FILICES. 691 
Soutn Mexico, San Nicolas (Schmitz : schmitzit), Chinantla, Puebla 7000 to 8000 feet 
(Liebmann: schiedei), Rio Blanco, region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2538, 3065: elon- 
gatum); GuaTeMaLa (Skinner; Godman & Salvin).—Wesr Invies to Perv and Sovuru 
Brazit. Hb. Kew. 
40. Acrostichum villosum, Swartz; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. p. 225; Hook. et Bak. 
Syn. Fil. p. 409; Hook. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 95. 
SoutH Mexico, Barranca de Huitamalca (Liebmann), Chiapas &c. (Ghiesbreght, 308).— 
Cusa to Perv. Hb. Kew. 
41. Acrostichum viscosum, Swartz; Hook. Sp. Fil. v. p.220; Hook. et Grev. 
Ic. Fil. t.61; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 406 ; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. i. p. 69 (“species 
non visa ”’). 
Sourn Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 1695, 1696), Chiapas &c. (Ghiesbreght, 314), region 
of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 3065); Guaremata, Volcan de Fuego at 6000 feet (Godman & 
Salvin, 242).—Wesr Inpres to Perv and Brazit, and in TropicaL Asta and AFRICA. 
Hb. Kew. 
42. Acrostichum viride, Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. i. p. 66. 
Sourn Mexico, Hacienda de las Animas (Hahn, 455). 
Suborder III. OSMUNDACEZ. 
Restricted to the genera Osmunda and Todea; the latter is confined to the southern 
hemisphere, and comprises about half a dozen species, inhabiting Australia, New 
Zealand, Polynesia, and South Africa. 
41. OSMUNDA. 
Osmunda, Linn.; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 426, t. 8. fig. 62. 
There are six species of this genus, as they are defined in the ‘Synopsis Filicum,’ 
and they are very widely spread in both north and south temperate regions, rarer in 
the tropics. 
1. Osmunda cinnamomea, Linn. ; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 426; Fourn. Mex. 
Pl. Enum. i. p. 140; Eaton, Ferns N. Am. i. p. 227, t. 29. fig. 3-5; Liebm. Mexicos 
Bregner, p. 152. 
Osmunda imbricata, Kunze, Farrnkr. ii. p. 29, t. 112. 
NEWFOUNDLAND and Canapa to WisconsIN and southward to Fioripa and Lovistawa.— 
Sours Mexico, San Antonio, Huatusco at 4500 feet (Liebmann), Chiapas &c. (Ghies- 
breght, 300).—CoLomBra to Perv and Souru Brazit, and in Eastern Asia. Hb. Kew. 
2. Osmunda regalis, Linn.; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 427; Fourn. Mex. Pl. 
Enum. i. p. 140; Eaton, Ferns N. Am. i. p. 209, t. 28. 
Osmunda spectabilis, Willd. Sp. Pl. v. p. 98; Mart. et Gal. Foug. Mex. p. 21. 
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