SPisE>w>nr TTORTUS JAM AIC EN SIS. 19J. 



14. GRANDIFOLIUM. GRF.AT-LEAVFO. 



Fronds pinnate ; pinnas alternate, lanceolate, sub-serrate at the base, rectangular 

 above, rounded below. Sw. 



15. DISSECTUM. DISSECTED. 



Fffinds pinnate; pinnas lanceolate, gash -serrate, tailed at the tip. Sw. 



16. PR.4EMORSUM. B'TTEH. 



if^onxl tripinnatifid, pinnas somewhat wedge-shaped, pinnules erbse-toothed at 

 the tip. Sw. 



17. CIC0TAR1TJM. HrMI.OCK-LlKE. 



Rutte murai /,< aa edens- jjUcxda non ramosa minima, pinnulis subro- 

 tundts profunde. scissis. Sloane, v. 1, p 92, t. 52, t" 5. 



Frond tripinnate, very smooth, the upper ones pinnatifid, leaflets lanceolate en- 

 tire. 

 This has a solid black root,, covered with a Black hairy moss towards its top, whence " 

 rise out nine or ten leai" 9 about three mcnes high'. Stipes dariJ green, at an inch from- 

 the ground dividin ral alternate twigs, those in the middle being largest, about 



three-quarters of an in , made up of alternate, small, roundish, pinnules deep- 



ly cut in at the edge, of a pale green colour above,-. and underneath having very many 

 ferruginous spots. If grew on rocks, on the banks of the Rio D'Oso in Sixteen -Mile 

 Wdlk Sloane: These arc ol the fern' kind. They are accounted specifics for all dis- 

 t< impers of the spleen, wherefore they have the name of spleen-wort ; they open ob- 

 stru< 'ions, and therefore good against the yellow jaundice ; they take away hiccoughs - 

 and. strangury, cxoel gravel, and lieip a violent gonorrhoea.- Barhum, p. 180,. 



See Ferns. 



SPLEEN-WORT^ ROUGH. LONCFflTIS; 



Cl. 24, or 2, Cryptogamia filices Nat. or. Filices. 



This generic name is derived from the Greek word for a spear. 



bn. char. Capsules disposed in lanceolated lines lying under the sinuses of the 

 frond* Two species are natives ofJamaica. 



1. HIKSUTA. HAIR'/. 



Hirsuttt- coata simplicitep pennata, lobis oblongis- obtuse crcnatL:. 

 Browne, p. 89, L. 3. 



Fronds pinnatifid, blunt, quite entire, shoots branched hirsute. 

 This plant rises commonly to tiie height of four or five feet ; it is moderetely hirsute., 

 *nd often found in the mountains- of St. Anns. 



2. PEDATA. FOOTED* 



Erecta tribrathiata, lateralibus tripavtitis- mediocrecto, simplici. 

 Browne, p. <3^, L. 2, t. l. f. 1, 2. . 



bn'Z Fronds 



