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TR ICHOMA N E S F LOR I B U N D UM.
F I L I C E S .— G y r a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u lf. F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd.
Ge n . C h a r . T R I C H O M A N E S , Sm . S o r i m a rg in a le s . C a p su la s e ssile s, r e c e p tá c u lo com m
u n i cy lin d ra c eo in s e r t« , in tr a In v o lu c rum m o n o p h y llum , s u b u rc e o la tum , o re h ia n te , te x tu r a
fro n d is. B r .
T r ichomane s flo rib u n d um -, fro n d ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is la n c e o la tis sp in u lo so -s e rra tis , su p c rio rib u s
d e cu rren tib u s .
T r ic h om a n e s flo rib u n d um . H um h . e t B o n p l. M S S . W i lld . S p . P I . v . 5. p . 505. H um b . et
K u n th N o v . Gen. P I . A m . Æ q . v. l . p . 25. K u n i/ i S ijn . P L v. l . p . 8 9 .
T ric h om a n e s p in n a tum . S w a r tz . S y n . F il. p . 142.
T ric h om a n e s rh iz o p h y lla . Sxuartz. S y n . F il. p . 142. “ Cavan. P r a l . 180 1 . n . 6 9 6 .”
H a b . A d rip am flum in is R io N e g ro , p ro p e S a n C a r lo s , in sylva o p a c a (M is s io n c s del
O r in o c o ) . H um b . e t B o n p l. I n sylvis d en sis p ro p e la c um A s p h a ltum , In s u læ T rin ita tis .
D c S c h a c k . J am a ic a . M a s so n . G u ian a . H e r b . D e D e sse rt.
R a d ix fusca fibrosa, fibris crassis.” Willd.
Stipes longitudine variat 2—3 imcias ad 6—8-pollicares, filiformis, gracilis.
Frondes, circumscriptione ovatoe, vel ovato-deltoideæ, pinnatæ, pinnis nunc 3—4-, nunc 16-jugis, cum impari,
alternis, patentibus, lanceolatis, 3—G-poUicaribus, spinuloso-serratis, obtusiusculis, basi superiore ti'uncata,
infei'iore subdecurrente, costatis, venis fiircatis vasis ü'ansversalibus rete tenerrimum includentibus connexis
(f. 2 .):—summis confluentibus ; terminali elongata;—in fronde sterili, loco pinnæ terminalis, rachis apice
nuda, elongata, radicans.
SoH m arginales, numerosissimi, serraturas terminantes.
Indusia cyatliiformia, exserta, compressa, ore sub-bilabiato.
Receptaculum indusio duplo triplove longius.
Capsula ad basin receptaculi, rotundato-compressæ sessiles, annulo completo transversali cinctæ.
Semina minuta subsphærica.
Fig. 1. Apex pinnæ fertilis. f. 2. Portio pinnæ. f. S.Tndusium, cum ejus receptáculo, f. 4. Receptaculi basis,
cum capsulis tribus, f. 5. Capsula, f. 6. Semiiia:—magn, auct.
A b e a u tifu l a n d we b e lieve ve ry r a r e spe c ie s o f T rich om a n e s, rem a rk a b le fo r its n um e ro u s m a r g
in a l fru c tific a tio n s , an d , as K a u lfu s s well obseiwcs, fo r th e n a tu r e o f its v enation. T h e la te r a l
p a ra lle l ve in s re sem b le th o s e o f m an y m o n o c o ty lc d o n o u s p la n ts ; a n d from th e e x tr em e d e lic a cy o f
th e p a ren c liy in c be tw e en th e s e v e in s , th e p in n a ; a rc f re q u e n tly to r n in th e d ir e c tio n o f th em , a s we
se e to b e th e ca se in th e diffe ren t spe c ie s o f M u sa .
T h e la te B a ro n de S c h a c h fa v o u red u s w ith th e sp e c im en s h e r e figured, f rom th e sh o re s o f th e
A sp h a ltum la k e in T rin id ad .
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