CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHOIDES.
F I L IC E S .— G t i i a t æ . B r . P O L ÏP O D IA C EÆ . K a u lf . F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd.
G e n . C h a r . C R Y P T O G R A M M A , B r . Serri lin e a rc s (vel sn b ro tu n ili) venulis co stæ (p in n n læ )
ob liq n is in sid cn tc s. Capsula pedic c lla ta î, re c ep tá cu lo com m u n i elevato n u llo . In vo lu c rum
com m u n e (pin n n læ ) m a rg in a le , c o n tin u um , disco ven o so , m a rg in e sc a rlo so Ubero sæp iu s m d u -
p lic a to ; p a rtia le niillum.
F ilicu læ glabella,. F ro n d ib u s caspitosis b i-lr ip in n a lifd is : c entralibus m u tu u -c o n tra c tis f e r -
lililms, ev le rioribus ste rilibus. In v o lu c ris i r r s u m to tum p ín n u la tegentibus. C apsulis
breve p edicellatis, a nnulo incompleto : sp o ru lis obtuse tr ig m i s , la v ib v s . Br.
CRVETOGRAMMAOci-osiicWes'i froiidibus bip in n a tifid is, s te rilium p in n u lis ovalibiis c rcn a tis ¡ fcr-
tilium d em um c x p lan a tis , so ris lin e a rib u s discuin to tum o c cu p an tib n s . B r .
C ry p to g ram m a a c ro s tich o id e s . B r o w n in A p p . to F ra n k lin 's J o u m . p .T tW .
H a d . Apncl N o o tk a S o u n d . D . M e n z ie s . R e g io n e su b a rc tic a Am e ricæ S e p te n trio n a lis , in
sylvis o pa e is scopulosis in te r la t. S e p te n tr. 56” c t 6 0 “. Rich a rd so n .
. . J 5 ¡ ¿ r * _ 8-u i,cialis, g lab ro , læ te-v iren s, fro n d ib u s cosspitosis, stip ita tis, cr.asso-membranaceis opacis venis vix ,
ad v e rs a s lu c em conspicuis.
a p r m i c s ex te rio re s cæspitis tte r ila , c ircum sc rip tio n e la n c e o la te , bipinn.atifidai apice p in n a te p in n is distin ctis
altern is brev is sime p e tio la tis ; p in n u lis co n fluentibus, ovalibus, obtusis. c re n atls, in ferio rib u s p assim d en tatis,
omu ium venis e co sta v ix p ro .u b .u la acuLangulis distmctìs sim plicibus b ifid i.v e b a r a m a rg in em e ren atu ra s
dosinentibus. M p t e z p a llid i, su b tu s semiteretes; a u tic e b ìsu lei, in fra m ed ium co n sp ersi, squamulis Imea ri-
lan ceo latis a cumin a tis , disco fu sco -.tro , lim bo p a llid o , s u p r . g la b ri. J ìo r i i s e p ale ato , a n g u sta , comp re ssa ,
co lo re e t fere su b s ta n tia frondis. F ro n d e s c en trales /e r f iíc s s tip ite ste rilium lo n g io re a lioqui simili insidentes
b ip in n a te ; p in næ p e tìo la te ; y m m d * omn e s fru c tiferæ d is t in c te in ferio res brevissime p e tio ln te ; an te ex p li-
catio n en i in v o lu c ri Imeates, lim b o u trin q u e recu rv o , efforma.ite m iw lu o nm fo rn ica tum d iscnm to tum opérions
p a llid e v irid e v enosum m a rg in e scurioso avenio sæpius in d u p lic a to : d em um e x p la n a te angu sto -o b lo n gm
in v o lu c ro q u a si n u llo ; costa su b tu s p a rticu lis p a rv is flav i, consp ersa, venis c o s te ob liq u is, a lte bifidis, fere
b ip a rtìtis distinctis.
a S o ri ram o lo s omnes v en ar,u n a b.asi ad apicem oc cu p an tes, lin e are s, d istin cti sed ita a p p ro x im a ti u t discu s to tu s
p in n n læ e x p ln n a te cap std is m a tu ru s te ctu s e s l e t b i ho c stad io filix species Orommilldi, vel Acro slid a quasi
n Capsola b rev e p e d ic e lla te , tu rg id e len ticu lare s mmulo incomple to, a ltero la to ri in fra an n u ii t.rm in a tio u em tran s -
vc rsira d eb iscentes, receptando commu n i elevato n u llo soci v enæ p a rum m c ra s s a te insidentes.
o S p o n d a tria n g u lares , læves, ab sq u e sti-iis manifcstis vol p u u c to op a clo ri, in cumu lo d ilu te llavoe se p a raom hy a -
linoe.” B r .
Fin . 1. P in n u lm d uæ fertiles, in v o lu c ris a d h u c iuvolutis. f. 2. P o rtio p inm dæ tr.n sv e rs im secta, f. 3. P ín n u la ,
in v o lu c ri, cx p lan a tis. f. .1. P o r tio p iu u u læ , cum soris. f. 5. C .p su læ . f. 3. Semin a vel S p o rn læ ; - « « « « .
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T o so ailnl.rublo u dc so rip tio n o f th .s p lu n t us Unit h e ro co p ied Yorbutni, from M r. B row n , we eim
add n o th in g . W o believe th e p lan t bus n ev e r boon fou n d ex c e p t in th e s ta tio n s above given.
M r. B rown bus drawn n p th e c liu n ic tc r o f th e g en u s so as to inch .d e om- P te r is erispa; w h ich he ,
neve rthe le ss, co n sid e rs a d o u h tfn l species o f C n jp to g ram m a . T o us, h o tte v e r, th e re appe a rs no
gen e ric dlll'erencei and th e fe rtile fro n d s h av e th e c lo s e s t s im ila rity . ... a lm o s t every p a rtic u la r,
ex c ep t in th e ra th e r sh o r te r so ri o f capsules. In th e s te rile fronds th e p ln n n lc s ittc m n eh b ro ad e r
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