TAB. XLI.
P O L Y P O D I U M OVATUM.
FILICES.— G v u a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a r . P 0 L \ P O D I U M , ‘S'Hisrtz. »So?'? su b ro tu n d i (s e ria ti, sp a rs i v. c o n fc rti). In vo lu c rum
n u llum . B r .
P o ly p o d iu m o va ium ; f ro n d ib u s indivisis s tip ita tis m em b ran a c e is c b a s i d e c u rre n te o v a tis a c um in a tis
in te g e rrim is co s ta tis n c rv is p a ra lle lis , so ris in te r ñ e rv o s s im p lic i serie.
P o ly p o d ium o v a tum . TVall. M S S .
H a b. I n In d ia O rie n ta li. W a llic h .
Radix e fibris numerosis, fuscis, ramosis, hic et illic ferrugineo-tomentosis.
Caudex teres, repens, nigi-o-fuscus, squamis membranaceis tectus.
Stipes digitalis ad palmarem, subflexuosus, rigidus, fusco-viridis, glaberrimus, inferne liispido-paleaceus.
Frons stipite subbrevior, e basi decurrente vel in stipitem attenuata, ovata, acuminata, onmino integerrima, membranacea,
glabra, costata, venis lateralibus oblique patentibus parallelis, veoulisque ti'ansversis has connecten-
tibus instructa.
Sori simplici (rarissime duplici) serie dispositi, roîundati, nudi.
Capsula: longe pedicellatæ, sphoericoe, annulo lato incompleto cinctæ.
Semina ovalia, subangulata, reticulata.
Fig. 1. Capsulæ. f. 2. Semina:—magn. auct.
W e h av e n o m e an s o f a s c e rta in in g in w h a t p a r t o f In d ia th is cu rio u s a n d ra re F e rn was discovered.
I t ap p ro a ch e s th e c h a r a c te r o f P . scolopendrium o f H am ilto n in D o n ’s F lo ra N e p a le n s is ; a n d th is
may p e rh a p s b e a n a tiv e o f t h e sam e co u n try .
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