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214. Dryopteris cordata (Fée) Urban, Symb. Antili. 4: 18. 1903; C. Chr. Iiui. '25S. 



Syn. Pheyopteris cordata Fée, Gen. 244. 1850 — 52; 6. niém. 13 tab. (i fig. 3. 

 Aspidiiim reptans var 1. cordata Melt. Aspid. nr. 237. 1858. 

 Polypodium cubanum Bak. Syn. 304. 1867. 



Type from Cuba, leg. Linden nr. 1873 (nol seen). 



Rhizome erect, willi a few slellalo-ciliate scales. Leave.s fasciculated; stipe 

 3 — 5 cm long, like rachis slightly stellato-puberulous and with some few longer, 

 simple hairs. Lamina up to 30 cm long, 3 cm broad, linear, pinnate from base to 

 short of the apex ; larger leaves sometimes terminating in a scaly bud, which pro- 

 duces a rosette of young leaves, grey-green, chartaceous, opaque. Pinna? numerous 

 (20—30 to a side), close horizontal, distinctly stalked, oblong, 'a — I'/s cm long, 

 ^/s cm broad, their base cordate, the apex bluntly rounded, the lower ones often 

 gradually shortened, both surfaces, especially on veins, with not many small stel- 

 late hairs. Veins about 8 to each side, generally forked, free. Sori a little above 

 the middle of the vein in a single row on each side of the midrib, exindusiate, 

 but the receptacle with several branched hairs. Sporangia with some bi-lrifurcate, 

 deciduous setæ, soon glabrous. 



The typical form from Cuba of this species is widely different from most 

 forms of D. reptans, with which Mettenius united it. In Porto Rico a form was 

 collected by (Sintenis (nr. 6380, 6588) referred hereto by Urban, which resembles 

 D. cordata in shape of the pinnæ; still I am inclined to regard the specimens 

 as young states of D. reptans. The pinnæ are shorter, more ovate, scarcely 

 cordate at base, and the sori are distinctly exindusiate. 



Cuba: El Yunqiie, Mt. Baracoa, Undekwood and Earle nr. 725 (W) — Monte Verde, Wright nr. 1014 

 (B, S) — Josephina, Yateras, Oriente, Maxon nr. 4117 (W\ 



Related forms, but doubtfully belonging here: 



Bahama Isl.; Andros, John J. and Alice R. Northrop nr. 576 (B), ? 583 (B). 

 San Domingo: ad fliim. Mameges, Eggers nr. 2656 (Bi. 



215. Dryopteris sagittata (Sw.) C. Chr. Ind. 290. 1905. 



Syn. Polypodium sayittatum Sw. Prod. 132. 1788. 



Polypodium hastaefolium Sw. Schrad. Journ. 1S00-: 25. 1801; Hk. et Grev. 

 Ic. Fil. tab. 203; Bak. Syn. 304; Jenman, Bull. Dept. Jam. n. s. 4: 127. 

 Polypodium hastatum Sw. Fl. Ind. occ. 1653. 1806. 

 Aspidium reptans var. 2. hastaefolia Mett. Aspid. nr. 237. 1858. 

 Aspidiiim bastifolium Gris. Fl. br. W. Ind. 694. 1864. 

 Type from .Jamaica, leg. Swartz (S!). 



A distinct species, not closely related to D. reptans, with which Mettenius 

 united it; the plate cited above gives a fair illustration of it. Most pinnæ short 

 stalked and bearing a pair of acute spreading auricles at base, entire or faintly 

 crenulate, the lower ones gradually reduced to mere auricles. Rachis and costæ 



