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F ILIC ES.— O p i i i o g l o s s e e . Br., Kaulf. S t a c h y o p t e e i d e s . Willd.
G en . C hau. O P H I O G L O S S U M . L in n . Capsulr. mulæ, in spicnm a rtic n la ta in d is tic h am ;
n a tæ , u n ilo cu la rc s , tra n sv e rs e d eh is c en te s , bivalves. W illd .
O p h io g l o s s u m p e n d u lum ; fro n d e p e n d u la lin e a ri d ieh o to iiia , sp ic a p ed u n c u la ta m ed io f ro n d is in s c n a .
O p h io g lo s sum p c n d iüm n . L in n . S p . P I . p . 1518. S w a r tz . S y n . F il. p . 1 7 0 . m i U . S p . P I.
V. 5. p . 6 0 . Sm ith in Mees Cycl. S iebe r H e rb . F il. n . 1 6 .
S co lo p en d ria . R um p h . A m b . v. 6. p . 8 4 . t. 3 7 . / 3 .
l i iB . I u a rh o rib u s A m b o y næ , u b i ra ru in . R um p h iu s . M a u ritii. Carmichael, S iebe r. E t in
m o n tib u s exc e lsis in su læ O w h y h e e . D a v id N e lso n .
P arasitmm. Frondes 2—3 ex eadem parva tuberculata radice, pendentes, bi-tripedales, usque ad quinqué pedes
longæ, basi anguste, deinde lineares, tenues, siccitate coriaceo-membranaceæ, 6 lineas ad pollicem la te , simpliciter
vel bis dichotomæ, vhides, reticulate, areolis elongatis; segmentis apice obtusis, margine undique
integerrimo.
Spica pedunculata, nuiic basin versus, prope medium, vel infra .apicem, fi-ondis sita, digitum ad pedem longa, péndula,
linearis, compressa, marginibus atrinque capsulifera. Hoe capadoe atete connatie, spliiericie, transve,-sim
dehiscentes.
Pcdnnculus duas uncias longus, teres.
Semina parva sphærica ñisco-lutea.
Fig. 1. Capsula dehiscens. i'. 2 . Semina:—magn. auct.
T h is n o b le sp e c ie s o f Ophio g lo ssum , o n ly p e rh a p s ex c e ed ed in siz e by th e S o u th Ame rie iin Ophia-
g lo s sum p a lm a tum , h a s b e e n s e n t to u s from th e M a u r itiu s b y C a p ta in C a rm ic h a e l (from w hose
sp e c im en s th e a c c om p a n y in g f ig n rc h a s b e en drawn) a n d b y D r , S ieh c r. I t is p ro b a b ly n o t u n c om m
o n th e r e . I n A m b o y n a , Hum p h ln a says, it is ex c e ed in g ly ra re . In th e B im k s ia n H c rb a rim n ,
S ir J am e s Sm itli te lls us, ve ry fine sp e c im en s a rc p re s e rv ed , g a th e re d b y M r. D av id N e lso n u p o n
th e h ig h m o u n ta in s o f Ow h y h c c .
Lcm.111, in th e B ic lio n n a ir e dc s S c ienc e s N a tu r c llc s , su g g e s ts tlm t o n m o r e m in u te ex am in a tio n
o f th e fru c tific a tio n , th is sp e c ie s will be fo u n d d is tin c t from th e g en u s O pU o g lo s sum : b u t wc sec
no re a so n fo r e n te r ta in in g such an o p in io n .
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