FILICES um
L inn. Philos, botan. p . 35, 64.
Filices I et II. Juss. Gen. P lan t, p . 14. — Jaüme St. H il.
Exposit. des Fam. nat. F o l. I, p . 42.
Filices (Hypophyllospermæ) Swabtz Syn. F il.p . I.
F ilices, Schismatopterides, Poropterides, Stachyopterides
(part. ) W illd. Spêc. Plant. V o l. V , p. LV .
Filices Spreng. A nleit, zur Kenntn. der Gew. V o l. II,
p . 8g, 7. — D e Gand. Théor. élément, p . 249, 155. —
R Ad d . F ilic. Brasil, p . 3 .
Filices (part.) Cassel Lehrb. der natuerl. Pflanzenordn,
p. 133, 3.
CHARACTER D IFF E R E N T IA L S .
C apsula: ( Sporangia, Sporocarpia, F o llicu li) plerumque
aggregate, rarius in series simplices distributee, e frondis
pagina inferiore marginibusve sese evo lven te s, nudee vel
tegumentis ( indusiis, involucris, epi- v el peri-sporangiis,
membranulis, glandulis squamulosis) celluloso-membra-
naceis coriaceisve aut tectee aut inclusae, uniloculares,
polysporae.
P ericarpium commune pedicellatum aut sessile, liberum vel
adnatum, crustaceo-cellulosum, rarius coriaceum, exan-
nulatum ( inomatum), vel annulo ( an ello, gyro, gyro-
mate, symplocio) articulato aut vitta seu prominentia
verticali aut laterali, striata aut reticulata (annulo spurio)
cinctum, simplex, per rimam porumve transverse vel
longitudinaliter dehiscens.