100 ~The Natural Hiffory of Jamaica. 
There is a variety of it in the broadnefS of the Twigs, and fo confe- 
quently of the Pinnule. 
It grewin the Woods by the Crefcent Plantation, and in all the inland 
Woods of this Ifland. 
This is not the Filix Famaicenfts foliis femel {ubdivifis, pinnulis obtuftoribus 
cofte adnafcentibus, forbi aucuparia quodammodo referentibus. Plukenet. Phyt. Tab. 
291. Fig. 1. as Dr. Plakenet conjectures in his Mant. p.80. but is that fi- 
sured by him, Zab. 289. Fig. 4. as is apparent to any body that compares 
their Figures and Defcriptions. 
XCVII. Filix ramofa major, pinnulis longis, acutis, raris, falcatis, Cat. p.r3. 
Filix non ramofa Famaicenfis pediculo albicante alis marrubii aquatici fere divify- 
ris quarum pinnule a tergo linea candidiffima afpergine conflata ¢ per ambitum 
duéta crenata funt. Plukenct. Almag. p.15}3. Phyt.r90. Fig. 2. 
This has a Stalk rifing about three Foot high, as big as ones Finger, of a 
pale green colour, and {mooth, being at about a Foot’s diftance from the 
Ground, divided into Branches fet alternatively, about a Foot long. On 
which at about an Inches diftance from one another, alternatively are plac’d 
the Twigs, being about nine Inches long, and mrade up of Pinnule about 
an Inch long, crooked or falcated, from their Bafe, where they are fora 
little united, and broadeft, decreafing by degrees, ending in a point or 
foinula, being falcated or crooked, having a defect between each other, 
of alight green colour on the upper fide, and underneath having a fer- 
rugineous Welt below itsedge, wherein lies its Seed. ‘The Leaves are fome- 
what’ indented before the Seed makes a welt, which inclines me to believe 
this to be the fame with F. Plamiers Filix latifolia dentata G adlacinias mol- 
liter aculeata. 3 
It grew in the inland parts of this Iland. 
sem Powder on the-back fide of the Leaf is commended by Péfo in ill 
Ulcers. 
XCVIII. Filix ramofa major, hirfuta, ramulis raris, pinnulis afplenii, cil. cre- 
bris, latis, brevibus, [ubrotundis, non dentatis. Cat. p.r3. An Filix Famaicenfis 
ramofa, pediculis Mufcofis, pinnulis rarioribus, dentatis. Plukenct. Almag. p.155 ? 
This has many Stalks rifing from the fame Root, to be about two Foot 
high, being each of them as Big as ones Finger, very hairy, and at abouta 
Foot from the Ground, divided into Branches, the lowermoft whereof are. 
about nine Inches long, fet almoft oppofite to one another. They have 
Twigs more than an Inch long, fet alternatively, ‘being made up of broad, 
fhort, for the moft part whole, though fometimes, eafily notchd Pinnule or 
Leaves, which are roundifh at their ends, often united for fome {pace by 
their edges, of a pale green colour, being not only in its Stalks, Branches, ~ 
and middle Ribs, but all over covered with a whitifh, ftrong, fhort hair; 
diftinguifhing it fufficiently from all others akin to it. | 
It grew by the Banks of Rio @ Oro, near Mr. Philpot’s Plantation between 
fixteen Mile Walk, and St. Maries inthe North fide. | 
XCIX. Filix ramofa minor, hirfuta, ramulis raris, brevibus, pinnulis fubrotune 
dis, folii apice radices agente. Cat. p.24. Filix non ramofa, pediculo hir{uto cori- 
andri foliis Americana, Plukenet. Almag. p. 153. Phyt. Tab.284. Fig. 5. Filix 
minor Famaicenfis pediculis villofis, alis amplioribus oppofitis quercinis. Bob. hift. 
Ox. part. 3. p.576. An Filix villofa pinnulis quercins. Tournef. Inft.p.537 ? 
The Root of this was tuberous and knobby, having many two or three 
Inches long fibrils, and was covered with a hairy ferrugineous Mofs, feom 
whence rofe three or four Stalks nine Inches, or a Foor high, bod vey 
3 ender, 
