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TR ICHOMA N E S LUCENS.
F ILIC ES.— G t e a t æ , Br. P o iy p o d ia o e » . Kau lf. F i l i c e s veræ. Willd.
G e n . C h a u . T R I C H O M A N E S , S in . S o r i m a rg in a le s . C a p su la sessile s, re c e p tá c u lo c om m
u n i cy lin d ra c eo in s c rtæ , in tr a In v o lu c rum m o n o p h y llum , su b u rc e o la tum , o re h ia n te , te x tu r a
f ro n d is . B r .
T r ic h o m a n e s lucens-, s u b h irsu tum , f ro n d ib u s su b -b ip in n a tifid is p in n is h o r iz o n ta lib u s la n c e o la tis
a cu tis , la c in iis b rev ib u s su b -b id e n ta tis , s tip ite ra c h iq u e a la tis.
T ric h om a n e s lu c en s . S w a r tz . FI. In d . Occ. v . 3 . p . 1 J 3 4 . S y n . F i l . p . 143. W i l ld . S p . P I .
V. 5 . p . 506.
P Ia b . A d la te r a um b ro s a c a v e rn a rum m o n tium J am a icæ . S w . I n m o n te S a n c ti A n d reæ ,
I n s u læ S a n c ti V in c e n tii. R e v . L . G u ild in g . I n D cm c r a r a , A m e ricæ M e r id io n a lis . C. S .
P a r k e r .
Caiidex repens, fibrosus, primum paleaceus, demum nudus.
Stipes S—4-unciahs, basi teres, pilosus, senectute nudus, superne præcipue aîatus.
Frons palmaris ad pedalem vel sesquipedalem, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, pellucida apice attenuata, sub-bipinna-
tifida. P in n a horizontales, approximate, oblongo-lanceolate, magîs minusve acutæ, venosæ, reticulatoe,
yenis nunc, e t m argine, hirsutis, laciniis rotundatis, brevibus, obtusis, bi-tridentatis.
Sori in partem superiorem frondis, et ad apicem pinnarura, in singula lacinia.
Indusium, urceolato-cylindraceum, immersum, ore subcompresso trúncalo,
li indusio triplo longius, filiforme.
1 Tr. alato.
Semina sphærica. •
Fig. 1. Pinnæ portio cum sóro. f. 2 . Pa rs receptaculi, cum capsulis duabus. f. 3. Capsula, f. 4. Semina:—
magn. auct.
Trich om a n e s lucens v a rie s m u c h in siz e . O u r sp e c im en s f rom S t. V in c e n t a re g e n e r a lly f rom
s ix to t e n in ch e s in h e ig h t, w h ile th o s e b ro u g h t to u s f rom D em e r a r a o n th e c o n tin e n t o f S o u th
A m e ric a , b y o u r v a lu e d f r ie n d C . S. P a rk e r , E s q ., a r e n e a r ly tw o f e e t in le n g th .