s
TAB. CXXVIÏ.
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H Y M E N O P H Y L L U M A B I E T I N UM .
FILICES .— G y b 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.
Gen. Char. H Y M E N O P H Y L L U M , Sm . S o r t m a r g in a le s . C a p s u l a s e s s ile s r e c ep tá c u lo
c om m u n i c y lin d r a c c o in s e r t íe , in tr a I n v o h ic i'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 , e 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 b i e t in u m ; f r 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 b ip in n a t if id is , la c in iis lin c a
r ib u s g la b r is in te g e r r im is , a p ic ib u s r e tu s i s , in v o lu c r is o r b ic u la r i- c o r d a t is b ip a r titis in te g r is ,
d is c o c o n v e x o , m a r g in e la t o p la n o .
H a h . I n d e c liv it a te o c c id e n ta li m o n t is P ic h in c h a , A n d in r a P e r u v ia n o r um , a d t r u n c o s a rb o rum
lo c is um b r o s is . D . P r o f . G u l . J a m e s o n .
Caudex non visus.
S tip e s duas vel tres iincias longus, gracilis, teres, nudus.
F ro n s spithamoea, et ultra, rigidíuscula, circumscriptione, oblongo-lanceolata, pinnata, pinnis nuraerosis lanceolatis,
bipinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus, glabris, minute reticulatis, integerrimis, apicibus plerumque retusis, fertilibus
. sub soros conti'actis.
Scn-i terminales in laciniis brevibus segmentorum inferiorum pinnarum.
Involucrum orbicuiari-cordatufn, textura Irondis, ad basin fere in dua labia integra fìssimi, disco convexo, margine
lato plano.
Receptaculwn parvum, omnino incliisum.
Cap su la peltatæ, annulo integro cinctæ.
Semina globosa, subangulata, fusca.
Fig . 1. Portio pinnoe cum soro. f. 2. Involucrum. f. 3. Capsula, f. 4. Semina:— mi^n. aiicL
A llie d US th is s p e c ie s is t o se v e r a l o f t h e g e n u s , w e c a n n o t b u t c o n s id e r it a b u n d a n t ly d is tin c t
f r om a ll. I t is o f r a th e r a r ig id t e x tu r e , t h e p in n æ a r c n um e r o u s , a n d tw i c e o r th r ic e d iv id e d in a
p in n a tifid m a n n e r . T h e m o s t s t r ik in g c h a r a c te r is , h ow e v e r , in t h e sh a p e o f t h e in v o lu c r um , w h ic h
i s c o n v e x o n ly in t h e centre*, w h e r e i t fo rm s a k in d o f c e ll fo r t h e c a p su le s , w h ile t h e c ir c um f e r en c e
is a b r o a d a n d f la t m a r g in .
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