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A D I A N T U M C H I L E N S E .
IT L IC E S— G y e a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u lf . F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd.
G e n . C h a e . A D I A N T U M , Linn. Sari marginales, punctiformes Ycl lineares. Involucrum e
m argine frondis replicato, disco v en o so , capsulifero, limbo membranaceo, libero.
A d i a n t u m c / t iW ; fronde tripinnata, p innis breviter p e tiolatis subrigidis reniforml-cuneatls radiatim
v en osis crenatis, involucris transversim oblongis approximatis. stipite rachique nitidis
glaberrimis.
a. g labra; frondibus ubique glaberrimis.
Adiantum chilense . Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p . 2 0 7 . S p ra ig . S yst. Veget. v. i . p . 2 1 4 .
(3. hirsuta; p i n n a r u m v e n i s u t r i n q u e la x e p i lo s i s . ( T a b . 173.)
H a b . In Peru, Ch ile . C/iumisso. (3. In fissnris rupium intra " L a Guardia e t La Pu n ta dc
Quilliay,” c t in aliis convallibus Andium C h ilen sium , alt. 5 0 0 0 ped. J . OiUies, M .D .
S t i p a e re cta s, digitalis et ultra, tcrcs, atro-purpurcns, nitidus, crassitie pennoe passerinoe.
R e m spithamoeus, circumscriptione late ovata, obtusa, tripiunata, piuuis erccto-patentibus piaua lisqac alternis.
P ,» a « t e p c f o lo brevi insidcutes, rigidiusculoe, subrotuudo-rcniformes, n an e basi fere truncatæ plctnmqa e
med io cuneato-attennatm, crenatm, pulchcrrime radiatim venosoe. venis dichotomis, in «. glabris, in (3. pilosis,
ptbs lon g is, flexiiosis, sparsis, nh iilis. E a cU s universalis partialisque fascts-purpureus, nitidus.
S e r i transversim oblongi, approximati, in omnibus pinnulis, demura confluentes.
In volucrum colore e t sabstantla frondis, incurvum, parce pilosum.
C a p su la numerosa?, annido fere completo cinctæ, brevissime stipitatæ.
S emina ovalia, îoevia.
Fig . 1. Phmala. f. 2. Capsuloe. f. 3 . Semina miei.
Our figure of this very pretty species of a most beautiful genus, represents what wo here consider
the var. fi. of Professor Kanlfuss’s Adiantum ehilcnse, and was drawn from Dr. Gillics's specimens.
At the same time we may observe, that it is probably the more perfect state of tile plant, which in
age loses all traces of hairiness ; for an authentic specimen from Kaulfuss himself precisely corresponds
with ours, except in the peculiarity just mentioned, and in being darker-coloured, with less
gloss and with more advanced capsules. As a species, it is one of the most distinct we are acquainted
with of this difficult genus.
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