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The Natural Eiftory of Jamaica. 
was roundifh and blunt, not at all laciniated, having one middle Rib on 
each fide of which were many ferrugincous round Spots or Seeds : there was 
about half an Inches empty fpace between the parts of the Pine, which: 
were placd alternatively on cach fide of the middle Rib. 
{ found it in the inland mountainous parts of this and on Mount 
Diatio. 
It appears plain that this is not the fame with the laft {ave one, which 
Dr. Plukenet in his Mantiffa, p. 79. thinks may be the fame with this. 
XXIV. Lonchités major, pinnis latioribus, leviter denticulatis, fuperiore la» 
tere auriculatis. Cat. p.16. An lonchitis foliis fuperius incifis major. Plum. 
Tournef. Infl. p- 539? 
This rifesa Foot and a half high, the Stalk being blackifh at its coming out 
of theEarth, having Pivae {er alternatively at about a third part of an Inches 
diftance from one another, by very fhort Foot-Stalks: the Pine fet in the mid- 
die are largeft, being an Inch and a quarter Jong, and about half an Inch 
broad at the Bafe, where broadeft, from whence they decreafe, ending in a 
point, being ferrated, or cut in on the edges, and having on the uppermoft 
edge of each Pinna, an Ear or Appendicula, and on the backfide feveral ver- 
miculated ferrugincous Lines, in which is the Seed, on each fide of the emi- 
nent middle Rib. 
Jc grew in the inland woody parts of this Ifland, 
Ic is very evident that this is perfectly diftin@ from the Lonchitis major, 
pinnis anguftioribus leviter deaticulatis {uperiore latere auriculatis to be defcribed 
prefently, as appears by their Defcriptions and Figures, contrary to what is 
affirmed by Dr. Plukenet in his Mantiffa, p. 79. 
XXV. Lonchitis minor pinnis latioribus leviter denticulatis, fuperiore latere an- 
viculatis. Cat. p. 16. Tab. 33. Fig. 1. Filix minor now ramofa Famaicenfis alis 
uncialilus, acuminatis latioribus. Bob. hiff. Oxon. part. 3. p.572- An lonchitis 
foliis {uperius inciis Minor, Touracfort. Inft. p. 539 ? 
This was exactly the fame with the precedent, only not half {0 large, fo 
thar ic may be thought no variety, but a diftinét Specics. The Seed lay 
on its Back ‘after the fame manner, and the Pinne were thinner and 
narrower. 
It grew on the Rocks near the Banks of Rio d Oro, near fixteen Mile 
Walk. 
Dr. Plakenet queftions in his Mantiffa, p. 79. if this be the fame with his 
Almag. Filix feu lonchitis afpera Famaicenfis pinnula lata, brevi, angulofa, 
p.152. By the name fhould nor have taken it to be the fame. 
XXXVI. Lonchitis major pinnis anguftioribus leviter denticulatis fuperiore la- 
tere auriculatis, Cat. p. 16. Tab. 33. Fig. 2. Am Filicula lonchitidis folio an- 
richlata ¢y dentata, Plukenet. Mant. p. 77 ? Vel an Filix mas uon ramofa Mari- 
landica, pinnulis anguftis rarioribus, profunde dentatis, fuperna parte auriculatss, 
Ejufd. ibid. p.78 2 Filix minor non ramola Famascenfis, alis uncialibus anguftio- 
ribus. Bob. hift. Ox. part. 3. p-572- 
This has a Root having many long capillary Fibers, being black, fcaly, 
and covered with a ferrugineous Mofs. The Stalk is greener than the for- 
mer, having Pinne, fet oppofite or alternatively, they are in every thing 
exactly like them, only very narrow, being not half fo broad, but in Au- 
ricles, Nerves, Spots, ec. exactly the fame. 
Je grew with the other, in the more inland woody parts of the Ifland, 
XXVIL Lone. 
