FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. III. 



Ornithopteris Wrightii (Baker) comb. nov. 

 Anemia Wrightii Baker Syn. Fil. 435. 



Slender, sterile leaf about one-half the length of the fertile, seg- 

 ments more narrowly cuneate 

 than in the preceding species, 

 the incisions more blunt and 

 the scattered hairs more strict. 

 Sporangia globose, the surface 

 openly and quite regularly 

 reticulate ridged ; ring about 

 i2-i4-rayed; spores cupuli- 

 form, the surface finely papil- 

 late. 



Plants slender and some- 

 what lax, 20-30 cm. high, the 

 sterile frond 6-8 cm. long ; 

 ultimate lower segments .8-1.2 

 cm. long. In fruit in Feb- 

 ruary. 



Hab. Limestone boul- 

 ders, in open moist woodlands, near the center of the Island of Cozu- 

 mel, Millsfiaugh, PI. Utowance 1564. 



