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from the same island which yiehled Phimier's plant (St. Domingo), a plant which 

 more closely resembles his, and which I have also received from M. L'llerminier ; 

 and I am willing to adopt it as a species, thongh I am far from certain it may 

 not prove a state of z;i7/o,s7t)H. It has a more membranaceous sterile frond, and 

 the margin is more or less rejjando-lobate ; the veins are more distant, fewer, and 

 thicker. These are the differences ; but Kunze's .1. t^(7/o.s«w, from Poeppig, has 

 narrower fronds than this, which Fee acknowledges to be that species. ^ Moore 

 says A. Plumieri inhabits Jamaica and Brazil, and he refers to it Lowe's mise- 

 rable figure, ' Ferns,' vii. t. 54, of //. villosnm ; but I think the venation and 

 margin of the frond prove that to be true villosum. 



QG. A. (ELaphoglossum) Webbii, Fee ; " fronds mcmbrana. 

 ceous csespitose lanceolate obtuse shortly mucronate acute 

 at the base canaliculate on the stipes paleaceous, the margin 

 sulKJentate, costa rufous, veins prominent villous lying at an 

 angle of 55° turgid at the apex not extending to the margin, 

 hairs simple when magnified subcoarsely toothed {vice f/rosse 

 dentatis), caudex repent scaly, scales rufous erect filiform 

 entire at the margin." — Fee, Acrost. p. 51. /. 24. /. 4. 



Hab. " Panama, Chili, Cuming, n. 151."— This is a sterile plant, exhibiting no 

 tangible distinguishing character. My Fern from Chili, Cumin;/, n. 151, is an 

 Adiantum. In another place, under Acrost. pilosum (Acrost. p. 63), the author 

 says there is among all the species known to him only one (A. Webbii) which 

 has true hair, but assuredly his figure, 1. c, f. 5a and f. 5^, represents true scales 

 copiously reticulated. 



67. A. (Elaphoglossum) piloselloides, Pr. ; small, caudex 

 short thick suberect or declined more radiculose than palea- 

 ceous, stipites crowded coespitose short 1-2 rarely (of the fer- 

 tile) fronds 4-5 inches long patently setoso-paleaceous ; sterile 

 fronds from i-3-4 inches long obovate spathulate or oblong 

 rarely linear obtuse tapering more or less into the stipes 

 suljcoriaceo-carnose clothed on both sides and fringed at tiie 

 margin with narrow subulate scales of rich tawny or blackisii- 

 purple colour reticulated and toothed or s])inuloso-serrate at 

 the margin, costa obscure prominent beneath, veins generally 

 obscure thickened or clu])bed at the apex and stopping short 

 of the margin ; fertile frond much smaller than the rest and 

 generally upon a much longer stii)es which latter exceeds in 

 length the sterile fronds h-\ inch long oval ovate oblong or 

 suborbicular, sori often not quite extending to the mar- 

 gin.— Pr. Reliq. Hce/ik. p. 14. /. 11. Fee, Acrost. p.5\. i. 14. 

 /. 6. Hook. Fil. Exot. t. 3i) {a large cult, specimen). Olfersia, 

 Pr. Elaphoglossum, Moore. A. ])umilum, Mart, and Gal .p. 

 23. t. 2. /. 2. A. Jamesoni, Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil. t. SO. 

 Fee, Acrost. p. 52. — Var. /§, obtasatuni ; fronds broader. 



