19* HO-RTUS JAMAICE-N-Sf S. spleens or 



8. MARGINATUM. MARGINED. 



Simpticiter ptnnatum, cattle compresso marginato t frtiAde pinna fa, 'aci- 

 nus sub-lobato-dentatis inferioribu.s distinctis, superioribus adnalis. 

 Browne, p. 94, A. 15. 

 Fronds pinnate ; pinnas opposite, cordate, lanceolate, sub-margi uate quite entire. 

 The divided atplenium with margined ribs seldom rises above two feet It is beauti- 

 fully divided and margined, and seems to thrive best in a shady dry place. It is-fre- 

 .quent in the lower mountains of Liguanea. 



P. EROSTJM. LACERATED. 



Lonchitis major pinnis at) gust ion bus levi/cr derttictilafis- superior e la- 

 tere auriculatts. Sloane v. 1. p. 78, t 33, f. 2. Simplex, nigrum, 

 Joliis oblongo-acurninatiSf maigine quasi lacerutis. Browne p. 94, 

 'A. 11. 

 Fronds pinnate ; pinnas trapeze-oblong, striated, erose, eared at the base. 



Foot with long capillary fibres, black, scaly,, and covered with ferruginous moss ; 

 stem black and simple, rising from fourteen to eighteen inches ; leaves pointed and ap- 

 pearing as if torn on their edges. It. grows in the low.er mountains of Liguanea, and 

 thrives best in a sandy soil. Browne. 



10. PROLIFERUM. 



Phyllitis non sinwta mimor qpicefolii radices agente. Sloane v. 1, p. 71, 

 t. 26, f. 1. 



Fronds subsessile, broad-lanceolate, the first leaves ob-ovate, rootingat the end. 



Root small, scaly, black, with many long dark brown fibres ; leaves many, of differ- 

 en f sizes, the largest two inches and a half long, and about half an inch broad near the 

 middle ; they end in. a point which bows down to the ground, takes root, and sends out 

 rounder leaves, in time growing longer, and with their ends taking root. The seed lies 

 in round spots on each side of the middle rib underneath It grew in a rich, thick, vex? 

 high, tjnd shady wooJ, at the bottom of Mount-Diabio. Sloane. 



1 1. PUMH.UW. DWARF. 



Fronds ternate, leaflets three-parted, gashed. 

 Fronds several, upright, about four inches high, stipes round, slender, black and 

 shining at the bottom, but among the leaflets green, with small bristles scattered over 

 it. Leaflets elongate-triangular, acute, sub-petioled, divided into rounded blunt lobes ; 

 the lowest and end leaflets arc longer than the rest, and eared on each side at the base j 

 on the nerves are. very small bristles, scarcely -visible with the naked eye. Fructifica- 

 tions on the whole back ot the frond, oblong, ascending, rufuus, from two to four lines 

 .in length. Jacquin, 



12. DIMIDIATUM. HALVED. 



Fronds pinnate, pinnas trapeze-obiong acuminate, angular upwards, entire and 

 Hat downwards. Siairlz. 



13. FRAGRANS. FRAGRANT. 



Fronds subtripinnate, leaflets alternate, pinnas lanceolate, broadisb, serrate at 

 the tip. Szc\ 



11. CRANDIFOLlUJt 



