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75. II. (i.r/ll<ira,^\Y.; jxndcnt llaccid lincar-oblon^^, fivjiuls 

 bi])iinuite, i)iiinaiy piiiniv! oltcn irrcffiilur cloiif^atc (as il" tlicy 

 were branches), secondary short bii)innalifi(l, llie segments 

 short broad linear eniarginate, invohicres small orbicular ge- 

 nerally u})on the lower lateral segments the short cuneate base 

 sunk the rest free 2-valvcd, the valves scmiorbicular entire. — 

 Sn: S,/n. Fil. p. 148. WiUd. Sp. PL v. p. 532. Huok. el Grcv. 

 Ic. FIL t. 124. 



Hal). .Tamaica, on trunks of trees in the mountains, Sioarts, Lunan, Jlig- 

 son and Wiles, Bancroft, Furdie. — A graceful species, flaccid and pendent; 

 tlie caudex slender, much branched. Stipes short, tlie primary pinna not 

 unfrequently running; out into other fronds or as it were branches of the 

 main houd. Extremely distinct. 



7(5. ll.Jl(ibe//afifm,L.ah.; rather flaccid curved downward, 

 ft-onds ovate or oblong acuminate pinnate slightly glossy on 

 the surface, pinnaj from a broad cuneate base much acumi- 

 nate })iiniatifid the lower segments frequently palniately di- 

 vided sid)flabellate all obtuse or eniarginate entire, rachis and 

 costa) pale, involucres terminal chiefly on lateral segments 

 nearly orbicular tlie lower half immersed the upper free 2- 

 valved compressed the valves entire, stipes terete smooth. — 

 LabilL FL Nov. HolL ii. p. 101, t. 250, /. 1, {not Browti). 

 Willd. Sp. PL V. p. 520. H. nitens, Broicn, Prodr. p. 159. 

 Hook, et Grev. Ic. FiL t. 197. — 0. smaller, involucres nar- 

 rower, fronds ovate erect. 



Hab. Trunks of trees, Tasmania, LahUlardiere, Brown, Gunn, J. D. 

 Hooker, Lawrence. New Zealand, Menzies, Colenso, Lesson. — /3. Holes of 

 rocks and roots of trees. New Zealand, Colenso, J. D. f/owAer. —Doubtless 

 a hi<;hly variable plant. Labillardiere's figure well represents small spe- 

 ciniens. Some of our numerous ones are nearly a foot long and much 

 elongated, which is the common forn) in Tasmania. Smaller ones are of- 

 ten pilose with line lax and crisped hairs. The most striking character of 

 the plant is the llabellate or subpalmate form of the lower pinnfE. There 

 is also a slight gloss on the surface, not common in the genus, and a pale 

 rachis and costas. The involucres are narrower in /3. 



Dubious Species of this Section. 



77. W.JlorihundiiDi, IT.B. K.; "fronds bipinnate glabrous, 

 secondary pinn:v dicholomously pinnatifid, segments linear 

 entire retuse, rachis and stipes winged, sori terminal, valves 

 of the involucre ovate." — H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. \. p. 27. 

 — Near Caripe, province of Cumana, Humboldt. — " Fronds 

 3 inches high." 



78. H. ramosissimiim, Ilainilt. ; "frond ovato-lanceolale 

 tripinnatc, pinna) dee])ly pinnatifid, segments linear-cuneate 

 generally bifid, sori terminal nmuerous, involucres entire ve- 

 ry short, stipes and rachis terete." Hatni/t. in J)on, Prod. FL 



