FILICES. 659 



57. H. axillare, Sic. " Leaf lanceolate, 2-%-pinnatipartite, very narrowly decurrent, 

 glabrous: rhachis margined: lobes oblong-linear, blunt or subemarginate, entire, lowest 



fertile; indusium as broad as its leaf-lobe: lips roundish, entire." — " 6" high, suberect, 

 shortly petioled." — Hab. Jamaica (Su>.), on trees in the highest mountains. 



58. H. apicale, V. d. Bosch. " Leaf linear-oblong, 2>-pinnatipartite, not decurrent, 

 glabrous : rhachis naked or margined on one side by the shortly decurrent primary seg- 

 ments .- lobes oblong-linear, emarginate, entire, terminal sterile ; indusium terminal, nar- 

 rower than its leaf-lobe, 2-lipped to near its shortly cuneate base : lips broadly rounded, 

 entire." — Hook. Grev.Ic.t. 124. — H. axillare, Hook. Grev.—"3"-o" high, flaccid, pendu- 

 lous, shortly petioled, 6"'-12"' broad."— Hab. Jamaica !, Prf., Wilt., in the Blue Moun- 

 tains; S. Vincent; [Haiti!]. 



59. H. fucoides, Sw. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, 2-pinnatiparlile, very narrowly de- 

 current, glabrous : rhachis narrowly margined, glabrescent, or slightly hairy : lobes oblong, 

 blunt, serrulate, flat, inferior often 2-fid ; indusia confined to the lowest part of the upper 

 margin of the primary leaf segments, contracted at the base, 2-lipped to the middle : lips 

 ovate-deltoid or ovate-oblong, serrate. — H. blepharodes, Pr. — 2"-8" high, 1" broad, erect, 

 shortly petioled. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on trees in high mountains ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! 

 to Brazil !]. 



** Leaf segments ciliate. 



60. H. hirsutum, Sw. Leaf short, oblong, deeply pinnatifid or 2-pinnatifid, cuneate 

 at the base, not decurrent, pilose and ciliate with stellate hairs : lobes oblong, blunt, entire, 

 flat ; indusium terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped to the middle, ciliate. — Hook. Grev. Ic. t. 84 : 

 the pinnatifid form. — Trichomanes, L. H. latifrons, V. d. Bosch. H. Cruegerii, C. Mull. : 

 a form with the hairs confined to the rhachis and leaf-margin (Fendl. Venes. 455). — Pen- 

 dulous, 2"-4" long, 4"'-8"' broad : petiole short, hair-shaped. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., 

 Wi/s., on trees in high mountains ; Trinidad ; [Cuba ! to French islands ! ; Mexico ! to 

 Brazil!]. 



61. H. ciliatum, Sw. Leaf oblong, 2(-Q)-pinnatipartite with a broad rhachis, long- 

 decurrent, ciliate with stellate hairs : segments oblong, blunt, entire, flat, primary one9 

 subdistant ; indusium terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped to near the rounded base, ciliate.— -Hook. 

 Grev. Ic. t. 35.— H. rtmotum, V. d. Bosch.— Erect, H"-4" long, 8"'-12'" broad- petiole 

 above and rhachis f" broad. — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), on trees in the mountains; Dominica!, 

 Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba ! aud Mexico ! to Brazil !]. 



62. H. hirtellum, Sw. Leaf ovate or ovate-oblong, S-pinnalipartite, narrowly and 

 shortly decurrent, hairy on the ribs, and ciliate with stellate hairs : segments oblong-linear, 

 bluntish, entire, flat ; indusium terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped to about the middle, ciliate. — 

 Hook. Spec. I. 31. B.— Erect, 4"-6" high, 1"-14" broad : petiole l"-2" long, i'" broad at 

 the summit, not margined below. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wi/s., on wet banks in the moun- 

 tains; S.Vincent; [French islands : Mexico]. 



63. H. lineare, Sw. Leaf flaccid, oblong-linear, pinnatisect with pinnalely 5-3 par- 

 tite segments, ciliate with stellate hairs : primary segments subdistant, superior decurrent, 

 secondary linear or oblong-linear, blunt, entire, flat; indusinm terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped 

 to about the middle, ciliate. — Hook. Grev. Ic. t. 196.— H. trifidum, Hook. Grev. H. 

 elegans, Spreng.— Hanging, 2"-10" long, 8"'-12'" broad: petiole short, usually hairy.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Macfi, Pd., on moist banks, rare ; [French islands I ; Venezuela 1 to Peru ! 

 and Brazil !]. 



64. H. elegantulum, V. d. Bosch. "Leaf ^ flaccid, oblong, pinnatisect with 2-pinnatifid 

 segments, pubescent, and ciliate with stellate hairs : primary segments distant, not decurrent, 

 tertiary lobes short, bluut, entire, flat ; indusium terminal, cuneate-orbicular, 2-lipped to the 

 middle, densely pilose."— Hook. Spec. t. 33. A.— H. pulchellum, Hook, (non Schlecht. sec. 

 V. d. Bosch.)—" Pendulous, sometimes 1' long."— Hab. Jamaica (Macfi) ; [Quito]. 



65 H sericeum, Sw. Leaf flaccid, long, oblong-linear, pinnaiipartite with pinna- 

 tifid segments, pinnatisect below, densely pubescent and ciliate with rusty, stellate down : 

 superior segments narrowly decurrent, lobes oblong, blunt, flat, crested with keeled veins, 

 inferior emarginate with a forked veinlet ; indusium terminal, orbicular 2-lipped to the 

 middle, densely pilose.— Plum. Fil. t. 73.— Hanging, V-2 long, 1 broad, shortly petioled. 



