P T E R I S S T E N O P H Y L L A .
FILIC ES .“ G y r 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 r . P T E R I S , Sm . S o r i liu e a r e s , m a r g in a le s , c o n t in u i ; c a p su lis s in u in v o lu c r i in s c r t is .
I n v o l u c m m m a r g in a le , c o n t in u um , s c a r io s um , in tu s lib e r um . B r .
P t e r i s s te n o p liy lla ; f r o n d e t e r n a ta v e l p in n a ta , p in n is s e s s ilib u s lin c a r i- la n c c o la tis a c um in a t is m a r -
g in a tis su b im d n la t is in te g e r r im is s t ip ite q u c l o n g o g la b e r r im is .
P t e r is s te n o p liy lla . J V a l lic h M S S . 1 8 2 9 .
P t e r is a n g u s ta . W a l l i c h M S S . 1 8 2 5 ( n o n B o n J ) .
H a » . In N e p a lia . W a l l i c h . 1 8 1 8 .
R a d ix a nobis non visa.
S tipes spithamoeus ad pedalem, erectus, flexuosus, flavo-fuscus, gracilis, teres, bine sulcatus, nitidus, basi solummodo
subsquamosus.
F rons plerumque ternata, nunc pinnata. Pimioe 4, lineari-Ianceolatoe, sessiles, palmares ad pedalem, omnino
integerrima;, marginata;, subundulatoe, utrinque glabra;, nitidæ, fere liorizontaliter parallelim venosoe, venis
simplicibus vel furcatis, stériles lon ge acuminata;, acutissima;. Costa glabra, flavo-fusca, subtus prominens.
Soiiis marginalisj continuus.
Involucrnm e margine inflcxo frondis forraatum, submembranaceum, fuscum.
Capsula longe stipitata;.
Semina subtidangularia, pellucida, lineis notata quasi e granulis tribus formata.
F ig . 1. Portio frondis cum soris. f. 2. Capsuloe. f. 3. Semina:— magn. auct.
Nearly allied to P t . l a t a o f Wallich’s MSS. (from Nepal) and the European P t . c r e i i c a : but it
may be known from bo th by its quite simple pinnæ and the entire margins.
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