O P H IO G L O S S UM E L L I P T I C UM .
F I L IC E S . '—O p i i i o g l o s s e æ . B r ., K a u lf. S t a c h y o p t e r i d e s . JVilld.
G e n . C h a r . O P H I O G L O S S U M , L in n . Capsula: n u dæ in sp ic am a rtic u la tam d is tich am c o n n a tæ ,
u n ilo cu la rc s , tra n sv e rs e deh is c en te s , biva lve s. W i l ld .
O p h io g l o s s u m e llipticum-, sp ic a c au lin a lo n g e p e d u n c u la ta , fro n d e e llip tic a o b tu s a re tic u la ta medio
c o s ta ta , rad ic e fibro,sa.
H a il In D cm c ra ra , A m e ricæ m e rid io n a lis ; le g it c t com m im ic av it amiciss. C. S . P a r k e r .
Radix e fibris numerosis, longiusculis, simplicibus, fuscescentibus.
Stipes uiiciam ad tres uncias longus, erectus, gracilis, fronde termiiiatus.
Frons bi-triuncialis, elliptica, membranacea, integerrima, apice obtusiuscula, infeme in stipitem sensim decurrens,
reticulata, medio evidenter costata, costa versus apicem obsoletiore.
Peduncuhis e basi fi-ondis et ex apice stipitis, fronde duplo longior, erectus, teres.
Spica sub-biuncialis, lineari-compressa.
Capsula: numerosa:, arete connatæ.
Fig. 1. Capsula, f. 2. Semina:—auct.
T h is was d iscove red b y o u r e x c e llen t frien d C. S. Pai-her, E s q . o f L iv e rp o o l, in o ne o f th e m an y
h e rb o r iz in g e x c u rs io n s h e m ad e d u r in g h is v is it to D em e ra ra . I n th e sh ap e o f th e fro n d i t comes
n e a r e s t to th e C a p e O phio g lo ssum n u d ica u le ; b u t th a t is m u c h sma lle r in siz e , a n d h a s n o ap p e a ranc
e o f m id rib , w h ich is ve ry ob se rv ab le in o n r p la n t. I t is p ro b a b ly a llied to th e N ew H o lla n d
Oph. co statum o f M r . B row n .
TAB. XL. (B.)
O P H IO G L O S S UM OPA CUM.
O p h io g l o s s u m o p a c um ; sp ic a caulina , fro n d e co rd a ta o p a c a sp ic a lo n g io re , venis in co n sp icu is,
rad ic e Imlhosa.
O p h io g lo s sum o p a eum . Cai-michael in D c s c r . o f the I s la tid o f T r is ta ii da Cunha, in L in n .
T r a n s , v. 1 2 . p . ûOf).
H a h . I n lo c is clovatis m o n tis In su læ T r is ta n da C im h a . Carmichael.
Ophioglosso rcticulato valde afTiuc : difiert radice bulboso, fronde opaca, spica fronde breviorc, et magnitudine
«liuulruplo minore.
T h is m ay be c a lled an a lp in e p la n t. T r is ta n da C u n h a is s itu a te d in 37® 6' S o u th la titu d e ; and
th e p la n t is sa id to g row “ h ig h u p o n th e d om e ” o f th a t island. T h is i/o7«p, C a p ta in C a rm ic h a e l
te lls ns, in h is ve ry in te r e s tin g a c c o u n t o f th a t island, above quoted,, is in its e lf 5 0 0 0 fe e t h ig h , a n d
pla c ed u p o n th e to p o f a co n e its e lf 3 0 0 0 f e e t h ig h . I t is c e rta in ly ve ry n e a rly a llied to th e 0 . re ti-
cu la ium ; a n d m ay p e rh a p s proi-e a \-ariety d e p e n d in g u p o n pla c e o f g row th a n d o th e r c ircum stan c e s.
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