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FILICES.— G y k a t æ . B r. P o i y p o d i a c e * . Kau lf. F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd.
G e 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 se ssile s, r e c e p tá c u lo com 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 a la tum ; p ilo s iu s cu lum , fro n d ib u s b ip in n a tifid is , p in n is la n c e o la tis a c um in a tis , la c iniis
lan c eo la tis in c iso -s e rra tis , s tip ite (su p e rn e ) ra c h iq u e ala tis.
T ric h om a n e s a la tum . S w a r tz . F I. In d . Occ. v. 3 . p . 1732. S y n . FU. p . 143. W i l ld . S p . PI.
V. 5 . p . 5 0 6 . [non H o o k , in F I. E o n d .)
F ìlic u la to ü i tran s lu c e n s . P lum . F il. t. 5 0 . / . D . (vix bona .)
H a b . In m o n tib u s exc e lsis J am a icæ a u s tra lis , a lib iq u e in In d ia O c c id e n ta li. S w a r tz . H is p a n
io la , e t in A n tillis m in o rib u s . W i l ld . In su la S a n c tæ V in c e n tii. R e v . L . G u ild in g .
Caudex rep en s.,
Radix e fibris plurbnis longis nigricantibus vix tomentosis.
Stipes 3—t-poUicaris, gracilis superne, e fronde utrinque decurrente, alatus, primum liirsutus, demum gÌaber.
Frondes translucentes ovato-lanceolatæ, apice attenuatæ, bipiiinatifidoe; pinnis vel segmentis primariis lanceolatis
attenuatis, Incinii»; lanceolatis, acutis, inciso-serratis, omnibus nervosis, sub lente pulcberrime reticulatis, nervis
margine pilosis, pilis raris nunc furcatis. RacMs alatus, plerumque pilosus.
Indusia urceolata, dentibus laciniarum immersa, ore aperto truncate.
Receptaculum indusio triplo quadruplo longius, ad basin capsulis tectum.
Semina globosa.
Fig. 1. Frondis laciniæ duæ. f. 2. Indusium verticallter sectum. f. 3. Portio receptaculi cum capsulis duabus.
f. 4. Capsula, f. 5. Semina :—magn. auct.
E x c e lle n t, in a lm o s t e v e ry r e sp e c t, a s is th e d e s c rip tio n th a t D r . Sw a rtz h a s g iv en u s o f th is p la n t,
ye t, p ro b a b ly in c o n s eq u en c e o f th e in d iffe ren t fig u re re fe rre d to in P lum ie r , i t h a s h a d th e m is fo rtu
n e o f b e in g little u n d e r s to o d ; th e T iich om a n e s luc ens h a v in g g e n e ra lly h e e n s e n t to u s b y th e
n am e o f ala tum ,— a la rg e r a n d m u c h fin e r p la n t, as will b e se en b y o u r figure .
T h is m u s t n o t b e c o n fo u n d ed w ith th e T ic h om a iie s a la tum * o f H o o k , in F I. L o n d . (th e H ym e n o p
h y llum a la tum o f E n g l . BotP) O n re f e r r in g th a t spe c ie s to its p ro p e r g em is , th e o ld spe c ific n am e
was re ta in ed , w ith o u t r e c o lle c tin g th a t it was iireo c cu p ied . I t sh o u ld n ow b e c a lled, a f te r Sm ith
in R e e s’s C yc lopa idia , T . europaicm.
O u r fin e st sp e c im en s o f th e tru e T . a la tum a re f rom th e Rev . L an sd ow n G u ild in g .
* Tlie two species are nevertheless very nearly allied. Tlie European p lant is much more divided, so as to be 3— 4 pinnatifid,
the ultimate segments never serrated.