03 H,ORTUS JAMAIrNSr&s wtnoja 



7. PtlYtLITiT>I. 



Phyllitis arbor thus innasccns, folio nan sinuate femuori vcrinntis-. put- 

 veruleyitis waculis overset parte punctata Sloane, v. !, p. 72. 

 Acaule foliis oblongis s implicit' us, capsulis sar&libus. Browne, p, 

 96. Pol. I. 

 Fronds lanceolate, smooth, quite entire; fructifications seaUered. 

 Hoot the thickness of a finder, five or six inches long, Mack on the outside, having 

 many fibres. Fronds sis or seven, from two to three feet in length, acute at the end, 

 narrower at the base, widening gradually, smooth, bright green on the upper surface; ._ 

 waved at the edge. Plumicr. The simple polypodium, without a trunk, is very 

 common in the woods of Jamaica^ tine leaves are thin and delicate. Browne. It grows 

 on the trunks of old taees. 



With pinnatifid fronds and coadunafe lobes. 



8. SCOLOPENDROIDES. SCOLOPENDR A-LIKE. > 



Minus acaule, fronde in/erne partita, superne lobata capsulis linea- 

 libus. Browne, p. 97; Pol. 4. 

 Segments rather obtuse, the lowermost remote.. 

 The small simple lobe-leafed poly pod iurrps leaves, .rise together from a fibrous root,' 

 and seldom tow above five or six inches in height; the foliage is divided into small 

 distinct parts towards the bottom-, but as the plant rises these are confounded together, 

 .ml it becomes a lobed margin.on each side of the stalk or rib. It thrives best in dry 

 rocky places. Brownie, This is the incisum of Swartz. 



0. PENDULUM. PLNDULUS. 



Fronds pinnatifid, sub-sessile, smooth, pendulous; lobes oblong, bluntisii. 

 Sw* 



10. TUICHOM AM'iBES. TRICHOMANES-IJEE. 



Fronds pinnatifid, somewhat hairy ; lobes semi-ovate, obtuse. 



11. MYOSUROIDES. MYOSURUS-UKE. 



Fronds pinnatifid, smooth ; lobes united into a lanceolate top, fructiferous, the: 

 lower, ones remote. , 



12. PECTINATUM. COMB. 



Frond- pinnate, lanceolate ; loots approximating, ensiform, parrallel, acute> 

 horizontal ; root naked . $iv. 



13. AUl fcUM.. GOLDEN^ 



Fronds pinnatifid, smooth, and. even ; pi nnas oblong, distant, the lowest patu- 

 lous, the terminating one very largt ; fructifications in rows. 

 Hoot as thick as the thumb, and St metiines a tool long, round, much branched, 

 knobby, and fleshy, green within, but witliodt covered witlj. very small golden scales, 

 with holes in the middle ot the knots, occasioned b) fallen leaves. Fronds about a foot 

 long, cut into seven or eight veiy deep eguients, an incn wide, ami .nree or tour 

 indies long, remote ana acuminate ; underneath is a double row of goit en dots along 

 the nerves oi the segments. It ^rovvs on trunks of large trees. Plumier. 



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