198 CYSTOPTERIS. 



b. nigrescens; fronds as in a, but when dry generally be- 

 coming dark olive or blackish. 



Cystopteris funiarioides of some authors {scarcely of Presl). 

 C. translucens, Desv. Aspidium fragile, Mart, ei Galeot. Fil. 

 Mex. p. 67. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Maclean, and Puruchuclia, Mathetvs, n. 601. Co- 

 lumbia, Harlweg, n. 1526; Pasco, Cruckshanks [small and approaching C. 

 dentata). Quito, Jameson. Guatemala, Skinner. Peak of Orizaba, Mex- 

 ico, Galeotti, n. 6239. 



c. dentata ; fronds bipinnate, pinnae ovato-lanceolate, pin- 

 nules ovate obtuse bluntly and unequally toothed rarely 

 pinnatifid. 



Europcean and Northern Asiatic Synonyms. 



Cystopteris dentata, Hook. Brit. Flor. ed. 5, p. 441. As- 

 pidium, Siv. Willd. Sp. PL V. p. 273. Cyathea, Sm. Eng. 

 Bot. t. 1588. Cystea, Sm. Engl. Fl. iv. p. 300. Poly podium 

 dentatum, Dicks. Crypt, iii. 1, t. 7. P. Rhaeticura, Dicks. 

 Cyathea fragilis, ^. Sin. Fl. Brit. p. 1139. Cyathea angustata, 

 Sm. Eng. Fl. iv. p. 301. Cystopteris Canariensis, Pr. As- 

 pidium, Willd. Herb. Aspidium Pontederae, Willd. Sp. PI. 

 v. p. 273. Cystopteris retusa, Decne. in Jaqiiem. Voy. Bot. 

 p. 176, t. 177. 



North American Synonyms. 



Cystopteris tenuis, ScJtott. Aspidium tenue, Sw. Willd. 

 PL V. p. 279. Schk. FiL t. 53 b, [excellent). Nephrodium 

 tenue, Mich. Cystopteris fragilis, /3, Hook. FL Bor. Am. ii. 

 p. 260. C. atomaria ? Mnhl. Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 279. 



South American Synonyms. 



Cystopteris fumarioides, Kze. iti Poepp. FiL p. 97. Athy- 

 rium, Presl, Reliq. Hcsnk.fasc. i. p. 39, t. 6,f. 2. Cyst, fra- 

 gilis, Kze. in Poepp. FiL p. 97 {according to a specimen from 

 Poeppig). Aspidium fragile, var. fumarioides. Mart, et Ga- 

 leotti, Fil. Me.x. p. 67. Aspidium colobodon, Kze. in Colla, 

 PL Chil. i. n. 265, {fide Kze.) Cyst. Jamaicensis, Desv. 



Hab. Europe, (and N. India and N. African Islands). N. of England, 

 Wales and Scotland. Iceland, Hooker. Norway, {Herb. Hook.) Cash- 

 mere, about Hirprom, Jacqem. Madeira, Dr. Finlay, Loxve. Canary Isles 

 (Desvaux), Dr. Finlay. Fayal, in the Azores, Dr. Guthnick. Greenland, 

 Hornemann. — North America. Kentucky to the Arctic regions, and from 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific. — S. America and W. Indies. Jamaica, Dr. 

 Wright. Peak of Orizaba, Mexico, Galeotti, n. 6260. Chili, Bridges, 

 n. 551. Cuming, n. 491. Poeppig (in Herb, nostr. under the names of Cyst. 

 fragilis, and C. fumarioides). Uspallata and Villa Vincenzia, Andes of 

 Mendoza, Gillies. 



