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Type in the Underwood Herbarium at the New York Botanical 

 Garden, collected on shady forest land in Peckham Woods, 

 Clarendon, Jamaica, altitude 762 meters, May 21, 1912, William 

 Harris 1102J. 



This species differs from D. lurida chiefly in its smaller, soft, 

 pale, almost tow-colored scales, its larger, more finely divided 

 lamina, and its setose indusia. Additional specimens are: Ja- 

 maica; vicinity of Troy, altitude 600-660 meters, June 28, 1904, 

 Maxon 2860; in rocky woodland, near Troy, altitude 701 meters, 

 June 28, 1904, Harris 8710. 



Explanation of plate 3 



Fig. i. Dryopteris lurida; Jamaica; parts of the type specimen, reduced. 

 Fig. 2. Dryopteris leucochaete; Jamaica; leaf, reduced, Maxon 2860. 



