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ceous-acnminate. — L. trichiatum, Bory, and L. aristatun), Kth. : the tropical forms with 

 linear-acuminate leaves {Plum. Til. t. 155. B.). — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Wiles; Trinidad!, 

 Lockh.; [throughout the globe]. 



14. Li. cernuum, L. Erect, woody, thyrsoid with dichotomous branches above ; leaves 

 many-serial, conform, incurved-spreading, linear-acuminate; aments cernuous, sessile- 

 terminal: bracts deltoid-acuminate, denticulate. — Plum. Til. t. 165. A. — 3'-6' high. 



a. Slender ; leaves loosely imbricated, furrowed on the back, about 1'" long ; aments 

 short, often ovoid. 



$. curvatum, Sw. Stout; leaves densely imbricated, usually smooth on the back, about 

 2"' long; aments shortly cylindrical. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Shepherd; Dominica !, Imr. (a, B), S.Vincent!, Guild.; [all tropical 

 countries to the Azores !, Southern China!, and the Cape !]. 



15. Xi. phlegmaria, L. Pendulous, dichotomously branched ; leaves ^-serial, con- 

 form, erect-spreading, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, abruptly passing into much smaller bracts 

 or peduncular leaves ; aments filiform, forked, or dichotomous, often elongated. 



[a. Leaves pointed, shortly petioled ; aments sessile : bracts minutely deltoid, often 

 scarcely as long as the sporangia.] 



/8. nummularifolium, Bl. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, blunt or bluntish, snbses- 

 sile ; aments peduncled or sessile : bracts deltoid-subulate, usually exceeding the sporangia, 

 those of the peduncled aments gradually passing into oblong-lanceolate peduncular leaves. 

 — Hook. Grev. Ic. t. 212. — L. aqualupianum, Spring : a form with bluntish or subacute 

 leaves. 



Hab. Trinidad!, Parker (B), on trees; [)3. Cuba!, Wr. 936, 945; Venezuela!, Tendl. 

 320 ; and East Indies ; a. most tropical mountains to the southern temperate zone]. 



** Sporangia axillary ; leaves conform. 



16. Li. reflexum, Lam. Ascending, few-branched, leafy; leaves many-serial, recurved, 

 linear-acuminate, minutely denticulate, fertile not decrescent. — Plum. Til. t. 166. A. — L. 

 squarrosum, Sw. (L. rigidum, Sw.) L. Sieberianum, Spring. — Leaves 2"'-4"' long, i'"-J'" 

 broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Pd., Bancr. ; Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [Cuba !, Wr. 933, to French islands !, Mexico ! to Brazil ! and Chili]. 



17. I*, dichotomum, Jacq. Ascending or flexuose, twice-thrice-forked with diverging 

 branches, very leafy; leaves many-serial, flaccid-spreading (or recurved), linear-acuminate, 

 quite entire, fertile ones gradually, but little decrescent. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 252. Radd. 

 Til. Bras. t. 4. — L. mandiocanum, Radd. L. reflexum, PI. Lechl. 2012. — Leave9 10"'-6'" 

 (-15'") long, $'" broad at the base. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Bancr., on trees, in mountain- 

 woods ; [Cuba !, Wr. 944, to South Brazil ! and Peru !; Galapagos !]. 



18. Xi. linifolium, L. Pendulous, several times (or more) forked with flaccid branches, 

 leafy ; leaves many-serial, spreading, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, a little contracted at 

 the base, quite entire, fertile ones little or much decrescent. — Plum. Til. t. 166. C. — L. 

 passerinoides, Kth. (L. nitens, Cham. Schlecht. ; Kunz. Tarnkr. I. 80) : a form with 

 shorter leaves.— Leaves 10"'-6"'(-4'") long, 1'"-$'" broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., M'Nab, 

 Wits., on trees, S. Anns, rare near Bath ; [Cuba !, Wr. 934, to Brazil and Pern !]. 



19. Xi. taxifolium, L. At length pendulous, several-times-once-forked with flaccid 

 branches, leafy ; leaves sub-6-serial, spreading, narrowly lanceolate or oblong-linear, little 

 or not tapering at the base, shortly acuminate, quite entire, fertile ones little decrescent. — 

 Ilook. Grev. Ic. t. 131.— Leaves 8"'-o'" long, 1"'-H"' broad, more rigid than in the pre- 

 ceding. — Hab. Jamaica!, Mac/., Pd., Wils., on trees; Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent 1, 

 Guild.; [Cuba!, Wr. 937, to Peru !]. 



20. Xi. verticillatum, L. Pendulous, dichotomous with flaccid branches, leafy ; leaves 

 short, many-serial, erect-spreading, incurved, setaceous, acuminate, quite entire, fertile ones 

 little decrescent. — Plum. Til. t. 166. B— L. acerosum, Sw.— Leaves 2£"'-H"' long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Pd. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba !, Wr. 935, to Brazil and Ecuador !; Natal ! 

 to Bourbon]. 



21. Xi. myrsinites, Lam. Pendulous, forked ; leaves 4,-serial, shortly deltoid-ovate, 

 pointed, entire, often ciliate, erect-spreading above the appressed, adnate base, fertile ones 



