TAEMTIS' BLECHNOIDES.
Fiux bi-tripedalis, e caudice breyi, terrae oblique immerso, radiculis multis
lrmgis diffusis hirsufis instruoto, setisque atro-purpurascentibus vestito frondes
complures stipitatas efferens.
Stipites in plantis junioribus frondibus duplo longiores, in adultis easdem
circiter ®quantes, ®que ac racbes tetragoni, bine profunde canaliculati, utrinque
obsolete suleati, glabri, nitidi, flavicante-virides, sub-bgnosi, ad pinnarum mser-
tionem fere crassitudine pennae corvin®, caudicem versus sensim crassiores
setisque similibus vestiti.
Frondes longe stipitat®, erect®, pinnate. Pinna: n -i3 (m planta juniore
plerumque 3-5), sub-opposite aut sub-altern®, erecto-patentes, lineari-lanceo-
latce, 9-10 pollioares,! poll, late, plerumque in acumen longum produote (plant®
junioris latiores et obtus® aut obtusiuscul®), inferne s®pissime sub-obbque attenuate,
maxgine sub-cartilagineo-inorassato in®quab-repand® et sub-undulatae,
glabr®, supra nitid®, saturate yirides, yenulos®, cost* angusta depressiuscul*,
subtus dilute yirides, cost* elevat*; inferiores magis extens®, petiobs breyibus
sub-angulatis (in Moluccanis sub-sessiles), apice s®pe bifid®, aut ad basin usque
bi-tripartit®, aut foliolis composite 2-3 sub-sessibbus; quorum lateralia minora;
superiores laterales sessiles aut adnat®, basi extern* ad rachin sub-cuneato-
deeurrentes, plerumque breviores minusque acuminate, imo obtus®; terminalis
s®pissime inferioribus paulo minor, brevius petiolata aut sessilis, Integra, raro
bipartita.
Sori,paginamfrondis inferiorem tenentes,utrinque costam inter marginemque
yittam referunt linearem, ab initio badiam, postea ferrugineam, a basi frondis
inde ad apicem adscendentem, rarius attingentem, continui aut, maxime infra
apieem, quidpiam interrupti, conyexi,parumimmersi, unde pinn® supra lmeis 2
longitudinalibus notat®. Capsules numeros®, minim®, eUiptic®, palbde flavi-
cantes, pedicello tenui sub-articulato imposit®, ultra I ambitus annulo piano,
palbde ferrugineo, articulato, cinct®, corpuscubs innumens, clayatis, simplicis-
simis, basi tenuiore diapbanis articulatisque, apice incrassato sub-opacis et
materie grumulosa fuse* fartis immixtis. Sporw trigon®, pallid®, sat diapban®,
lceves.
EXPLICATIO TABULARUM.
TAB. XXVIII.
Fig. 2. Frons sterilis cum caudice; magn. nat.
TAB. XXIX.
Frons fevtilis ; magn. nat.
Fig. 1. Segment'um frondis fertilis; auct.
Fig. 2. Corpuscula clavata , capsulis admixta ; auct.
Fig. 3. Capsulje et sporse.