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The Natural Hiflory of Jamaica. 
bickfide, At about a Foot diftance from the Trunc, each Leaf is divided in- 
to Branches {et oppofite to one another, plac’d near the bottom, at about fix 
Inches diftance from each other. The Branches are a Foot long in the mid- 
dle of the Leaf where longeft. The Twigs come out of the Branches al. 
ternatively, being an Inch and an half long, and about two thirds of an Inch 
broad in the middle of the Branch where broadeft, being made up of Pjn- 
nulé about one third of an Inch long, and half as broad, blunt, cafily in- 
dented about the edges, of a dark green colour above, pale green below 
very thin, and fo clofe fet to one another that there is no defect or empty 
fpace between them. 
It grew in a Gully between Guanaboa, and St. Faiths, as alfo on Mount 
Diablo in great abundance. 
The Specémen which Mr. Bobart faw of this Fern, was only a fide Branch, 
fo that it isno wonder he calls it on ramofa. 
From theie Trees growing on the Mountains of Hifpaniola, the Spaniards 
argued the fertility of that Soil, making Ferns grow to fuch a vat big- 
ne{s, which in Europe were fo inconfiderable, not confidering that the 
Ferns in Europe and here, were quite different Kinds one from the other. 
LXXXIV. Adiantum nigrum, ramo{um, maximum, foliis fen pinnulis, obtafts, 
varie fed pulcherrime finuatis cy» dentatis. Cat. p. 22. Lab. 57. Fig. t, & 2. 
Lonchitis altiffima, globuligera, minor. Plum. Tournef. Inft. p. 538. 
This rifes four or five Foot high, having a fmooth, reddifh brown, shining 
Stalk,as big as ones Finger, which is divided into Branches alternatively, going 
out of oppofite fides of the Stalk, having Twigs, thick fet with Pinaule or 
Leaves, after the manner of Adianthum Nigrum Off. F.B.. Thefe Pinuule are 
thick, blunt, varioufly finuated, or deeply cut in on the edges, efpecially on 
their upper fides, and indented about their round ends, fomething like the 
Filicula fontana major, five adiantum alium filicis folio, Pin. of a dark green 
colour, and fhining on the upper fide, and below, having its Seed lying 
in round ferrugineous Spots, efpecially near the greater finuations by the 
edges. 
ir grew on the fides of Mount Diallo very plentifully. 
LXXXV. Adiantum nigrum, ramofum, maximum, foliis feu pinnulis obtuffs te- 
auibus, regulariter minutifime c pulcherrime [c#is. Cat. p.r2. Tab. 57. Fig. 3. 
This had a Stalk of the fame bignefs, heighth, and colour, covered with 
a rufty duft. The Branches and Twigs were likewife the fame, only the Pirz- 
nule oc Leaves werethinner, deeplier, and more regularly cut in on the edges, 
of both fides, having no finuations, being of -a dark green fhining colour 
above, underneath of a pater, where are {maller round ferrugineous Spots, 
in which lies the Seed. 
It grew with the former, and on the Banks of Rio a’ Oro, and Orange Ri- 
ver going to St. Maries, inthe North fide. 
LXXXVI. Adiantum ramofum fcandens, pinnulis fen foliis, otlongis, profunde 
laciniatis, pellucidis. Cat. p.r2- Tab. 58. An Filix fcandens adiantho Nartonenft 
Similis Famaicenfis. Plukenct. Alm, p.156 2 Adiantum Famaicenfe ramofum & pel- 
lucidum, pinnulis angnftis crebrioribus ut plurimum peltatis, apice filamentofo ¢ me- 
dio exeunte, Bob. hift. Ox. part. 3. p.589. An Adiantum fecandens, foliis tenn 
iffime fectis & retufis. Plam. Tournef. Inft.p. 543 ? 
This has a Stalk not fo big as a Goofe-Quill, roundifh, black, covered 
towards its top with a ferrugincous MofS, and having very many Fila- 
ments or Clavicles, by which it takes firm hold of the Barks of the Trees, 
and xifes to fifteen or twenty Foot high, turning «its {elf round, At vey 
Inches 
