452 CYATHEA. 



20*. C. boconensis, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; racMses densely clothed 

 with spreading subulate scales ; pinnae oblong -lanceolate, 1 ft. or more 1., 

 \ ft. br. ; pinnl. ligulate, subsessile, | in. br. ; segm. \ in. br., distinctly toothed ; 

 texture moderately firm ; ribs below clothed with pale bullate scales ; veinlets 

 6-8-jugate, most forked ; sori medial ; inv. fragile, glabrous. Fl. Columb. 2. 

 p. 171. t. 190. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia. 



33*. C. decrescens, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises dark-stramineous, 

 densely pilose on the upper side, furnished below with immersed glands ; pinnae 

 oblong-lanceolate, 8 in. 1., the lower diminished, the lowest dimorphous, with 

 multifid divisions like those of Hemitelia capensis ; segm. 6-8 lin. 1., 2 lin. br., 

 nearly entire, the lower free; texture chartaceous ; both surfaces, especially the 

 lower, pilose on the ribs ; sori near the costa ; inv. fragile, membranous. Kuhn. 

 Fil. Afr. p. 164. 



Hab. Madagascar, Ooudot, Boivin. 



33*. C. Boivini, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises muricated, with a few 

 linear scattered brown scales with a pale edge, densely pilose on the upper side ; 

 pinnae oblong-lanceolate ; pinnl. subsessile, cut down to the rachis or a narrow 

 wing ; segm. obtuse or acute, the fertile crenate, soriferous from base to tip ; 

 texture moderately firm, the under side glabrous ; veins distinct, forked, or 

 subpinnate ; sori "filling up the space between edge and midiib, 6-10-jugate ; 

 inv. firm, with a truncate mouth. Kuhn, Fil. Afr. p. 162. 



Hab. Madagascar, Boivin, 1602. 



34. Var. C. marattioides, Willd. ; lower pinnl. 2-3 in. 1., f-i in. br., entire, 

 free and cordate at the base ; veins 30-40-jugate. Hook. Sp. 1. p. 16. Hemi- 

 telia cordata, Desv. Hook. Sp. 1. p. 33. 



Hab. 



52*. C. propinqua, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; basal scales lanceolate acu- 

 minate, drab-brown with a pale border, f-1 in. 1. ; rachises stramineous, naked ; 

 pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1-1| ft. 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., 1-1 in. br., the 

 lower short-stalked ; segm. blunt, falcate, crenulate, 2-2 lin. br. ; texture rigidly 

 subcoriaceous ; upper surface dark-green, naked except the ribs ; lower paler, 

 naked, or slightly scaly on the ribs ; veins distinct, 6-10-jugate, forked ; sori 

 medial, middle-sized; inv. persistent, moderately firm, glabrous. C. amnis, 

 Brack, non Sw. 



Hab. Fiji and Samoa. 



62*. C. Brackenridgei, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises grey-stramineous, 

 not muricated, minutely furfuraceous upwards ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 1-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. sessile, 3-4 in. 1., f-1 in. br. ; segm. blunt, falcate, crenate, 

 2 lin. br. ; texture moderately firm ; upper surface dark-green, pilose on main 

 ribs ; lower pale-green, glabrous, with scattered white bullate scales on the 

 ribs ; veins 9-10-jugate, forked ; sori medial, small ; inv. glabrous, persistent, 

 subtruncate. Ann. Mus. Lug. Bat. 1. p. 66. 



Hab. Solomon Isles, MUne. 



52*. C. indso-crenata, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises stramineous; 

 pinnos oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. or more 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, sessile, 2|-3 in. 1., 

 f in. br., cut down to a narrow wing into close, ligulate, blunt, conspicuously 

 inciso-crenate segm. 2 lin. br. ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous; surfaces quite 



