A S P L E N I U M M A G E L L A N I C UM.
F I L I C E S .— G yR A TÆ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u l f . F i l i c e s v e ræ . W illd .
G e n . C h a r . A S P L E N I U M , lAxm. .S’o n lin e a r e s , sparsi, dorsales. e vena lateraliter
ortum duccns, margine superiore libe ro. B r .
A s p l e n iu m magelîanicuni ; frondibus cæspitosis bi-tripinnatis, pinnulis subcuneatis 3— 1-partitis,
laciniis obovatis obtusis apice denticulatis, glabris, rachi stip iteq u e glaberrimis.
A s p l e n ium m a g c lla n ic um . Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p . 1 / 5 . Spreng. S yst. Veget. v. 4 . p . 8 8 .
H a b . I l l terra Magellanica. Commerson [pn K a u lf j . In QMCit, Botri Chamisso, Gillies, ubi
e tiam, apud “ C on cep tion ,” Icg it Macrae.
R a d i x coespitosa, fibrosa, fibris ramosis, subtomentosis.
S tip ite s plurimi e x eadem radice, digitales, erecti, tereti-compressi, liinc canaliculati, glabri, virides, inferne nigrescentes
ub i etiam paleaceo-squamosi.
F ro n d e s glaberrimæ, stijritis longitudine, deltoideo-ovatoe, su ba ttenu a te, bi- et (parte inferiore) non raro tripinnata.
PiWiæ primariæ ovatæ, p e tio la te . subsemiimciam longæ, petiolatæ, cu n é a te , b i - t r i-n u n c quadrilo
b a te fere pinnatifidoe, lobis vel segmentis plerumque obovatis, apice obtusis, nonnunquam emaj-gmatis, denticulatis.
S o r i solitarii in sin gulo lob o piiinularum, oblongi.
I n v o lu c n m latiusculum, membranaceum.
Capsulæ numerosoe, subglobosoe, lon g e pedicellatoe, pedicellis capsula duplo triplove longioribus.
S emin a oblongo-ovaiia, fusca, limbo pe llu cido cincta.
Tig. 1. Pin nu la fructífera, f. 2 . Capsuloe. f. 3. Sem ina:— tnagn.a^ict.
T his is, indeed, as its original describe!- observe s, allied to A sp len ium R u ta m u ra r ía ; but the
frond is lon g e r , more attenuated, more frequently divided, with ultimate segm en ts smaller aud less
decidedly cuneate.
The spec imens here figured were communicated h y the Horticultural S o c ie ty from that valuable
part o f their Herbarium formed by their colle ctor Mr. Macrac.
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