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P T E R I S 5 . Sefquipedalis ramofus, foliis mi nor i bus obkngis ferratis* 



Adiantum Album jioridum> &c. Pk. t. 3. f. 2* 

 An, Adiantum Foliis hexagonis. PI. t. 37. 





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The branched Pteris with oblong crenated leaves. 



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This is a very elegant little fpecies of the Pteris : it grows commonly in moift and 

 fhady places, and rifes to the height of fixteen or eighteen inches. It is pretty much 

 divided, and the leaves, when young, are ferrated j but, as it begins to feed, the margin 

 reflects, and none of thefe are feen : it is very common about the cafcade in St. 

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PTERIS 6. Ramofus, fronde profunde lob at a, pinnulis ob long is lob is 



denticulatis. 



The branched Pteris with prickly ribs. 



This plant rifes to the height of three or four feet, or more, and makes a very ele*. 

 gant appearance in the woods. It is not common ; I have found it once in the woods 

 Above-rocks. 



PTERIS 



, Ramofus, fronde rariori lobatd, lohis linearibus auritis quan~ 



doque fubdivifis, terminalibus longioribus. 



Filix Ramofa, &c. Plum. t. 29. 



Pteris Fronde fupra decompofitd, infimis bafi pennato-dentatis, terminalibus 



Filix 



longijjimis. L. Sp. P. 

 Fceminea five ram a/a major, &c. Slo. Cat. 24. & H. t. 63. 



The larger branched Fern with a narrow divided foliage. 



This plant is very common in the mountains of Jamaica : it grows very thick 

 the moft open fpots, and thrives beft in a (tiff clayey foyl. 



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PTERIS 8. Ramofus , foliis linear i bus per pinnas a I at as 



Pter 



Fronde decompofitd foliolis pinnatis, infimis femipinnatifidis, termi- 



An. Pteris 



nalibus bajeofque longifijimis. L. Sp. PI 



Etc 



Pet. Pterig. t. 3, 10. 



The fmaller branched Fern with a narrow divided foliag 



This plant grows like the foregoing, but never rifes to that height : i\ 

 open gravelly foyl, and is very common in the lower hills. 





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Of fuch as have their Fr unifications 



Jimple Lines extended 



a/ong the Sides of the main Nerve or Vein of the Leaves 





BLECHNUM i. Simplex foliis mnplicribus cblcngis fa leaf is & imp 



tiolatis 



-ginatis 



Blechnum Fronde pennatd, pennis lanceolatis oppofitis 



L. Sp. PI. 



Lonchitis Juxta nervutn puhurulenta. Plum. t. 62. & Pet. Pterig. t.3. £9 

 An, Filix Maxima in pennastantum divifa, &c. Slo. Cat. & Hift. t. 37. 





The undivided Blechnum with larger oblong leaves 





This 



