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TAB, XXXI.
T R I C H O M A N E S R E N I F O RM E .
FILTCES.— G y r a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. E i l i c e s veræ. Willd.
G e n . C h a r . T R I C H O M A N E S , Sm. .S'ori m a rg in a le s . Capsulæ ses.silc-s, re c e p tá c u lo com m u n i cylin
d ra c eo in s c rtæ , in tr a In v o lu c rum m o n o p h y llum su b u rc e o la tum , o re h ia n te , t e x tu r a fro n d is. B r .
T rich om a n e s r e n ifo rm e ; f ro n d ib u s ren ifo rm ib u s in te g e rrim is s tip ita tis .
T ric h om a n e s ren ifo rm e . F o r s t. P ro d r . n . a 6 2 . ^ ^ H e d tu .F i l .fa s c .3 ." S w a r tz . S y n . F il. p . l A l .
e t p . 3 6 9 . W i l ld . S p . P I . V. 5. p . 4 9 9 .
H ab. I n N o v aZ c c la n d ia . F o r s te r . M e n z ie s . I n sylvis d eu sis ad rip am flum in is “ T h am e s ” dicti :
p a ra s itic um . F rase r.
Caudex longe repens, gracilis, subtorluosus, ramosas, glaber, radiculosus, arboribus adnascens.
Stipites digitales, alterni, plurimi ex eodem caudice, remoti, subcurvati, superne paululum dilatali, omnino glabri.
Frondes simplices, fere exacte reniformes, duas tres ad quatuor uncias longæ, quatuor ad quinqué uncias latæ,
integerrimoe, coriaceo-membranaceæ, diaphanoe, nervis pluries dichotomis, e basi divei'gentibus, seu flabellatiin
dispositis.
Soi'i ad marginem frondis, arete dispositi, ad apicem sínguli nervi.
Involuciwii turbinatum fronde immersum, margine integerrimum.
Reccptamhm cylindraceuni, in speciminibus exsiccatis sublonge cxsertum, et capsulis tindiquc tectum.
Capsula: globosæ, pulcberrime reticulatæ, annulo lato completo cinctæ.
Semina globosa vel triangularía, singulo e tribus coi-pusculis composito.
Fig. 1. Pianta:—OTag«. f. 2. Involucra dua. f. 3. Capsulæ. f. 4. Semina:—magti. m/cL
T h is s in g u la r a n d very b e a u tifu l F e rn is, we b e lieve , e n tire ly con fin ed to New Z e a la n d , w h e re it
c lim b s ov e r th e t ru n k s o f tre e s . W e h av e re c e iv ed i t from M r . M e n z ic s ; b u t o u r fin e st spe c im ens
were re c e n tly s e n t to u s by M r. F r a s e r , th e c o lo n ia l b o ta n is t in N ew S o u th W a le s .
T h e su b s ta n c e o f th e fro n d is ra th e r th ic k , a n d it is p e llu c id , a n d o f t h a t n iitu re w h ich w o u ld le ad
to th e su sp ic io n o f its h av in g , in a fre sh s ta te , b e en su c c u le n t. In d ry in g , th e re fo re , th e spe c im ens
m ay h av e sh ru n k c o n s id e rab ly , e spe c ia lly a t th e m a rg in s ; and to th is c ircum s tan c e , p e rh a p s , may
b e a ttr ib u te d th e c x s e rte d s ta te o f th e capsule s.
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