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buted plant with a confused synonymy. Probably it is A. hirta, Sw. ; but Plumier's 

 figure (t. I,'i7) is much stronger and more hairy than any of our specimens. Mettenius 

 refers here A . Ji/i/vrmis, Swz., but we have thouglit it best to drop both names. A. inc'tsa, 

 Schrad., and A. pallida, Gardn., are apparently a subpinnatifid variety, and A. hispida, 

 Kze., and Puhliana, Sturm, either belong here or are closely allied. 



11. A. Langsdorjflana, Presl ; st. 8-12 in. 1., rather densely villose ; barren 

 segm. sessile, sai)dc'ltoid, about 6 in, 1. by nearly as br., with G ])airs of sessile 

 pimioe, witli nearly their own breadth between them, the lowest the largest, 2\ 

 in. ]., |-§ in. br., the two sides nearly erjual at the base, the apex acuminate, 

 the edge serrulate ; texture suhcoriaceous ; rachises finely pilose ; a midrib nearly 

 to the point ; panicle 2-3 in. 1., with a peduncle about equalling it in length. — 

 Lang. <& Fisch. t. 28. 



Hab. South Brazil, as fiijured by Langsdorf.^ — We have a specimen gathered in Bahia 

 by Salzmann, and a similar one, but with the lower pinnce deeply lobed, gathered by 

 Fendler (No. 12) in Venezuela. Probably it is a free-veined form of .4. FliijllUldis, which 

 it resembles closely iu habit. 



12. A. mcxicana, Klotzsch ; st. G-12 in. 1., firm, naked ; barren segm. on a stalk 

 1 in. or more 1., G-9 in. 1., 4-(3 in. br., with ■^-G jnnnce on each side, the lowest the 

 largest, distinctly stalked, ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 in. 1., |-| in. br., rounded on both 

 sides at the base, the edge very slightly crenate ; texture coriaceous ; rac/ris and 

 surfaces quite naked ; a distinct midrib from the base to the apex ; panicle 3-4 

 in. 1., with dense short erecto-pateut branches ; peduncle 1-4 in. 1. — Hi: Ic. t. 988 

 Kunze, t. 131. 



Hab. New Mexico and Texas to Guatemala — A. speciosa, Presl (Hk. 2nd Cent. t. 65), 

 is a reduced form, with only a single pair of pinnae. This is well marked by its naked 

 coriaceous pinnae, with a very dijtinct midrib. 



** Pinnce of barren segment pinnatifid or Mpinnatifid. Sp. 13-18. 



13. A. hirsuta, Sw. ; st. G-12 in. 1., slender, naked ; barren segm. 2-G in. 1., 1-3 

 in. br., sessile, oblong-deltoid, bipinnatitid ; pinnce in G-8 opposite pairs, 1-1^ 

 in. 1., J-| in. br., varying from oblong, obtnse, siibentire, truncate at the base on 

 the lower side, to deeply pinnatifid with narrow divisions ; texture s\ihcov\a.ceo\is ; 

 rackis and surfaces slightly pilose ; panicle 1-2 in. 1., close, the peduncle 2-G in. ]., 

 slender. — Plum. t. 1(52. A. repens, Rqddi, t. 9. b. A. ciliata, Presl. — /3, A. tenella, 

 Sw. ; pinnce cut down to the rachis into linear divisions, with a considerable space 

 between them, the lower ones forked or trifid. A. dissecta, Presl. 



Hab. Cuba and Mexico to Peru and South Brazil. — A. coriacea, Griseb. (Cuba, Wright, 

 1798), is said to be like this, but naked and shining, the barren segments only 1| in. 1., 

 1 in. br., with only the lower pinnae pinnatipai'tite at the base. A. gracilis, Schrad. 

 (A. humilis, Hk. Ex. Fl. t. 28, non Sw.), appears to be a reduced form with subeutire 

 pinnae. 



14. A. tomentosa, Sw. ; st. 6-12 in. 1., strong, erect, clothed with deciduous fer- 

 ruginous hairs ; barren segm. G-12 in. 1., half as br., ovate-deltoid, bipinnatifid or 

 bipinnate ; lowest pinnce the largest, the blunt lobes often ^-| in. 1., j in. br., 

 nearly uncut ; texture suhcoriaceous ; racJiis and surfaces densely pilose ; veins 

 fine, flabellate ; panicle 4-9 in. 1., lax, the peduncle 1-2 in. 1. — A. flexuosa, Sw. 

 Raddi, t. 13. Illc. Fit. Ex. t. 30. A. villosa, H. B. K. A. deltoidt-a, Sw.— 

 /3, A. fuha, Sw. ; smaller, more coriaceous ; barren segm. tri- or even quadri- 

 pinnatifid, tlie ult. divisions much smaller and sharper. — Hk. F. Exot. t. 26. 

 A. anthriscifolia, Schrad. 



Hab. Mexico and West Indies to Peru and Monte "Video. — The two varieties look very 

 different in the extreme forms, but appear to slide into one another gradually. The 



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