S t fiORTUS J A M A I C E N S T3, polypody 



This fern seldom rises above two fee ; and a half or three feet in height ; the stipe is 

 very simple, and the pinnas pointed and em re ; they aie connected by very short toot- 

 stalks, atul'project backwards on each side of them. Brou ne. The pinnas are about an 

 inch in length and half as broad; fructifications io-'tvvo rows of ferruginous dots, one or. 

 . b side of the mid rib Shane.. 



19. RIIIZQPHYLLUM. BOOTINO- LEAVED. 



Fronds pinnate, decumbent, tailed at the tip, the fruiting ones rooting; pin- 

 uas ovate-deltoid, 9-w . 



20. OBLITE&ATIM. OBL1TER ATF.D. 



Frond pinnate; pinnas alternate, broad -lanceolate, attenuated, crcnatc;. 

 notches at the tip and base obliterated on both sid^s. Sw. 



21. CREN.VI'UM. NOTCHED. 



Frond pinnate; pinnas oblong -lanceolate,, crenate, smooth; fructifications in 

 double rows. 



22. SIMILE. SIMILAR. 



Lonchitis altissirua, pinnulis raris non laciniatis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 

 77, t. 32, 

 Fronds pinnate ; pinnas lanceolate, quite entire, distant, the upper ones smaller, 

 dots in rows. 

 This was about five feet high ; stipe a foot and. a half long, roundish, dark broivn, or 

 blackish. Pmnas about two inches long, and three-quarters of an inch broad at the 

 base, roundish and blunt at the end, not at all laciniated; On each side of the mid-rib 

 many ferruginous round spots of fructification ; there was about half an inch space be- 

 tween the pinnas, which were alternate. I found it on Mount Diablo. Sloane. 



23. DISSIMILE. DISSIMILAR. 



Simpler, foliis lanceolatis integris Uistinctis tota basi afiixis. supremo 

 sub-hitstato, capsulis sohtariis. Browne, p. 100. Pol. 23. 

 Fronds pinnate ; pinnas lanceolate, sub-pubescent, confluent, the lower ones 

 distinct, dots scattered. 

 Browne calls tins the simple poll/ podium,, with distinct leaves. 



21. REPTANS. CLIMBING. 



Loncliitis asplenii facie pinnulis variis. Sloane, v. 1, p. 76, t. 2i>, 



and t 30, f. 1. 



Divisions somewhat hearted,', ovate, obtuse, crenate, slightly auricled at the 



base; frond creeping, rooting at top. 



The face of this plant, and difference of the pinnules, make it difficult to assign it a 



right place, for almost every stipe has different pinnules. It is sometimes a foot and a 



half lone:, stem green an 1 somewhat hoary. Some of the pinnules are oblong and 



somewhat ami. ulated on both upper and under side, and towards the point are rounder 



leaves: on other twigs the leaves are joined close to one another, after the manner of 



asj'Unium. Sometimes the leaves are oblong, and eared above and below, and disjoined 



without . 



