31. TTKIIIS, §§§§§§§ A>[rinBLF.STllA. 173 



serrated when barren ; lateral pinnce in numerous closely-placed nearly opposite 

 pairs, G-9 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., with numerous lobes similar to those of the teiiiiinal 

 one ; lateral divisions of i\\efr. like the terminal one, but smallt^r ; texture thick, 

 coriaceous, both surfaces and the glossy straw-coluured rachis naked, or nearly 

 so ; veins tine, inconspicuous ; sori continuous, falling short of the apox of the 

 segni. — Ilk. Sp. 2. p. 227. Gard. F, t. 55. L. camj)tocarpa, Fee. Hk. Sp. 2. 

 p. 229. — (8, P. setifcra. Fee ; pinnce smaller ; scgm. narrower and shaiper. — 

 Hk. Sp. 2. p. 224. 



Hah. Mexico and "West Indies southward to the Andes of Ecuador. — In texture this 

 is most like P. deflexa and coriacea, with which it agrees in its tripartite habit. A plant 

 from Java, sent by De Vriese without name, may be identical with P. setiftra. 



85. P. (Lito.) Kun~eana, Agardh ; st. 3 ft. 1., strong, erect, naked, polished, 

 straw-coloured or reddish-bruwn, muricated below ; fr. ample ; terminal pinna 

 1 ft. 1., 3 in. br., cut down two-thirds of the way to the rachis into numerous 

 linear sharp-pointed falcate lobes, which are slightly spinuloso-serrated when 

 barren ; lateral pinnce in numerous nearly opposite pairs, the lower ones stalked, 

 equalling or exceeding the terminal one in size and similarly pinnatipartite, the 

 lowest j)air large, deltoid, compound below, with smaller ?,\m\\iiv pinnl. ; texture 

 coriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins anastomosing copiously ; sori 

 falling short of the apex of the segin. — Hk. Sp. 2,. p. 221. ^. 139. 



Hab. Tropical America, from West Indies and Ecuador southward to Peru. — This is 

 united by Dr, Grisebach with iwdcfhylla, but seems saisfactorily distinct. The pinnse 

 are very much larger, so that there is sometimes a space of fully 2 in- between their 

 sinuses and the rachis. I gatlier from one of Dr. Spruce's notes, that this also is 

 tripartite in habit, and cannot from the descriptions and authenticated specimens dis- 

 tinguish P. longihracteata, Ag., which has equally large pinnse and segments. 



86. P. (Lito.) elata, Agardh ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., erect, naked, glossy, straw-coloured; 

 //•. ample, tripartite; terminal pinna 12-18 in. 1., cut down nearly or quite to the 

 rachis into numerous linear lobes on both sides, which are 3-5 in. 1., ^ in. or 

 more br., spinuloso-serrated when barren ; upper lot. pinnce 6 in. 1., not cut 

 down to the rachis ; lower ones equalling in size and cutting the terminal one, 

 the lateral divisions of the frond deltoid, 2-3 ft. 1. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 and both surfaces naked ; veins fine, anastomosing copiously ; sori falling short 

 of the points of the segments. — Hk. Sp. 2. p. 223. 



Hab. Tropical America from Panama southward to Ecuador. 



87. P. (Lito.) ffigantea,Wi\ld. ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., stout, erect, naked, polished ; /;•, 

 tripartite ; terminal pinna 1 ft. 1., 3 in. br., cut down to a broadly-winged rachis 

 into numerous linear falcate lobes, which are a little bluntly tootiied when 

 barren ; lat. pinnw numerous, the largest often 18 in. 1., 4 in. br., the largest 

 pinnl. nearly 2 in. 1., more than \ in. In-. ; lat. divisions 2 ft. 1., deltoid ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins fine, anastomosing 

 copiously ; swi falling short of the apex of the segments. — Hk. Sp. 2. p. 217. 

 P. crassipes, Ag. Hk. I. c. 



Hab. West Indies and Columbia southward to Peru. 



§§§§§§§ Amphiblestra, /'res?. Veins copiousli/ anastomosing, icith free included 

 veinleis. Sp. 84. Tab. III. f. 31. i. 



88. P. (Amphi.) latifolia, TLB. K. ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., with a large terminal and a 

 pair of lateral p2H«o?, the former with an oblong-triangular sinuated acuminated 

 apex and two spreading lanceolate lateral lobes, the lateral ones sometimes 

 1 ft. ]., 2 in. br., nearly entire ; texture herbaceous ; principal veins nearly 

 parallel, about 1 in. apart. — Hk. Sp. 2. p. 233. 



Hab. Venezuela ; gathered first by Humboldt and Bonpland. 



