ANEMIA ADIANTIFOLIA fi A s p l e n i f o l i a .
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FILICES.—OsMUNDACEiE. B r., Kaulf. S c h i s m a t o p t e r id e s . Willd.
G en . C h a r . A N EM IA , Sw. Capsula ova tie , v e rtic e ra d ia tim stria tje , in spic is c om p o s itis u n i-
la te ra lib u s dispositge, b a s i adfixie, lo n g itu d in a lite r d eh is c en te s . Indusium n u llum . Kaulf.
Div. Spica pedunculata gemmata ad basin frondis.
adiantifolia ; f r o n d e bi-tripinnatifida triangulan, laciniis ovato-cuneatis apice denticulatis,
subtus rachique pubescentibus, stipite glabro.
a. fronde tripinnatifida, laciniis acutis.
Anemia adiantifolia. Sxvartz. Syn. Fil. p. 15J. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 5. p.^A,.
Osmunda adiantifolia. Linn. Sp. PI. p . 1520.
Osmunda filiculeefolia major. Plum. Fil. p. 135. t. 158.
Lunaria elatior Adianti albi folio duplici spica. Sloane Jam. v. 1. p. 71.
(3. asplenifolia, fronde bipinnatifida, laciniis obtusis. Tab. XVI.
Anemia asplenifolia. Sw. Syn. Fil. p . 157.
Osmimda asplenifolia. Lam. Diet. v. 5. p. 652.
H ab. In India Occidentali. Insulis Bahamensibus. D. SwaiJtson. (3. In Dominica. Lamarck.
Jamaica.
V a r . (3.
Radix cæspitosa, fibrosa, fibris ramosis.
Stipes i— 6-imcialis, erectus, glaber, hinc sulcatus, basi nigricans, superne pubescens.
Frondes 3— 5 uncias longæ, ovato-triangulai-es, bipinnatifidæ, pinnis lanceolatis, pinnulis ovato-cuneatis, coriaceis,
tenuissime venosis, nitidis, inferioribus nunc bilobis, apice obtusis denticulatis, superne glabris, subtus rachique
breviter pilosis.
Spicce composite, bipinnatifidæ, pedunculate, geminoe, ad basin frondis inse rte , laciniis angustis, pilosis, hinc
capsuiis te c te . Pedunculi magis minusve pubescentes.
Capsida obliquoe, ovatæ, sessiles, bine gibbæ, reticulatæ, pallide fiiscæ, paulo infra apicem radiato-anmdate, extus
longitudinaJitei- dehiscentes.
Semina parva, sphærica, sub summa lente reticulata.
Fig. 1. Portio spicæ a dorso visa. f. 2 . Ejusdem pars superior, f. 3. Capsula, f. 4. Eadem dehiscens.
f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct.
We received our specimens of this plant from Jamaica. Tliey entirely accord with the /
asplenifolia of Swartz ; and wc are of opinion, with Willdenow, that it can only be considered a
variety of the A. adiantifolia.