ACHO S TI CHUM g o r g o n e u m .
J.Vmen ad. nat.del.et litti
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A C R O S T I C H U M .
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cissimæ aut sub-ramosæ, atro-fuscæ, nudæ aut parumper tomentosæ. Palets
dense, imbricatæ, scariosæ, magnitudine insequales, ovato-acuminatse, ovato-
lanceolatæ aut obtusæ, margine remote laceræ, planiusculæ aut concavæ,
retioulatæ, fuscæ.
Fkons sterilis et,fertilis ex eodem caudice prognatæ, utraque, fertilis ïongius,
stipitata, simplex, integra.
Stipes basi assurgente, orassiore et squamosâ atro-fuscus, dein sat erectus,
strammeus, frondis sterilis semiteres et marginatus, fertilis teretiuseulus, utrius-
que leviter canalieulatus.
Feoss sterilis 4-7-pollicaris, f -i poil, lata, lanoeolata, obtusa, inferne
sensim angustato-decurrens, margine integerrima Tel leyiter repanda, obsolete
marginata, sub-undulata, glabra, coriaceo-opaca, subtus flaYescenle-yirens
squamisque minutis, stellatis, laceris, paueissimis, oculo nudo vix conspicuis,
obsita. Costoe medits supra planas, subtus convexiusculse. Trents laterales in pagina
inferiore tantum distinçtæ, teneræ, parallelæ, maximâeparte simpliciter furcatæ.
F e rtil is stipite 4-pollicari gracili suffuïta, 4-pollicaris, paululo plus i une. lata,
lineari-lanoeolata, obtusa, inferne angustata, margine tenuiore reyoluta, paulu-
lum erosa nec non undulata, supra glabra, costâ media obsolete canaliculatâ,
aTenia, subtus, costâ media prominulâ margineque angusto inflexo exceptis,
capsulis obducta.
Capsulæ minimæ, pedieellatæ, arctissime sibimet approximatæ, pallide ferru-
gineæ, lenticulares, turgidæ, annulo incompleto, lato, piano, pallido, cinctæ,
irregulariter transverse a latere uno debiseentes. Pedicelli tenerrimi, saturate
ferruginei, oapsubs delapsis persistentes, unde pagina frondis inferior tum tomen-
tosa. Sports sub-angulatæ, pallide fuscæ.
EXPLICATIO TABULÆ.
■ Fig. 1. Squamæ caudicis; magn. auctoe.
Fig . 2. Segmentum frondis fertilis; auct.
Fig. 3. Capsulæ; auct.