51 



297 



nearly entire; basal segments deeply lobed at their base, the leaf thus being nearly 

 tripinnatifid. Veins upto 10 to a side, the lower furcate in the teeth or in the 

 larger lobes pinnate. 



San Domingo: Rio Mameges, Eggers n.2540 (HH). — Le Prenleloup n.717 (HC). 



Puerto Rico, Sintenis n. 403 (HC). 



33. Dryopteris consanguinea (Fée) C. Chr. 



Syn. Aspidium consanguinenm Fée, 11 méni. 76 tab. 20 fig. 3. 

 Type from Guadeloupe, leg. L'Herminier (n. 10? HB). 

 Martinique, Père Duss (HB). 



Dominica: in silvis prope Rorehill, Eggers n. 454 (HB. HC). 

 Trinidad, N. & G. Smith n. 1360 (HB). 



Kig. 21. D. consanguinea (Fée) C. Chr. 

 I. l'ère Duss. 



Kig. '22. D. scalpturoides 



(Kée) C. Clir. From the type 



specimen. 



Fig. 23. D. Funckii 



(Mett.) O. Ktze. 



Krom tlie tj'pe 



specimen. 



Rhi;;omale lignoso, c. 1 cm. crasso, breviter repente, adscendenfe vel subereclo, 

 apice squamis duris ovato-subulatis vestito. Stipitibus subfasciculatis, gracilibus, 

 fusco-stramineis, basi fuscescentibus et sjjarse squamosis, glabris, superne sulcatis, 

 ad 10 cm. longis. Lamina lanceolala, 5— 7 dem. longa, medio 12— 14 cm. lata, versus 

 apicem pinnatifidum decrescente, versus basin longe et gradatim attenuata (Typus II), 

 submembranacea vel firme herbacea, rachibus et costis sulcatis superne sparse 

 pubescentibus exceptis omnino glabra, sed sublus glandulosa, bipinnatifida. Pinnis 



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