T.'KN'ITIS. 187 



(C. Wright, n. 979), etc., Belizo, Skinner. — A peculiar and rigid plant, with niiicli 

 of the general aspect of Ilymenolcpin. Various have heen the views of its ge- 

 neric position, as may be seen by the above synonyms. 



3. T. ant/usti/oHn, Br. ; caudex creeping densely tomentose 

 paleaceous at the l^ase of the stipes, stipites short com- 

 pressed, fronds penduh)us simple 12-18 inches long 4 lines 

 to h an inch broad linear-lanceolate acuminate attenuated 

 below into the short stipes costate entire at the margin, sori 

 very near the margin continuous or interrupted, veins copi- 

 ously anastomosing, areoles hexangular much elongated pa- 

 rallel with the costa and margin, with no free included vein- 

 lets. — Br. Prodr. Nov. Hol/.j). 154 {in ohs.). Pteroj)sis, Desv. 

 Fee, Vittar.p. 24. Pteris, Sio. Syn. Fil. p. 95. Willd. Sp. 

 PL V. p. 357. Vittaria costata, Kze. Analect. Pterid. p. 29. 

 t. 18./. 2, and letters a and b off. 1. 



Ilab. Tropical America : West Indian Islands, abundant, Jamaica, Cuba (C. 

 Wright, n. 978); Columbia, Cuming, n. 1286, Purdie ; Guiana, Schomhurgk, Le 

 Prieur, Hoxtynann ; Brazil, Fara, Spruce, n. 10; Galapagos, Wood. — Quite the 

 habit of Vittaria (§ Tcetiiopsis), and scarcely to be distinguished but by the ana- 

 stomosing venation. 



4. T. Bluniei, Hook. ; " caudex creeping clothed above 

 with setaceous scales, stipites scarcely any, fronds Cccspitose 

 H-9 inches long ^-| of an inch wide simple entire linear- 

 lanceolate sometimes falcate entire or waved coriaceous ecos- 

 tate laxly reticulate glabrous, sori marginal subcontinuous 

 rarely interrupted linear villous slightly immersed." Bl. — 

 Pteropsis, Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 87, and Fee, Vittur. p. 25. Tae- 

 nitis marginalis, Moore, Lid. Fil. Antrophyum, Bl. Fil.Jav. 

 p. 80. t. 34./. 1 and 2. 



ilab. On trees, Java, Bluma. — I am ignorant of this species. Fee refers it to 

 Pteropsis, and iloore to Tienitin. The former alludes to its affinity with T. 

 angiistifolia, of which it resembles very small specimens, but it is ecostate. 



** Fronds pinnate or pinnatifid. 5-0. 



5. T. blechnoides, Sw. ; caudex creeping nearly as thick as 

 a writing-pen setose, stipites approximate 8-12 inches long 

 thickened and setose at the base, fronds 10 inches to 1 foot 

 and more long (rarely when young, yet soriferous, simple) co- 

 riaceo-submembranaceous generally dimorphous pinnated, 

 pinnte a span or more long entire at the margins; sterile 

 fronds with 5-7 broad-lanceolate suddenly acuminated j)in- 

 noc ; /er^i/c' pinnec more numerous 15-16 linear-lanceolate gra- 

 dually attenuated at the base, lower ones sessile, sori conti- 

 nuous or interrupted, veins copiously anastomosing, areoles 



