ALSOriilLA. --' 



40. A. (Gymnosphaera, J. Sm.) actileatu, J. Sin., Gen. Fil. 

 name only. — Trinidad. 



41. A. spec/osa, Prcsl, Pttnid. p. 02. Under this name Presl 

 refers to " Po/t/podiiim .speciosio/i, Meyen, St. i. \). 108." — S. 

 America } 



A.sltif/osa, J. Sm., (ien. Fil. (name only), from Briti.sh Gui- 

 ana, ''Scliombun/k, n. 304," the author is disposed to consider 

 the same as Hemitelia Hostinanni, supra, p. 31. 



A. serrata, J. Sm., Gen. Fil. (name only), from Jamaica, 

 Mr. Smitli considers probably a var. of A. aspcra. 



A. Tumaceu.sis, J. Sm., Gen. Fil. (name only), is A. elon- 

 gata, supra, p. 43, n. 18 ; to which may be added Island of 

 Tiauaca, Central America, Barclay. 



A. Icevls, J. Sm., Gen Fil. (name only), is Hemitelia Gui- 

 anensis. Hook, supra, p. 31, n. 8. 



A. tenera, J. Sm., Gen. Fil. (name only). — St. Vincent's, 

 Caley. A portion of this, now before me, consisting of a 

 pinna with a part of the main rachis, is unai'med and every 

 where glabrous, excejjt a few rather long scattered hairs on 

 the veins above and closely apprcssed shorter ones on the ra- 

 chis above. Pinnules about 3 inches long, broad lanceolate, 

 thin and very membranaceous, deeply pinnatifid almost to the 

 base, shortly acuminated into a narrow serrated point ; seg- 

 ments oblong, obtuse, slightly falcate, serrated, lower veins 

 forked, with the sori in the forks. The capsules have mostly 

 fallen away, still there remains a shallow cup-shaped involu- 

 cre much broken at the margin, but so large and so entirely 

 surrounding the receptacle that I should have no hesitation 

 in referring the plant to Cyathea. Its very tender frond may 

 be the consequence of gi-owing in a shady situation. 



A. brevis,J. Sm., Gen. Fil. (name only). This Mr. Smith 

 now considers may be a Polypodium. 



** Species of the South Sea Islauds and Australia. 



42. A. eax-elsa, Br. ; stipes and main rachis muricated, 

 rachis when young especially beneath clothed with chaffy 

 scales frequently mixed with wool, fronds bi]iinnate, pinnules 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminated, segments oblong rather acute 

 serrated at length coriaceous with the margins reflexcd, lower 

 ones subauriculate at the base free and even sHghtly petioia- 

 ted, the lower half or sometimes the whole segments bearing 

 sori, veins often twice or thrice forked, capsules mixed with 

 hairs, involucre nearly obsolete a lliin minute irregular niem- 



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