TAB. XX.
OPHIOGLOS SUM RETICULATUM.
F I L I C E S .— O p i i i o g l o s s e æ . B r., Kau lf. S t a c h y o p t e r i d e s . Willd.
G e n . C h a r . O P H I O G L O S S U M , L in n . Capsulæ n u dæ , in spic;mi a rtic u la tam d is tic h a iu c o n n
a tæ , u n ilo c u 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 r e ticu la tum ; sp ic a c a u lin a lo n g is s im e p e d u n c u la ta , fro n d e co rd a ta a p ic u la ta r e tic u l
a ta “ ra d ic e e lo n g a ta .”
O p h io g lo s sum re tic u la tum . L im i . S p . P L p . 1 ^1 8 . S w a r tz . S y n . F il. p . 110. W i lld . S p . P I.
v . h . p . 6 o . Sxiiith in l ie e s Cycl.— L a m . I l lu s t r . t. 8 6 a . f . 2 . S ieb c r Hci-b. F il. n.
O jjh io g lo s sum c o rd ifo lium . ^ R o b . M S S . cum I c .
O p h io g lo s s im i co rd a tim i e t r e tic u la tum . P lum . F i l . p . 141. t. l6 4 .
H a b . Ill In s u lis M a u r itii c t B o rb o n iæ , In d iæ O rie n ta lis . I n H isp a n io la , J am a ic a , e t G u ian a ,
Indire O c c id en ta lis .
R a dL x (fide P lum ie ri) de sce iid en s, e lo n g a ta , c a rn o sa , 2— 3 -p o llic aris, fib ris p lu rim ls alb id is sim p lic ib u s in s tru c ta .
Stip e s 4— 6-poHicaris, e re c tu s , te re s, viridis.
F ro n s so lita ria , a d ap icem stip itis, la to -c o rd a ta , vel c o rd a to -ro tu n d a ta , c a rn o so -m em b ra n a c e a , re ticu la ta , a reo lis
an g u la to -ro tu n d a tis , m a rg in e in te g e rrim o , ap ice ap icu la ta , b a s i p ro fu n d e em a rg in a ta , m a rg in ib u s in stip item
d e c u rre n tib u s .
Pcd u n cu lv s e s in u fro n d is, e re c tu s , te re s , g ra c ilis , 6— 7 u n c ias lo ngus.
Sp ic a te rm in alis, soliUiria, b iu n c ia lis , lin e a ri-com p re s sa , m u c ro n e te rnm iata.
Capsidce p a rvæ , arc tissim e co n n a tæ , seminibns a n g u lato -sp boe ricis rep le toe.
F ig . 1. S em in a :— w¡ag«. awci.
I t is th e ca se w ith th is , as w ith mimy o th e r tro p ic a l F e rn s , th a t it is fo u n d eq u a lly in th e New
as in th e O ld W o r ld . O u r sp e c im en s ai-c all from th e M a u r i t iu s ; b u t j u d g in g f rom th e figures
o f P Im n ie r above q u o te d , a n d th e te s tim o n y o f o th e r w rite rs , th e r e a p p e a rs to b e n o difference
b e tw e e n th em a n d th o s e th a t a re na tiv e s o f th e W e s t In d ie s .
T h e d raw in g was m ad e f rom sp e c im en s g a th e re d b y C a p ta in C a rm ic h a e l in th e M a u ritiu s .
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