T'AJ3. CCXXIX.
K A U L F U S S I A Æ S C U L I F O L I A .
F IL ICE S .— M a h A T T I A C EÆ . K a u l f . M e s o d m e æ . Blume.
G e n . C h a r . K A U L F U S S I A , Blumo. S o ri orbiculares, sparsi. C a p su la stellatim connat®,
superne longitudinaliter hiautes. In du sium nullum.
K a u l f u s s ia æsculifolia. B lum e E n um . P I. J a v . f a s e . 2. p . 2C0.
Aspidium æsculifolium. B lum e E m m . PI. J a v . fa s e . 2. p . 143.
Polypodium angulatum. R e inw a rd l in litt.
H a b . In Javæ P rovincia Bantam. R c inw a rd t.
C a u d e x ..................
S tip e s octopollicaris, crassitie pennoe anserinæ, atro-purpureus, striatus, tuberculis squamarum rudimentis crebris
asper, subtus canaliculatus; intus celluloso-spongiosus (mucilaginosus?), vasis spiralibus, quoe scalaria vocant,
in fasciculum collectis, nunc amplioribus n u nc tenuioribus, omnibus conicis obtusis clausis, adliuc devolvendis
percussus.
F rons ternata, ampia. F o liola oblongo-elliplica, inæqualia, acuminata, subrepanda, supra glabra, subtus vesiculis
pertusis, nudo oculo qiiidem perspiciendis, sed facile pro paleis furfuraceis liabendis, tecta, ad costam paleis
minutissimis stellatis badiis adspersa, petiolata, costata, nervosa, obscure areolato-reticulata, coriacea : p e tio li
lipollicares, tuberculato-squaniosi, cælerum stipiti similes; in cos/as basi latas, subtus prominentes, squamulis
lanceolatis brunneis corrugatis ornatas, apicem versus subevanescentes producti; n e n ñ remoti, nunc
subliorizontales nunc patentes, v e l oppositi vei alterni, v ix promínuli, marginem versus evanidi. F o lium termin
a le dccem-pollicare; la te ra lia geminata, se x - vel octo-pollicaria.
S o r i per totam foliolormn paginam inferiorem magis sparsi, quam ordine terno vel quaterne venularum anastomosi
inter ñervos impositi, orbiculares, octo- vel novem-cnpsulai'es, centro adfixi, magnitudine seminuni R a p h a n i,
facile avellandi, maculam vcl piilvinulum relinquentes.
Capstdce octo vel novein radiatim collocatæ, latere connatæ, spongiosoe, asperiusculoe, marcescentes, statu sicco
corrugata?, badiæ, superne per totam longitudinem iiiantes.
Semin a subglobosa, cretacea.
F ig . I. Frons ab inferiori :— n a tu ra li magn. f . 2 . Partícula frondis cum quatuor soris reliquorumque v e stig iis:—
iei' aucta. f. 3. Particula frondis fìssa ct h id obversa, quo rete cellulosum, veniilæ anastomosantes et vesiculæ
tres perforatoe in conspectum v enian t:— m agis aucta. f. 4. Squamula e fronde; et f. 5. una e costa desumta:
— p e rq u am auctæ. f. 6. Sorus a superiori, capsulis biantibns. f. 7- Idem ab inferiori:— eodem augmento.
f. 8. Semina :— stemmo augmento.
Specimen hujus plantæ debeo exiiniæ liberalitati clarissimi detectoris, C. G. Reinwardtii, Profes-
soris Lugduncnsis. Pl.antam h ic depictam a supra laudata Bluiniana piane non ditìcrre statini qui-
dem coguovi ; attamen lubcnter fatcor, udfinitatcìu cum iMarsileaceis e t Ophiçglosseis, a clarissimo
F lo ra J a væ editore declaratam, scntcntiam meam priimim fere labefactassc. Plaud male certe
pianta nostra Ma ra tlia c e is, quas primus proposui atque descripsi (1 8 2 4 .) posthac vero B o ry o e t
Agardlio alia v oce {M a ra ttieæ cX Eanæaceoe) insignire placuit, adsociaiida. Frons ampia ternata cum
D anoe a trifo lia ta (Rcichcnbacli P la n i. Guiancns. exsiccat.) coiivenit, itidcm fructificationes sunt
epiphyllæ, sori e capsulis inornatis cuneatis rima hiantibns connatis compositi {A n g io p te ris, M a -
ra ttia ) . Sororum tantuinmodo situs sparsus in ordine n ostro nonduin obscrvatus fuit. N e v e r o
vidcatur, me aliorum pc ritonnn indicium de liac re occupare, mco autem nimium pondcris adferrc
v oluisse , ipsa Blumii verba h ic adjiccrc liccat.
“ M e s o d m e æ .
“ Capsulæ oblongæ, niulæ, spongioso-cor iac cæ, uniloculares, cxannulatæ, n lateribus inter semet
connatæ, circa receptaculum centrale soroideo-iiiscrUe, frondis paginæ interiori insidentes.
“ Obs. N o v a liæccc Filicum tribus, ab omnibus reliquis aliena, solummodo ad Marsilea c ea s et
Ophioglosseas quodammodo acccdit.
“ K a u lfu ssia oesmlifoUa.— A sp id ium oesculiformm-, fronde ternata coriacea supra glabra subtus sparse
furfuracca, fo lio lis subscssilibus c llip tico-ob lon gis acuminatis subrepandis, medio lo n g io n ,
lateralibus basi oblique attenuatis, luio altcrovc profunde bipartito aut geminato, soris' sub-
seriatis majusculis, stipite pnrpurasccntc aspero.” Blum e. {K a u lfu s s )
[W e arc indebted to Dr. Kaulfuss for the accompanying ligure and for the above description o f
this m ost rare and inte re sting F e rn ; ere its publication could be accomplished, we have, with
much regret, received the in telligenc e o f the death o f this able botanist. I lis “ En um e ratio Filicuin
ju stly entitles his name to rank with th o se o f Swartz, Smith, Brown and B lum e , who have laboured
m ost successfully in advancing onr k n owled ge o f the F e r n s .]
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