396 SMITHSONIAX MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 52 



DRYOPTERIS CHEILANTHOIDES (Kunze) C. Chr. 



(Revision 329, No. 82, Fig. 51.) 



Jamaica: Without locality, Jenman; Hart. Near Hardware Gap, 4,000 



ft., moist bank, Maxon 1104 (==^Underzs.'ood 2220). 

 Guatemala: San Rafael, Zacatepequez, 6,500 h.,Donncll Smith 2560. 



I have now no doubt that the Jamaican specimens belong here ; 

 they agree in habit and other characters exactly with the type from 

 Brazil, but recede a little by their small, fugacious indusia. The 

 Guatemalan specimen has, on the contrary, very large indusia, but 

 its pinnae are more hairy along the costse beneath than in the type. 

 It seems to be without glands, thus belonging to my variety eglandii- 

 losa. An excellent mark for this species is the lower basal segment, 

 which in the well-developed pinnae is considerably longer than the 

 other ones. Synonyms of this species are : Nephrodium Sprengelii 

 var. persicinum Jenman (Journ. Bot. 17: 261. 1879) and Lastrca 

 grossa Presl (Epim. Bot. 41. 1851). 



