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TAB. XXVIIl.
P T E R I S D E N T I C U L A T A .
F I L I C E S .— G y e a t j e . Br. PO LY PO D IA C E JE . K o « ; / . E l L IC E S v e riK . W lM .
G e n . C i i a e . S o r i lin e a re s , m a rg in a le s , c o n tin u i ; oapsidis siu n in v o lu c ri In se rtis. Involucrum. m a r-
g in a le , co n tin u um , s c a rio sum , in tu s lib e rum . B r .
P t e e i s i e n t im la ta ; f ro n d ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is d e cu rre n tib u s su b o p p o s itis , d u o b u s vel tn b u s p a n b n s
in fe rio rib u s m a rg in e c x tc r io r e (p ræ c ip u e ) p in n a tifid is ra ro b ip in n a tifid is s e to so -d e n ta tis , fo rti-
lib u s ad ap ic em so lum m o d o d en ticu la tis .
P te r is d o n ticu la ta . S w . F l. In d . Occ. V. 3 . p . 1 6 0 0 . S w . S y n . F il. p . 9 7 . K u u l f . E n u m . F il.
p . 187-
P t e r i s b r a s i l i e n s i s . R u i d i S y n . F il. B r u s i i , n . 1 1 1 . R a d d i FU. B r u s i i , p . i l . ( . 6 8 ( b is ) .
P te r is qu ad rifid a . B . P r e s i, in D e l. P r a g . l . p . 182. n um . 3 2 (fide R ad d i).
P te r is tr is tic n la . R a d d i F il. B r a s i l , p . 46. (. 6 9 î
H a b . I n lap id o s is nm b ro s is H isp a n io læ . S w a r tz . I n B ra s ilia . Chamtsso, R a d i s , B u r c h e ll,
D - M a r ia G ra h am . C u l t . I n H o r t. B o t. Liv e rp o o l.
Caudex n o n v id im u s, sed te ste cel. R u d d i, “ subnuUus, ru d icu lis n um e ro s is fib fo rm ib u s flexuosis r ig id is in s tru c tu s ,
n p ic e d e n s e squ nmu lo so , sq u nmu lis k n c e o lu to -a cum in u tis , d e n ticu la tis, n ig ris .”
S tip ite s 6 - 8 - p o l l ic a r e s a d p e d alem , g rac ile s, te trag o n i, n tr in q n e c an aK c u k ti, g la b ri, su p e rn e su b a lati.
Fro n d e s p e d a k s , n u n c , fide R a d d i, b ip e d ale s, c irc nm sc rip tio n e o v a te , vel d e lto id e » , p in n a te . P in n a : p le rum q u e
e x a c te o p p o s ite , k n c e o lo te , a c um in a te , c o s ta te , r e t i c u la te ; snperiores d e o u rren te s , re liq uw m ag is m inusve
p e t i o k t e ; isdersnediw a d b a s ia d iv is » , in jm oe » .a rg in e e x te rio rc (n u n c in te rio re ) p in n a tif r i» , la cin iis r a ti s sime
divlsis. P in n a omnes, p ia n to ste rili, m a rg in e d e n ta te , d e n tib u s setosis, f e r t i l i , a d ap icem, solum modo,
d e n tato -sp in u lo sis. Ra cM s p e tioU qm a lati, su p e rio re p a rte p ræ c ip u e .
S o r i c o n tin u i, omn em m a rg in em , p roe te r ap ice s, o c cu p an tes.
Cup std » in s in u b u s in v o lu c ri m n n e ro s » . s p bæ r ic » , n n n n la te , lo n g is sime p e d ic e lla te , p e d ic e llo g ra c ili, a rticu la te ,
celluloso.
S emin a tria n g u la ria , g ran u lis min u tissim is imm ixla .
F ig . 1. F ro n s fertilis. f. 2. F ro n s ste rilis. f. 3. P in n æ p o rtio c um so ro . f. 4. S o ru s, in tu s visus, f. .5. Cap su la ,
f. 6. S em in a cum g ra n u lis -.— magn. auct.
I f wc a rc n o t de ceived, th is is a p la n t liab le to con sid e rab le v a ria tio n . W e k n ow , from spe c i-
m en s re c e iv ed from th e u u th o r, us well na from th e d e s c rip tio n a n d fig n rc , th a t it is Ruddi's
P t . B r a s ilic u s is : b u t th e n we cqnully believe It to be th e P i . d c n iim la la o f Sw a rtz a n d Willd en ow .
A n d wc luive hr o u r own p o s s e s s io n su ch a se rie s o f sp e c im en s, us a lm o s t m ak e u s believe th a t th e
P i . Ir is ticu la o f R u d d i, a n d even b is P i . sp in u lo sa , a rc s ta te s o f th e sam e p lan t.
T h e M e s s rs . S h ep h e rd s o f th e L iv e rp o o l B o ta n ic G a rd e n c u ltiv a te th is p la n t in th e s to v e ; a n d It
is well w o rth y a pla c e in eve ry co lle c tio n .
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