Posthumous papers bequeathed to ... the East India Company ... Notulae ad plantas Asiaticas. Pt. II, On the higher cryptogamous plants ... / Arranged by J. M'Clelland.

  • Griffith, William, 1810-1845.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Posthumous papers bequeathed to ... the East India Company ... Notulae ad plantas Asiaticas. Pt. II, On the higher cryptogamous plants ... / Arranged by J. M'Clelland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to a passage into Lindsaea, Adiantum, and Pteris. It is curious that in such cases the habits approach also to these, while in others which have the usual venation the habit is that of Aspidium etc. Davallice sp.—Fronde decomposita, 4. 5. pedali, stipito pubescente, Pinnulis, profunde pinnatifidis obliquis laciniis oblongis truncatis lateri superiore, inferiori minoribus rotun- datisque subirlegis. Venatio,—venae secondariae cuique laciniae venulam tertiam oblique dant, h<e quartariae inargines versus currentes emit- tunt, saepius infra medium bifurcae, rarius simplices, omnibus intra marginem clavatim desinentibus. Sori paucissimi utrinque pinnula biseriati venulam quar- tariam si simplex est vel ejus ramulum internum quoad se- condariam, (primariamve laciniae,) insidentes rotundato intro- marginales. Indusium cx apice venulae umcae semper oritur membrana- ceum, nee deflexum, lateribus centro allius insertis, adeo ut cum fronde cupuli modum format. In sylvis inter Kujoo Soorallque. January, 24, 1836. No sori are ever developed inside with regard to the rac/iis, two are occasionally developed along the outside. It. Ass. 32G. Davallice sp.—Stipitibus sub 4 gonis superne sulcatis, his- pidis praesertim bases versus, fronde sub 3 pedali, 1 pinnata. Pinnis alternantibus brevissime petiolatis, cuneato-linearibus basi supraque sub auriculatis, acuminatis, crenatis serratisque utrinque secus venas parce pubescentibus. ^ enatio, piimaria cujusque pinnae ad apicem flexiuscula cur- nt, intioque cum clavata desinet, cursu emittens venas tertia- liiis quoad stipitem, harum omnes duabus basilaribus tantum exceptis, medium versus furcatae sunt, furcis intra marginem cla\ate desinentibus ramo interno tantum vel duobus soriferis. Basilaies simpliciter ramosae, sunt soros tantum in partem extern am quoad stipitem gerentes.