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DRAWING NUMBER 18.

SCHIZOLOMEAE.

The engraving also appears identified as: Schizoloma truncata, wittaria, lindsaea.

3. Schizoloma guerinianum. Pl. 18.

S. frondibus sparsis, lanceolatis, pinnatis (15-18-pollic.). pinnis (6-8-lineis.). cuneato-oblongis, obtusis, basi superiore truncatis, subauriculatis, inferiore cuneatis ; stipite triangulari ; angulis marginatis ; caudice repente, paleaceo.

Schizoloma gerinianum. Gaudichaud, Ann. Sc. Nat. décemb., 1824, pag. 508. Lindsaea gueriniana. Idem, mss.

In insulis Moluccis (Rawak).

J´ai consacré cette espèce à M.Guérin officier de la marine et l´un de nos compagnons de voyage, comme un témoignage d´estime et de attachement.

I dedicate this species to Mr. Guerin, naval officer and one of our traveling companions, as a testimony of esteem and attachment.

MOLUCAS ISLANDS, (RAWAK).

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