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GRAMMIT I S LANCEOLATA.
F I L I C E S .— G y k a t * . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e j e . K a u l f . F i l i c e s v e ræ . W i l ld ., S p r e n g
G e n . C h a r. G R A M M I T I S , Sw. S a r i o b lo n g i, lin c a re s , re c ti, sp a rs i. In d u s ia imlla . JF illd .
G rammit is la m e o la la -, b re v ite r s tip ita ta , fro n d e s im p lic i su bm cm h ra n a c c a c o s ta ta su b re tic u la ta
lan c e o la ta a c u ta in fe rn e a tte n u a ta , m a rg in e in te g e rrim a , so ris co sta i co n tig n is su b p a ru llc lisq u e
su p rem is co n flu en tib u s .
Gra in ra itia la n c e o la ta . S iv a r tz . S y n . FU. p . 2 2 et 2 1 2 . G l . / 4. IF illd . S p . PI. v. 5. p . IS q .
S p r e n g . S y s l . V e g . v. \ . p . 41. (n o t S c h k u h r.)
A sp len ium p la n ta g in e um f3. L a m . D ie t. p . 3 0 3 . l l lu s t r . t. 8 6 7 . / 1 .
H a b. I n In s u la M a u r itii e t B o rb o n iæ . Commeì-son. R e p e n s , in sylvis m iib ro s is , ad a rb o rum
r ad ic e s, c t in lo c is sic c is in te r sa x a in m o n te P o u c e , in su læ M a u r itu . B o je r .
Radi.v fibrosa, nigra, ramosa, dense ferrugineo-tomentosa.
Caudex longe repens, crassitie penncc corvinæ, squamis nigrescentibus, ovatis longe acuminatis, reticulatis, scrru-
latis obsitus.
Stijies subnullus.
Frons spifliainoen, ubique glabra, submcmbraiiacea, indistincte reticulaia areolis oblongis, plana, margine integerrima,
basi in sdpitem pcrbrevem attenuata, apice acuta, vix acuminata, medio costata, costa vix prominula.
Sori in partem superiorem frondis plerumque dispositi, costoe contigui et ei paralleli aut rarius subobliqui, fere
simplici serie, lineares, nane duas ad tres lineas longi, nmic unciales, lineara lati, prominuli, basi apiceqne
obtusi, venulis inserti : snpreinis non raro confluentibus.
Capsula: numerosæ, arctissime dispositæ, pallide fuscæ, annulo incompleto cinctæ.
Semina angulnta, lævissime punctulata, opaca, albo-virescentia.
Fig. 1. Portio frondis, ciim sovo. f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct.
W c a re in d e b te d fo r o n r b e a u tifu l sp e c im en s o f th is little -k n ow n F e rn to M. B o je r o f th e M a u r
itiu s , w h o to o k i t fo r a Tæ n itis , a n d m a rk e d it Tæ n itis s impliv ifolia o f liis M S S . W e th in k , h ow eve
r, th a t th e r e is n o d o u b t o f its b e in g th e G ram m itis lanceolata o f Sw a rtz ; b u t i t m u s t b e a llowed
th a t th e fru c tific a tio n , e spe c ia lly iu th e u p p e r pm t o f th e fro n d , h a s a g o o d deal th e ap p e a ra n c e o f
th a t o f a Tæ.nitis.
S c h k u b r (!. 7 .) m is to o k a W e s t In d ia n F e rn (th e G ram m ills t lm g a ta o f Sw. a n d W illd .) fo r th is
o f th e M a n r itin s i lin t tlia t differs from o u r p la n t in its m u ch sm a lle r size, m o re r ig id te x tu r e , in
th e p re s en c e o f m im e ro n s s te lla ted sc a le s, a n d in th e so ri o f f ru c tific a tio n b e in g sh o r t, n n ifo rm , and
Fonning a re g u la r sc rie s o r s in g le lin e be tw e en th e m a rg in and tb c midrib.
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