MNi>s.i<:A. 2*21 



Tab. ^^S, B, irliiclt Is a new species of Adiantiun, nor Kzc. 

 A)i(iL Pferid. p. 37, /. 25). Scliizoloma macropliyllmn, 

 Pr. 



Hal). Guiana (K(iulfu.is.)—1 imist acknowledtfe myself to liave cniii- 

 mittod a pross error in re])resentinj,^ the Iruetifieation of the ])lant li^rmed in 

 the 'Genera Filieuni,' Tab. LXII I. li, as a .S'(7(/ro/(*mfl, Gaud. It was sent 

 to me as the A. iitacr(>])hi/lla, Kaulf., by M. Morieand: liut a subsequent 

 inspection has proved that we were deceived. By a sinp:ular redupli- 

 caturc, if I may so eall it, (d' the inviduere of this phmt, it assumes, 

 even under a lens, at first sif^ht, quite the appearance of a Lindma. On 

 soakin};- a portion of a ])inna the real structure is exhibited, and the feni 

 proves to be a new species of Adinntum, (llewardia, ./. Sm.) It is, I 

 think, more than probable that the learned author of 'Analccta Pteridogra- 

 phia'' ha.<? been e([iuilly deceived with myself, for the plant he liffures with 

 tlie fructification of a l.indsaa is a Brazilian ])lant and ajijjarently derived 

 from the same source as mine. Kaulfuss' jilant, however, let it be ob- 

 served, is from French Guiana (not Brazil). It remains to be ascertained 

 whether Kaulfuss himself was not in a similar manner misled, and whe- 

 ther the fructilieation of the oriijinal species is not that of Adiantum. If 

 it is not so, I can only say I am totally unacquainted with the true L. ma- 

 crnphylla ; and I am not aware that any botjuiist since the time of Kaulfuss 

 has noticed it. L. macropfij/lla, according to that author, is a very striking 

 plant. " Caudex a foot high, frond 7 inches long, pinn;e 5 — 7," 3 inches 

 long, an inch or more broad.'' In evei-ything but the fructification (sup- 

 posing Kaulfuss to be correct on that point) our plant of the ' Genera 

 Filicum ' quite accords with L. macruphylla Kaulf. 



53. L. Gueriniana, Gaud. MSS. ; caudex slightly creeping 

 scaly, stipes rather long and rachis terete, frond lanceolate pin- 

 nate, pinnules nearly horizontal apjiroximate subcoriaceous 

 o])aque ovate acute subfalcato-incurved obscurely serrate, the 

 superior base truncate and subauriculate, tlie sides nearly 

 equal, costa and reticulated veins immersed obsolete, sorus 

 continuous occupying both margins. — Schizoloma Guerinia- 

 num, Gaud, in Freijc. Voy. p. 380, t. 18. 



Hal). Molucca Iskmds (Rawak), Gaudichaud. Island of Celebes, 

 Herb. Norris, (J. Smith). — Ten inches to a foot or more high, including 

 the stipes, which is about equal in length to the frond. It is a very dis- 

 tinct species and apparently veiT rare. Its pinnae are about 3-4ths of an 

 inch long, smaller upwards, and they are deciduous at a joint as in L. 

 (Isoloma) lanuginosa, Wall. Gaudichaud notices on the cpidennis of the 

 pinna; minute microscopic scales, which in the living state have a whitish 

 furfuraceous appearance. 



54. L. Fraseri, Hook. ; caudex creeping scaly, stipites 

 much shorter than the elongated linear-oblong pinnated 

 frond, pinnaD thin membranaceous nearly opposite remote 

 cordato-ovate obliquely cuneate at the base obtuse obscurely 

 lobed serrated partially reticulated, main \ein or costa central 



