SO 
Ihe Natural Hiffory of Yamaica. 
cenfis in pinnastantum divifa ala longiore coftam claudente. Ejufdem, ibid. p. 577. 
Lingua cervina non ramofa rotundius crenata. Tournef. Inft. P. 545. 
This Fern rifes to about three Foot high, having a fhining light brown, 
or gray coloured Stalk, almoft {quare, to each fide of which, at about ninc 
Inches from the ground,and an Inches diftance from one another are placed al- 
ternatively,the Pinne.They are about five Inches long,and about an Inch broad 
in the middle where broadeft, very regularly cut in ont he margins, fo that they 
appear like Pizzule join'd at the edges. The colour of the Pinve is on the 
upper fide dark green, on the under fide are many eminent middle tran{verfe 
Ribs, along which, on each fide are rows of ferrugineous Spots, containing 
the Seed. The Root is black and large, with many large black Strings or 
Ligule going from it into the Earth. 
It grew on the Banks of Rio @’ Oro, near fixteen Mile Walk. 
A young Plant of this is defcribed by Mr. Bobart. p- 577. One a little 
larger, p. 576. 
XLV. Filix minor in pinnas tantum divi[a, crekras, plerwmque ex adverfo fitas, 
oblongas, latafque, crenatas. Cat. p.18. Tab.43. Fig. 1. 
This is in every thing the fame with the former, only not over half { 
high, the Pine are more frequent, fet for the moft part oppofite to one ano- 
ther, though fometimes alternatively, and are five Inches Jong, not being 
over three quarters of an Inch broad ar Bafe where broadeft, and whence 
they decreafe to the point, being regularly cut in on the edges, and having 
on their backfide a row of ferrugincous {pots on each fide of the eminent 
middle Rib. taht 
It grows on Mount Diablo, near Archers Ridge, and other inland woody 
parts of this Ifland. 
XLVI. Filix minor in pinnas tantum divifa, raras, oblongas, latafque crena- 
tas. Cat.p 18. Tab.43. Fig. 2. 
This 1s in every thing the fame with the former, only, although as high, 
yet ‘tis inevery thing lefler, the Pinne a little more frequent, fhorter and 
narrower by much, than that immediately preceding, being not over half 
an Inch broad at Bafe where broadeft, ending in a point. And in this, 
which feems to be quite different from the former, there are fome va- 
rietics, 
It grew with the former. 
XLVIN. Filix minor, in pinnas tantum divifa, crebras, nom crenatas, inferiore 
latere auriculatas cy rotundis pulverulentis arcolis averfa parte notatas. Cat. p. 18. 
Tab. 44. Fig. 1. Lonchitis minor, alis crebris non crenatis, inferiore latere au- 
riculatis. Bob. Mor. hift. Ox. part. 3. p. 567. | 
This Fern rifes about a Foot and a half high, its Stalk at coming out of 
the Ground, being covered with a hairy ferrugincous Mofs, having Pinne 
fet on to the middle Rib, at about four Inches from the Ground, and one 
third of an Inch from one another. For the moft part they come alterna- 
tively out of each fide of the middle Rib, being near three Inches long, 
and not over half an Inch broad at their auriculated Bafe where broadett, 
and whence they decreafe to the point. They are fmooth, of a dark green 
colour, having on their under fide an eminent middle Rib, on each fide of 
which are ferrugineous round f{pots, containing the Seeds. : 
There is a variety of this, having the Pinme broader, and coming out op- 
pofite to one another. 
It grew onthe fides of Mount Diailo very plentifully. 
XLVI. Filix 
