j.'jO CYATilEA. 



IV.— CYATHEA. Page IG— 27. 



4*. C. piibesceiis, Mett. ; racJdses castaneous, notmuricated ; fr. ample, tripin- 

 nate ; pinnce oblong, 2-3 ft. 1. ; pinnl. sessile, 6-9 in. 1., 1 in. Lr. ; segm, \-\\ lin. 

 br., falcate, blunt, denticulate ; veinlets very close, raised, 15-18-jugate, forked ; 

 texture subcoiiaceous ; upper surface dark-green, glabrous except the midribs, 

 lower greyer, pubescent ; sori costular ; inv. truncate, late in breaking up. — 

 Kuhn, Linnma, 36. />. 164. 



Hah. Jamaica, Purdie, Wilson. —Included in the first edition as a form of arborea, 

 with which it is connected by Hooker's var. nigrescena, which has a similar rachis, but 

 fewer veins and a glabrous under surface. 



4*. C. tenera, Griseb. ; fr. amjtle, tripinnatifid ; rachisea substramineous, 

 naked, polished ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. 1., 4-5 in. br. ; pinnl. subsessile, 

 lanceolate, |-§ in. br., cut down to a narrow wing ; segm. flat, blunt, ligulate, 

 \ in. br., distinctly inciso-crenate ; texture very thin and membranous ; both 

 sides pale green, with a few obscure hairs on the ribs ; veinlets 6-7-jugate, forked ; 

 so7-i medial ; inv. small, fragile, glabrous, cup-shaped or dimidiate. — Alsophila 

 tenera, J. Smith. Hook. Sp. Fil. \, p. 4D. 



Hab. St. Vincent's, Ca?€y. 



4*. C. meridensis, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; pinna oblong-lancfeolate, 

 1 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br., the lower long-stalked ; pinnl. sessile, lanceolate, 8-3| in. i., 

 I in. br., cut down to a narrow wing, lowest stalked ; segm. ligulate, obtuse, 

 ^ in. br., faintly toothed ; texture firm ; upi)er surface glabrous, lower scaly on 

 the ribs; veinlets \0-\2-'^\\za.\.Q, forked; sorn costular; inv. small, glabrous, 

 breaking up irregularly. — Fl. Columb. 2. p. 161. 1. 184. 



Hab. Columbia, Merida, 6,000 ft. 



4*. C. muricata, Kaulf. ; fr. ample, tripinnate; rachises substramineous, 

 scabrous, slightly muricated ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1., 7-8 in. br. ; 

 pinnl. sessile, lanceolate, cut down to rachis below ; segm. lif>;ulate, flat, \ in. br., 

 crenato pinnatifid ; ^e,r<M/-e rigidiysubcoriaceous ; upper surface green, glabrous 

 beyond tlie ribs, lower glabrous, but clothed with copious minute scales on the 

 ribs ; veinlets 8-9-jugate, pinnate in the lower lobes ; sori infra-medial ; inv. 

 fragile, membranous, depressed, often obscure. 



Hab. Martinique, Sieher, 374. — Willdenow's plant of this name is founded on a figure 

 of Plumier's, which cannot be safely determined. 



5*. C. quindinensis, Karst. ;/)'. ample, tripinnate ; main rachis not muricated, 

 minutely scaly ; pinnce oblon!,'-lanceolate, \\ ft. 1. ; pinnl. subsessile, 3-4 in. 1., 

 I in. br., cut down to racliis below ; segm. 1 lin. br., falcate, entire, the edges 

 rather revolute ; texture moderately firm ; upper surface dark green, naked 

 beyond the riljs, lower glaucous, densely scaly on the ribs ; veinlets 9-10-ju2:ate, 

 the lower once or twice forked ; sori medial ; inv. glabrous, membranous, breaJiing 

 up irregularly.— i^?. Col. 2. p. 151. t. 179. 



Ilab. Andes of Columbia. 



7*. C. furfnrncea. Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid or tripinnate ; rachises 

 brown-strainineous, sligiitly muricated, densely hairy above, those of the pinucc 



f)aleaceous ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, short-stalked, 1 ft. or more I. ; pinnl. close, 

 igulate, acute, 2-3 in. I., ^-g in. br., cut down b(»low to the rachis or a narrow 

 wing; segm. ligulate, blunt, l-j- lin. br., subfalcate, inciso-crenate; texture not 

 coriaceous ; upper surface glabrous, except the ribs ; lower densely clothed on 



