124 TRICHOMANES. 



small lanceolate bipinnatifid glabrous margined, the segments 

 linear obtuse entire, involucres axillary oblong cylindrical 

 quite free but with a narrow wing on each side, and the mouth 

 with 2 short rounded h\)S, rachis winged above. — Forst. Prod, 

 n. 464. Hedw. Fit. cum Ic. Sw. Spn. Fll. p. 143 and 371. 

 Willd. Sp. PL V. p. 507. Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 35. T. 

 minutulum. Gaud, in Freyc. Voi/. p. 377, t. 12,/. 2 ? — ^. in- 

 volucres strongly winged or sunk in the frond. 



Hab. Society Islands, Forster. OtaliciLe, Menzies, Mathews, n. 21) (un- 

 der the name of T. Jloribundum). Pacific Islands, Bccclwii, Nightimjaie. 

 Luzon, Cuming, n. 98. — /3. Waimate, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, A. 

 Cunningham, 1838, Dr. Sinclair, J. D. Hooker. — A distinct species, 2 — 3 

 inches high, including the short stipes, with a distinctly thickened margin 

 to the frond, and supraaxillary involucres, sometimes free or slightly wing- 

 ed, sometimes sunk in the frond. 



33. T. pyxidiferum, L. ; fronds rather small oblong-ovate 

 bitripinnatifid sometimes scarcely winged below (and then 

 pinnate) membranaceous pellucid not margined somewhat 

 glossy, the segments linear glabrous entire often emarginate 

 at the apices, involucres solitary axillary wholly sunk subcy- 

 lindrical attenuated at the base opening above into a broad 

 concave scarcely 2-lipped mouth, receptacles very long filiform 

 much exserted, stipes winged or margined above rarely naked. 

 — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1561. Sw. Fl. lud. Occ. p. 17S9. Syn. 

 Fil. p. 143. Willd. Sp. PI. V. p. 508. Hedw. Fil. cum Ic. 

 Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 206. T. pedicellatum, Besv. {ac- 

 cording 1o Sprenyel). T. lacerum, " Desv. Journ. Bot. iii. t. 

 10." T. Brasiliense, Desv. in Mem. Soc. Linn. ii. p. 328, t. 

 7, /". 4. Plum. Fil. t. 50, E. — &. more divided, the numerous 

 seg-ments crowded. — y. fronds equally divided with &., the 

 segments broader. 



Hab. West Indian Islands, as it would appear, frequent, Swartz, 4-c. 

 YixAzW, Raddi and others. 0. Organ mountains, Brazil, Gardner, «. 206. 

 Maynas, Peru, Poeppig. y. Casapi, Peru, Mathews. — A variable plant ; 

 but the usual form is correctly represented in the ' Icoues Filicum ' above 

 quoted. 



34. T. Filicula, Bory ; caudex creeping clothed with dense 

 black down, fronds rather small opaque ovato-lanceolate bi- 

 pinnatifid, the segments linear rather acute entire compactly 

 cellular, involucres solitary supraaxillary cylindrical tapering 

 at the base wholly sunk or winged at the sides the mouth with 

 2 large nan'ow ovate or subtriangular acute lips nearly as long 

 as the tube, stipes broad compressed winged above. — Bory 

 in Duperrey''s Voy. Bot. i. p. 283. T. bilabiatuni, Nees in 

 Nov. Act. Cur. 1823, t. 13, f. 2, {excluding the synonyms). 

 T. bilingue, Menz. in Herb. Hook. J. Sni. in En. Fil. PJn- 

 lipp. {name only). T. bipunctatum, Poir. T. melanotrichum, 



