*T-i nORTUS JAMATCENSIS,^ maideiI* 



Thchaifv-stalkecfiff/wH/i^^J grows to tlie hciglit of two feet; the leaves large and 

 open. The stem biaek, strong, triangular, covered with a hairy fcrruninous mossy 

 suhscanre ; the fronds pioceed from. it about a foot from the ground ; the pitinas alter- 

 nite ; peckmcles an iiich long, and about Jialf as l)roa(i, the 6^nre of a trapezium. It 

 grew in a shady gully near bt. Jago de la Vega., Pjuso recommends tiiis plunt for ex- 

 pectorating- tough phlegm. Sluane, 



7. Mlv-:ROPUyi.LU'.'. SMAI.I.-I.F..\VFI>. 



j4di(intum 72!STum raiiw.simi minus, raynuUs surculh et plnnidis rarh, 

 minimis, sub. otiindis. bIor;no, v. i, p. 98, t. 13, r. 2. 



.Frond bi-pinnate; leaflctK alternate^ oblong-obtiise,. crenate, the lowest pin- 

 natifui. 



This rises nine inches, having black stripes covered with a rusty moss. Pinnules 

 small, distinct, dark green. . Tnere is a considerable defect between some of the pin- 

 nules, being variously sinuated or cue in on the edges^ It grew among- rocks near the 

 fijer at St. Jago de la \cas..^-Sloane.. 



8. STRIATUM. STRIATED. 



Frond bi-pinnate ; pinnules rigid, sickled-ovate ; fructifications superior, in 

 terrupted; stipe round, rough. Sw. J:*/'. t35, , 



9. STRICTUM. STIFF. 



Ftond. hi pinnate; pinnas four-cornered, fastigiate-erect ; piimas alternatCj, 

 polished, entire ; fructitications superior, continued S'a-. Pi: 135. 



lO. DENTieULATU.W. TeOTHED. ' 



Fronds decompound ; pinnas alternate, trapczoicf, acuminate-crenate; notches 

 tooth-letted ; fructifications superior, interrupted. Sw. Fr. 135. 



Thefollowiiig^ have supey-dccQinpound fronds :-, 



11. ACUI.EATUMs . raiCICLY. 



Filix ranwsa major, caule spinoso, foUis sen pinnulis rotundis, pro^ 

 funde laciniatis, sen ccrcfolii fcliis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 99, t. 6h - 

 Flaxum rumossissiniuni, aculestum ; ranuiUs et frond ibus tenuissi'^ 

 mis. Browne, p. S.9. Ad. 11. 



Pmnas palmate, piany-flowcred ; stipe prickly. 



Tins has a long, root, towards the top ferruginous- mossy; from which rise- several 

 footstalk-^, cornered on one side, i-ound on the other, of the bigness of a swan's qiifll, 

 of a grey colour. The plant is much divided, and the stalks and branches furnished 

 witb a great nuuiber of short recurved prickles. The branches are opposite and slender, 

 the pinnas alternate, the leatleti small, and deeply crenated, of a yellowish-green 

 colour. Th-is grows in tufts, and is found in great abundance in Above Rocks, and 

 many other parts of tlie island. , 



12. TRAPEZIFORME-. KIIOMB-LEAVED. 



/idian/um nigrum, ramosum, maximuvi, foliis majoribus trapezii in 

 vxodmnfig\iratis, Sloane, v. l, p. 9S, t, 53, Ercctum mejus in- . 



ordinate^ 



