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TAB CX.\'IV
H Y M E N O P H Y L L U M A X I L L A R E .
F ILICES.— G y r a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d ia c e æ . K a u lf . F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd.
rufc ii.,n i
iif Í
G e n . C h a r . H Y M E N O P H Y L L U M , Sm . S o r i m a r g in a le s . C a p s u l a s e s s ile s , r e c e p tá c u lo
c om m u n i c y lin d r a c c o in s e r tje , in tr a I n v o lu c r u m b iv a lv e , t e x tu r a fr o n d is , v a lv is p la n is , c x t e r
iu s lib e r is . B r .
H y m e n o p h y l l u m a x i l la r e ; fr o n d e o b lo n g o - la n c e o la ta p in n a ta , p in n is p in n a tifid is s e gm e n t is s im p
lic ib u s fu r c a t is v e l it e r im i p in n a tifid is , la c in iis lin e a r ib u s em a r g in a t is in t e g e r r im is g la b r is ,
in v o lu c r is u r b icu la r ib u s , p r o fu n d e b ila b ia tis .
Hymenophyllum a x illa r e . S v j a r t z . I n d . O c c . p . M h l ì . S t j n . F U . p . \ 4 ' è . W i l l d . S p . P I . v . b .
p . 5 3 2 . S p r e x ig . S i j s t . F e g e t , v . 4 . p . 1 3 2 .
H ab. I n m o n t ib u s a lt is s im is J am a ic t e , a d t r u n c o s a r b o r um m u s c o s o s lo c is um b r o s is . S w a r t z .
E x c a d em in su la c om m n n ic a v e r u n t D D . L u n a n , H i g s o n , e t W i l e s .
Caudex filiformis, repens, ramosus, lue ilHc fibras paucas emittens.
Stip e s brevis, gracilis, teres, nudus, v ix semiunciam longus.
F rom digitalis e t ultra, circumscriptione, oblongo-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, flaccida, pinnata, pinnis subpollicanbus
lanceolatis, pinnatifidis, segmentis superioribus simplicibus, intermediis plerumque furcatis, inferioribus non
raro iterum pinnatifidis, laciniis lineaiùbus, integerrimis, glabris, costatis, reticulatis, apice emarginatis.
R a ch is nuda, vel hic illic, ob pinnas decurrentes, margmata.
S o ìi solitarii in laciniis brevibus pinnariun supremarum terminales.
In volucra orbicularia, basi solummodo subcuneata, immersa, la x e reticulata, textura frondis, infra medium bilabiata,
labiis integris.
Receptactdum ìnclusum.
C a p su la pa\xcTo, in singulo involucro, plerumque 4— 5 , majusculm, p e lta te.
Semin a angulata, subpelhicida, pallide flava.
F ig . 1. Pinna superior cum soris. f. 2 . Involucrum. f. 3. Capsula, f. 4. Semina:— magn. auct.
■ T h is sp e c ie s , c o n tr a r y t o t h e h a b it o f t h e g r e a t e r n um b e r o f t h e g e n u s , lia s t h e r a c h is n a k e d , o r
o n ly s lig h t ly m a r g in e d h e r e a n d th e r e b y t h e d c c u r r e n t b a s e s o f t h e p in n rn ; h e n c e t h e p r im a r y
d iv is io n s ar c t r u ly p in n a te d , t h e r e s t p in n a tifid .