268 Broadhurst: Struthiopteris in North America 



Spicanta U Herminieri O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2 : 820. 1891 . 

 Blechnum V Herminieri C. Chr. Ind. Fil. 156. 1905. 



Plants terrestrial. Rhizome ascending to erect, at least 4-15 

 cm. high, the scales not numerous, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 tobacco brown. Sterile fronds 30-48 cm. long; stipes 4-12 cm. 

 long, not at all or somewhat angulate, without vestigial pinnae, 

 bicolored; lamina 18-32 cm. long, 5-1 1 cm. wide, lanceolate, 

 abruptly reduced at the base (type A or B), usually with 2 or more 

 pairs of somewhat semicircular, contiguous lobes at the base, 

 gradually reduced at the apex, with a terminal pinna 2-6 cm. long, 

 the pinnae sometimes opposite; pinnae 7-16-jugate, the upper 

 ones falcate, the lower ones more or less falcate, the apex acute, 

 never acuminate, the base more or less dilated, 3.5-6 cm. long, 

 10-18 mm. wide; margins entire, slightly and only irregularly 

 revolute; leaf tissue rigid-herbaceous, without scales; veins dis- 

 tinct, not definitely raised or grooved, the apices somewhat glandu- 

 lar, the vein spaces 6-8 to 1 cm. Sporophyls 26-50 cm. long, and 

 often but little taller than the accompanying sterile fronds; stipes 

 JS^S cm. long, straw-colored to brownish, occasionally slightly 

 purplish, but slightly or not at all marked with vestigial pinnae 

 in the upper part; lamina 13-24 cm. long, abruptly reduced at the 

 base, gradually reduced at the apex; pinnae 10-17-jugate, 4-9 cm. 

 long, 2-3 mm. wide, with or without a constricted sterile tip, 

 the base widely dilated, not fruited on the dilations; indusium not 

 heavy, entire, not becoming lacerate; sporangia dark brown. 



Type: Bory 201, from Guadeloupe (Kunze also cites Linden 

 IQ3 and Moritzji, both from Caracas). 



Distribution: Known from Guadeloupe, Martinique, and 

 Dominica. 



Specimens included: Guadeloupe: Duss 4166 (Y, N) ; 

 Duss 4167 (N). Dominica: Mt. Diablotin, Lloyd 885 (N). 

 Martinique: Duss 1554 (Y). 



5. S. Maxonii Broadh. sp. nov. 



Plants terrestrial. Rhizome erect, 43 cm. high (in type speci- 

 men), the scales numerous at the apex, linear to lanceolate, 5-10 

 mm. long, purplish brown to black. Sterile fronds 25-38 cm. 

 long; stipes 3-6 cm. long, not at all or but slightly angulate, 

 without vestigial pinnae, straw-colored or bicolored with reddish 

 brown or brown, the scales not numerous, very deciduous, ovate 

 to lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long, dull brown; lamina 22-35 cm. long, 

 3-5 cm. wide, narrowly elliptical, gradually reduced at the base 

 (type F), gradually reduced at the apex, the terminal pinna 1-4 



