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buted plant with a confused synonymy. Probably it is A. hirta, Sw. ; but Plumier's 

 figure (t. 157) is much stronger and more hairy than any of our specimens. Mettenius 

 refers here A. filiformis, Swz., but we have thought it best to drop both names. A. incisa, 

 Schrad., and A. pallida, Gardn., are apparently a subpinnatifid variety, and A. hispida^ 

 Kze., and Pohliana, Sturm, either belong here or are closely allied. 



11. A. Langsdorffiana, Presl ; st. 8-12 in. ]., rather densely villose ; barren 

 segm. sessile, subdeltoid, about 6 in. 1. by nearly as br., with 6 pairs of sessile 

 pinnae, with nearly their own breadth between them, the lowest the largest, 2^- 

 in. 1., |-^ in. br., the two sides nearly equal at the base, the apex acuminate, 

 the edge serrulate ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachises finely pilose ; a midrib nearly 

 to the point ; panicle 2-3 in. 1., with a peduncle about equalling it in length. 

 Lang. & Fisch. t. 28. 



Hab. South Brazil, as figured by Langsdorf. We have a specimen gathered in Bahia 

 by Salzmann, and a similar one, but with the lower pinnae deeply lobed, gathered by 

 Fendler (No. 12) in Venezuela. Probably it is a free-veined form of A. Phyllitidis, which 

 it resembles closely in habit. 



12. A. mexicana, Klotzsch ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, naked ; barren segm. on a stalk 

 1 in. or more I., 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., with 4=-6 pinnce on each side, the lowest the 

 largest, distinctly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 in.l., f-f in. br., rounded on both 

 sides at the base, the edge very slightly crenate ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and 

 surfaces quite naked ; a distinct midrib from the base to the apex ; panicle 3-4 

 in. 1., with dense short erecto-patent branches ; peduncle 1-4 in. 1. Hk. Ic. t. 988. 

 Kunze, #.131. 



Hab. New Mexico and Texas to Guatemala. A. speciosa, Presl (Hk. 2nd Cent. t. 65), 

 is a reduced form, with only a single pair of pinnae. This is well marked by its naked 

 coriaceous pinnae, with a very distinct midrib. 



** Pinnce of barren segment pinnatifid or bipinnatifid. Sp. 13-18. 



13. A. hirsuta, Sw. ; st. 6-12 in, 1., slender, naked ; barren segm. 2-6 in. 1., 1-3 

 in. br., sessile, oblong-deltoid, bipinnatifid ; pinnae in 6-8 opposite pairs, 1-1^ 

 in. 1., j-f in. br., varying from oblong, obtuse, subentire, truncate at the base on 

 the lower side, to deeply pinnatifid with narrow divisions ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and surfaces slightly pilose ; panicle 1-2 in. 1., close, the peduncle 2-6 in. 1., 

 slender. Plum. t. 162. A. repens, Raddi, t. Q.b. A. ciliata, Presl. /3, A. tenella, 

 Sw. ; pinnce cut down to the rachis into linear divisions, with a considerable space 

 between them, the lower ones forked or trifid. A. dissecta, Presl. 



Hab. Cuba and Mexico to Peru and South Brazil. A. coriacea, Griseb. (Cuba, Wright 

 1798), is said to be like this, but naked and shining, the barren segments only 1^ in. 1., 

 1 in. br., with only the lower pinnae pinnatipartite at the base. A. gracilis, Schrad. 

 (A. humilis, Hk. Ex. Fl. t. 28. non Sw.), appears to be a reduced form with subentire 

 pinnae. 



14. A. tomentosa, Sw. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., strong, erect, clothed with deciduous fer- 

 ruginous hairs ; barren segm. 6-12 in. 1., half as br., ovate-deltoid, bipinnatifid or 

 bipinnate ; lowest pinnce the largest, the blunt lobes often ^-f in. 1., J in. br., 

 nearly uncut ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and surfaces densely pilose ; veins 

 fine, flabellate ; panicle 4-9 in. 1., lax, the peduncle 1-2 in. 1. A. flexuosa, Sw. 

 Raddi, t. 13. Hk. Fil. Ex. t. 30. A. villosa, H. B. K. A, deltoidea, Sw. 

 )8, A. fulva, Sw. ; smaller, more coriaceous ; barren segm. tri- or even quadri- 

 piunatiiid, the ult. divisions much smaller and sharper. Hk. F. Exot. t. 26. 

 A. anthriscifolia, Schrad. 



Hab. Mexico and West Indies to Peru and Monte Video. The two varieties look very 

 different in the extreme forms, but appear to slide into one another gradually. The 



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