x tu r a fro n d is. B r .
T r i c h o m a n e s apodum-, fro n d ib u s m in u tis (p le rum q u e ) s e ssilibus co rd a to -ro tu n d u tis p ro fu n d e
lo b a tis m im itissiiiie r e ticu la tis p a tc n ti-n e r\'o s is , lo b is o b tu s is s in u a tis , in v o lu c ris e x s c rtis su b -
m a rg in a tis b ila b ia tis , c audice lo n g e re p e n te tom e n to so .
H a iî. In in su la , B a rb a d o c s d icta. C. S . Parker.
Caudex repens, longus, ramosus, tomentoso-radiculosus.
Stipes vix ullus, plerumque sessilis.
Frondes plurimæ, parvæ, semiunciam longæ, imbricatim decumbentes, cordatæ, rotundatæ, obtusæ, profunde
iobatoe, sinubus obtusis, lobisque obtusis, sinuaüs, submembranaceis, pellucide virentes, minutissime sub
lente reticulatoe, nervosæ, nervis divaricatis in medio sbiguli lobi (nunquam radiatim vel parallelo-venosoe),
ad marginem hic iUic pilosoe, pilis stellatim ramosis.
Involucrtcm (an semper ?) solitarium, in singula fronde, liberum, oblongum, basi attenuatum, utrinque marginatum,
apice bilabiatuni, labiis margine rubris-.
Receptaculum longissime exsevtum, filiforme, basi ubi capsulæ, paululum uicrassatiim.
Capsula peltatæ, annulo completo, ut in onmibus speciebus Inijusce generis.
Semina subglobosa, iunbo pellucido, circumscripta.
Fig. 1. Frons fertilis. f. 2. Pars inferior receptaculi, cum capsulis. f. 3. Semina auct.
C lo s e ly as th is spe c ie s may ap p e a r a t first s ig h t to be a llied to Trick, reptans (Ic . F il. I. 32.)
a n d T . muscoides, y e t a m o re c a re fu l e x am in a tio n will pro v e i t to b e a b u n d a n tly d is tin c t. I t is
m u c h sm a lle r, h a s th e fro n d s a lm o s t e n tire ly sessile, m o re ro u n d e d a n d ap p ro a c h in g to co rd a te ,
de eply a n d c o n s ta n tly lo b c d a t th e m a rg in . T h e te x tu r e o f th e frond', to o , is v e ry d if f e r e n t; h e re
i t ap p ro a c h e s n e a r e r to th a t o f m a n y f ro n d o s c Jungermannia, th e r e tic u la tio n is small, a n d th e
ne rv e s m u ch le ss fre q u e n t, th e m a in b ra n c h e s from th e m id rib o r c e n tra l ne rve always follow in g
th e d ire c tio n o f o n e o f th e lo b e s.
■\Vc a rc n o t .aware th a t it h a s b e en fo u n d by any b o ta n is t b u t o u r frien d C . S . P a rk e r , E sq ., in
th e island o f Ba rb ad o e s.