fere quadriunciales, oppofitæ fie ut pinnæ oppofitæ infimæ parutnper altern
e e r » oppofitæ fummæ latiore bafi ftipiti accretæ; terminalis per ftipitem
produélum petiolata, & inferne nonnunquam utrinque in auriculam rotun-
datam ineiia. Fruftificationes dorfum pinnarum occupant, ferie longitu-
dinali qùadruplici difpofitæ, fubrotundæ, convexulæ, luteæ, confiante*
pulvifculo minuto.
CCCXXVI.
POLYPODIUM MOLLE.
Crefcit iu rupefiribus udis ad Caracas ; in noftris caldariis floret
vario anni tempore , cum fempervirens alias fucceffive frondes promit.
E x aggerie fibrarum radicalium nigricantium frondes elevsntur plures, bi-
pedales, ereftiulculæ, firmulæ. Stipes eft teres, antice coirtpreffulus &
fuicatus, penna anferina patflo gracilior, plus minus femipedalis infra pin-
nas, b afi fulcefcens & paleaceus, hinc glabriufculus, ad ipias autem pin-
nas undique pubefeens. Frons pinnata, elongate lanceolata. Pinnæ funt
pinnatifidæ, angufte & elongate oblongæ, acuminate, breviffime 'petiola-
tæ , approximate alternantes, utrinque villofæ & molles, pallide hinc ac
veluti ex incano virentes, intermedia? longiores triunciales, utrinque hiDC
decrefcentes, inferne magis diftantes, inferiores magis antrorium protenfæ,
& reclinatæ, reliquæ horizontales & diftichæ. Pinnulæ five potius lach
nix funt oblongæ, obtufæ, Tuperiora verfus fucceffive decrefcentes, planæ,
integerrimæ exceptis infimis duabus in pïnnis inferioribus , quæ crenulatæ
funt, Fruffificationes tuna longitudinali ferie difeutn dorfale unicujusque
laciniæ inutroque latere occupant, fubrotundæ, parvæ-, fufcæ, & conflaaftantes
ex globulis minutiffimis, teftis in centro membranula villis albi*
ereftis hirtula. ,
CCCXXVII.
C Y P ERU S DISTANS . Linn. fyft, pag. 98. Rottb, defer. psg, 37.
tab. 10. •
Crefcit fponte ad Caraccas in America , in infula Sanclæ Crucis,
& in Malabaria. Colitur in caldariis noftris, totaro æftatem culmis florige-
ris fru&igerisque inftruftus. Radix perennis confiât ex fibris fordentibus
numerofis, culmosque emittit plures, "duos tresve pedes altos, triquetros,
ereftos, virides, nitidos, fere ad medium usque vaginis foliorufn veftitos.
Folia funt linearia, acuta, carinata, glabra, adoras retrorfum feabra, in-
feme vaginantia, longiora culmum æquantia. Umbella terminalis, ampla,
iupradecpmpofita, patens. Involucri univerfalis foliola plura, foliis fimi-
lia , inferiûra longiffima fefquipedalia, reliqua fucceffive breviora, breviffi-
mum vix triuncialè, Involucellorum foliola plus minus o fto , patentiffima,
longiora btuncialia. Radii umbellæ univerfalis plus minus duodecim, cotn-
preffi , longitudine valde diverfi, alii femipedales , alii unciales. Umbellæ
partialis radii plus minus decem, longitudine involucelli, exterio-
res patentiffimi ; quos inter in noftris individuis raro unus alterve termina-
tur in aliara pauperrimam umbellulam, ex r^diis ut plurimum ternis atque
involucellis diphyllis. Brafleola fingulis fpiculis fubjicitur minuta. Spi-
culæ funt lanceolato - lineares, acute, graciles, compreffulæ, fubfeffiles,
fere unciales, alternatim fparfæ, horizontaliter patentes cum terminait ere-
dcii Flores utrinque a quatuor ad feptem ; fquamis diftiche imbrieatis,
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