polypody BORTUS JAMAICEN.^IS. Si 



Gen. Char. Capsules distributed in roundish dots, on the back or lower :i 'ace of 

 the frond. Of this very numerous genus forty- two species have been 1 ! in 

 Jamaica. 



With fronds undivided. 



1. J.YCOPODIOIDES. LYCOPODIUM-I.IKE. 



Phyllitis minor scandens foliis angust is. Sloane, v. 1, p. 73. S 

 dens, caule tereti hirsuto, foliis m h ws lameolutis, capsu'iit 

 linear/bus. Browne, p. VI. Pol. 6. 



Fronds lanceolate, quite entire, smooth; fructifications solitary ; sho ts naked. 



Stems many, very long, slender and compressed,- fixing- themselves to trees like ivy, 

 and putting out many branches, some very long, others shdr . covered ail ovef with 

 little narrow acute ferruginous scales, interspersed with abundance of small filaments. 

 Fronds alternate, four inches long, and seven or eight lines wide towards the lowei 

 part; they are gradually narrowed towards thetip, which is blunt, and the edges are 

 waved ; they are membranous, and the upper surface is smooth and of a bright green ; 

 the fructifications are hoary, and in one row on each side of the mid-rib. Plumier. 

 Sloane says the stalk is compressed, and not so big as a hen's quill ; and that it mounts 

 fort}- feet. Browne calls it the climbing polj/podiuni, with a slender hairy staik, very 

 common in the inland open parts of Jamaica, and frequent in Sixteen-Mile- Walk. 



2. ANGUSTIFOLHJM. narrow- leaved. 



Fronds linear-lanceolate, very long, acuminate, rigid, with a convex margin; 

 fructifications scattered ; shoot creeping. S'w. 



3. GRAMINEUM. GRASS-UKE. 



Fronds acuminate, quite entire, smooth; fructifications solitary; shoot naked. 

 Sw. 



4. MARGINELLUM. MARGINED. 



"Fronds wedge-shaped, linear, blunt, margined, smooth; fructifications solitary, 

 crowded ; shoot very short, naked. S'w. 



5. REPENS. CREEPING. 



Fronds lanceolate, acuminate, smooth, entire ; fructifications scattered ; shoot 

 creeping. &'w. 



G. PILOSELLOIDF.S, PILOSELLA-L'KE. 



Phyllitidi scandenti, affmis minor, folio cfdsso ohlongiori. Sloane, 

 v. 1, p. 7% t. 28, f. 3. Simpler repens, foliis minoribus ovatis, 

 capsulis sparsis. Browne, p. 97. Pol. 5. 



Fronds lanceolate, quite entire, rough-haired ; the barren ones ovate ; fructifi- 

 cations solitary. 



The small creeping polypodium, with oval leaves, is very rare in Jamaica ; I found 

 it in the mountains of St. Faith's, near the side of the river. It creeps along the ground, 

 and casts its small pval leaves on both sides, in an alternate order ; these seldom exceed 

 an inch and a quarter in length, and lie commonly close upon the ground or rocks. 

 Browne. 



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