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AN Gl O P T ER I S ERECTA .
FILICES.— O sM U N D A C E Æ . Eiv. II. Boiy. Mau a t t i a c e æ . Kaulf. S c i i i s m a -
T O P T E E ID E S . Willd.
G e n . C h a r . A N Q IO P T E I t l S , H o ffm . Sori o b lo n g i, tran sv e rs i, in lin e am su bm a rg in a lc ra c o n flu
en te s. Capsulæ (liscretæ, c ir c itc r 10— 14, dup lic i se rie d isp o s itæ , e llip ticæ , su b com p re ssæ ,
an tic e p o ro o b lo n g o b ian tc s . Indusium n n llu in . Kaulf.
'A n g io p t e r is erecta.
A n g io p te ris e re c ta . “ I lq fm . in Comm. Goelt. 12. p . 2 9 . t. 5. exc lusis syn. p ræ tc r F o r s tc r i.”
Swartz. S yn. Fil. p . 1 6 6 et 3 9 5 . IFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p . 6 9 .
A n g io p te r is indic a . Desv. J o um . Bot. t. 1 8 1 3 .;;. 2 6 7 ?
C lcm c n tc a p a lm ifo rm is . “ Cav. Prel. 1802. n. I I 6 4 .”
P o ly p o d ium c re c tum . Forst. Prodr. n. 438.
H a b . I n In su lis S o c ie ta tis e t M a ria n is . TFilld. I n in su la O ta lie ite . D . Menzies. A p u d
S y lh c t, lu d iæ O ric n ta lis . Dr. TVallich.
Caude.v, fiele Willdenovii, arboreus, quinquepedalis, diametro spithamali; sed, seciindum Gaudichaudium, omnino
subterraneus.
Frondes “ sesquipedales {Willd.), decem ad duodecun pedales {Gaud.), bipinnatæ.”
Rachis lævis, teres, bine, facie superna, sulcatus.
Pinmdæ 4—6-pollicares, alternæ, remotiuscaloe, oblongo-lanceolatoe, subsessiles, basi magis minusve obtusæ, apice
attenuatæ, marginibus sevraloe, costatoe, venis numerosis parallelis simplicibus vel furcatis, supra intense virides,
subtus pallidiores, ubique glabræ.
Sori oblongi, ad apicem fere omnium venularum (basi apiceque pinnularum exceptis) et ila arete dispositi, ut
lineam longitudinalem prope mai'ginem efformant.
Capsiâæ majusculoe, nudæ, circiter 10— 14 in singulo soro; duplici serie dispositæ, cvecto-patentes, obovatæ,
obtusissimoe, sessiles, reticulatoe, dorso sulco depresso longitudinali notatæ, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes.
Inte r capsulas p ili pauci nrticiilati.
Semina minutissima, sphærica, fusca.
Fig. 1. Portio pinnularum, cum ejus soris. I‘. 2. Sorus. f. 3. Sorus verticaliter sectus, interius visus, f. 4. Capsula,
facic interiore visa. f. 5. Capsula n dorso visa. f. 6. Semina, f. 7. Pili e basi capsularuin «mg«. «f«/.
T h e A n g io p te i-is indica o f D e svaux we have q u o te d as a sy n o n ym to th e p r e s e n t species w ith a
m a rk o f d o u b t. A ll th e c h a ra c te r g iven is ‘‘fr o tid ib u s p in n a tis , p in n is lanc eolatis an d th e o b s e rv
a tio n is added, th a t it is easily d is tin g u ish e d from th e a lre ady k n ow n spe c ie s— 71'etaxit p o in t cor-
difo7'77ie-lanccolce'.' O u r sp e c im en s a rc n ev e r c o rd ifo rm a t th e ba se o f th e p in n u le s , b u t a rc g e n e ra lly
o b tu s e , som e tim e s a cu te .
F rom D r. W a llic h a g a in we have a p la n t m a rk e d '9 n g io p te } - i s , v ix ab A . c rassipeda. W a ll.
dive7'sa." W e a re n n a eq n a in tc d with th e o-assipcda o f W a llic h ; h u t o f th e p la n t ju s t m en tio n ed ,
e x c e p t in its p in n u le s b e in g n a rrow e r an d c o n s id e rab ly m o re a tte n u a te d th a n th e figure he ro given,
we do n o t see how it diflors from A . erecta. O n r S y lh e t sp e c im en ex a c tly a c co rd s w ith M r. M e n z
ies’ from O ta h c ite .
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