FILICE3. 673 



145. B. occidentale, L. Leaf pinnatisect, piunatifid below the entire summit : most 

 segments broadly adnate, subfalcate-oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, pointed, subentire, inferior 

 cordate at the base, lowest subsessile : veins dichotomous-simple ; sori appressed to the 

 midrib.— SI. t. 44. /. 2. Plum. Fit. t. 62. /. B. Schk. Crypt, t. 108. B.~ B. cartilagi- 

 neum, Schk. {non Sw.). B. glandulosum, Kze. (Famkr. t. 85. /. 2.).— Segments l"-3" 

 long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Wright; Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild. ; [Cuba! and 

 Mexico! to Brazil! and Chile! ; Galapagos!]. 



146. B. serrulatum, Rich. Leaf pinnate : leaflets oblong-linear, pointed, cuneate at 

 the subsessile, jointed base, serrulate, terminal as long as the middle ones : veins approxi- 

 mate, most simple ; sori appressed to the midrib.— Schk. Crypt, t. 108.— B. angustifoliura, 

 W.~ Leaflets numerous, 2"-3"(-4") long.— Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad ; [Florida to 

 South Brazil !]. 



147. B. long-ifolium, Kth. Leaf pinnatisecl, long-petioled : segments 2-5-jugal, 

 subdistant, lanceolate-acuminate, entire, cuneate or rounded at the sessile base, uppermost 

 lateral obliquely adnate, terminal elongated: veins simple, or forked ; sori appressed to the 

 midrib. — Hook. Spec. t. 154 : a form with the segments subcordate at the base {B. gracile, 

 Kaulf.). — Segments 5"-8"(-2") long : in young specimens occur undivided, but fertile 

 leaves {Spruce, PL Peruv.).— Hab. S.Vincent!, Wright: Trinidad!, Lockh.; [Mexico! 

 to Brazil !]. 



** Leaf 2-pinnatisect. 



148. B. volubile, Kaulf. High-twining ; leaf 2-pinnatisect (-pinnatisect) : secondary 

 segments few-jugal, entire, fertile linear-lanceolate, or lanceolate, sterile lanceolate-oblong 

 pointleted, oblique at the petiolulated base : veins approximate, connected at the callous 

 margiu ; sori appressed to the midrib : indusium large, at length breaking up into pieces. — 

 Hook. Gen. t. 93.— Salpichlama, J. ^.—Segments 6"-12"(-l 6") long.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Pd. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Pd. ; [French islands ! and Venezuela ! to Brazil !]. 



25. LOMARIA, W. 



Sori continuous between the midrib and the margin of contracted, specially transformed 

 leaf-segments, decurrent along a longitudinal anastomosis of veins : indusium juxtamarginal. 

 Veins of the difform, sterile leaves free, often forked. 



149. It. attenuata, W. Fertile leaf pinnatisect, its segments narrowly linear, sessile : 

 sterile pinnatipartite above, pinnatisect below, segments broadly adnate, oblong -lanceolate, 

 usually subfalcate-acuminate, entire, lowest much decrescent, distant, deltoid-half-round. — 

 Metten. Ml. Lips. t. 3. /. 1-6. Hook. Spec. t. 146.— Blechnum, Metten. Onoclea, Sw. 

 0. polypodioides, Sw. {Lomaria, Desv.). L. onocleoides, Spreng. — Rhizome creeping, or 

 high-ascending on trees : its rusty, dense palese long, linear-acuminate ; sterile leaves 1-2' 

 long, 2"(3"-l") broad, segments variable.— Hab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; Dominica {Imr.), S. Vin- 

 cent!, Guild.; [Cuba ! to French islands; all tropical countries]. 



150. L. divergens, Kze. Fertile fez/" pinnatisect, its segments linear, adnate-sessile ; 

 sterile pinnatipartite segments oblong, bluntish, entire, lowest conform, not decurrent. — 

 Blechnum, Metten. I L. Plumierii, Hook, a i I regard L. Plumierii, Desv., as a doubtful 

 synonym, Plumier's figure (Fil. t. 90 : Martinique) showing much narrower, linear-acumi- 

 nate sterile segments.— Rhizome ascending ; sterile leaves 2'-3' long, 6" broad below, seg- 

 ments 10"'-8" / broad, sinus narrow.— Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe ! ; Venezuela ! 

 to Brazil!]. 



151. 1m. procera, Desv. Leaf pinnatisect, coriaceous: segments of the fertile ones 

 linear, of the sterile oblong-linear, obliquely cordate at the base, lowest conform usua ly 

 petiolulate ; indusium large, breaking into pieces.— Hook. Grev. Ic. t 207.— Osmnuda, 

 Forst. ! L. Gilliesii, Hook. Grev.— Rhizome stout, ascending-erect ; sterile leaves 2 -4 , seg- 

 ments 2"-6" long, the latter 6"'-18'" broad, very variable. 



I ot. opirincnts scrrulstc I 



0. striata, W. Segments entire below, serrulate at the narrow apex.— Sieb. Mart. 245^ 

 y. lineata,\i. Segments broad, subentire. — Onoclea, Sw. . . 



Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Al., Saner, (ft y), peaks of the Blue Mountains j Dominical- 



