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AcRosTicHUM CHARTACEUM, Baker, in lit., n. sp. — Caudex 

 woody and short, creeping, densely clothed with brown undulate 

 acuminate scales ; stipes of barren fronds 3-6 inches long, slightly 

 deciduous, scaly ; fronds narrowly lanceolate -acuminate, gradually 

 tapering off at both ends alike, midrib and under surface more or 

 less rusty furfuraceous, the older fronds after the greater part 

 of this has fallen away showing minute, brown, scattered, peltate 

 scales ; fronds narrower on longer stipes. — John Crow Peak, 6000 

 feet elevation. Very near A. Sartorii, Liebm. 



Acrostichiim Huacsaro, B,mz, = A. viscosum, Sw., var. ohtusum^ 

 Jenman. 



Acrostichum cuhense, Mett. 



Acrostichum Lindeni, Boi'j.=A. viUosum, Sw., var. subovatum, 

 Jenman. 



In the British Museum Herbarium there are two specimens 

 of the 'dwarf Tropical American form of Osmmida regalis, L., said 

 to have been gathered in Jamaica by Shakspeare, a collector of a 

 number of Jamaican ferns preserved in the Museum. No other 

 collector seems to have found it, and as Shakspeare also collected 

 on the mainland the locality may possibly be a mistake ; but as 

 the same form has been gathered in Cuba by Wright, I am disposed 

 to regard it. as correct. 



Anemia Jiliformis, Presl. — Gathered by Purdie. Distinguished 

 from A. Jdrsuta, Sw., by its very short stipites (-1-1 inch) and 

 single fertile branch. 



Proof is required of the existence in Jamaica of the following 

 plants which have hitherto been ascribed to the Island on the 

 authority of specimens, which, so far as my investigation has been 

 carried, prove to belong to the species following : — 



Gleichenia recobita, H. B. K. = G. Mattheivsii , Hook. 



Dicksonia adiantoides, H. B. K. = Z). cicutaria, Swartz. 



Hymenophyllum elegantulum , V. D. B. = H. ciliatuvi, Swartz. 



Tricliomanes Hneolatwn, Hook. = T. reptans, Swartz. 



Adiantum Capillus- Veneris, L. A. tenerwn, Swartz. 



Asjjlenium diminittum, Baker = . J. Fadijeni, Hook. 



Aspidiwn serrulatum , Mett. Xephrudimn amboinense, Presl. 



Aspidiwii abbreviatum, Schrad. Xephrodium amboinense, Presl. 



Nephrodium vemistum, J. Sm. X. Fendleri, Hook. 



Xephrodium asplenioides , Baker. Polypodium asple^iioides, Swartz. 



Polypodiwn curvatnm, Swartz. P. incEqiiale, Fee. 



A^iemia mandiocana, Raddi. A. Phyllitidis, Swartz. 



Dana:a stenophylla, Kunze. D. Moritziana, Presl. 



In addition, the subjoined, of which I have not seen Jamaica 

 specimens, appear to require authentication. 



Asplenium vuirinum, L., claimed to have been found by Sloane, 

 near Bath ; more recently, quite authentic specimens have been 

 gathered m St. Vincent : Xephrodium limbatum, Desv. ; Nephrodium 

 brachyodon, Hook. ; Polypodium jubcuforme, Kaulf. ; and Psilotum 

 compUinatum, Swartz. 



The type specimens of Adiantwii iMmihuii, Swartz, in the British 

 Museum Herbarium, appear to be only young A. cristatmn, L. 



