CYATHEA. 4 5 1 



the midrib with ovate acnminafp, adpressed, and subulate pale-brown scales ; 

 reinlefs 0-S-^nza.te, forked; sori costiiiar; in>\ small, glabrous, very fragile, — 

 C. muricata, Griscb. Flor. Brit. JV. InJ. p. 704. excl. syn. 



Hab. Jamaica, Bancroft, Puvdie. 



7*. C. portoricensis, Spreng. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises purplish, 

 clothed upwards with linear brown scales ; pinnce oblong-acuminate, 1 ft. 1. ; 

 pinnl. sessile, 3-4 in. 1., cut down to a narrow wing ; segm, close, obtuse, inciso- 

 crenate ; texture coriaceous ; upper surface hairy on the ribs, lower setulose and 

 paleaceous ; reins lax, forked ; sori medial ; inv. large, reddish, firm, finally 

 breaking up irregularly. — Kiihn, Linncea, 36, p. 163. 



Hab. Portorico, Balhis, 



11*. C. castanca. Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; st. and rachises castaneous, 

 naked ; basal scales lanceolate, dark glossy brown, with a pale edge ; pinnce 

 oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. 1., 4 in. br. ; pinnl. ligulate acuminate, \ in. br., cut 

 down to a narrow wing, many distinctly stalked ; segm. ^ in. br., flat, distinctly 

 inciso-crenate ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; upper surface naked, excej)t the 

 main ribs, lower entirely so ; teins 5-6-jiigate, lower forked; sori costular ; 

 ine. glabrous, persistent, splitting irregularly. 



Hab. Andes of East Peru, Spruce, 4723. 



12*. C. barbata, Bory ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises substramineous, 

 minutely muricated, nearly naked ; pinnce 1 ft. 1., 4-.5 in. br. ; pinnl. sessile, 

 ligulate, \ in. br., cut down to a narrow wing ; segm. close, blunt, inciso-crenate, 

 under ^ in. br. ; texture membranous ; upper surface glabrous, except main 

 ribs ; lower clothed with minute pale ovate-bullate scales on the ribs, both 

 green ; veins 6-8-jugate, lower forked ; sori medial ; inv. minute, glabrous, 

 membranous, fragile. — Kuhn, Linncea, 36. /». 165. 



Hab. Gaadaloupe, L'llerminier. 



14*. C. straminea, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 ft. 1., 4 in. br. ; pinnl. liijulate, sessile, \ in. br., cut down to a narrow wing; 

 segm. ligulate, obtuse falcate, obscurely toothed ; texture firm ; lower surface 

 densely paleaceous on the ribs, not pilose ; veins 6-7-jugate, lower forked ; sori 

 costular ; inv. glabrous, moderately firm, splitting irregularly. — Fl. Colunib. 2. 

 p. 157. M82 and 103. fig. .3. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia. 



16*. C. patens, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachis densely clothed with 

 hairs and small scales ; pinnce 1 ft. or more 1., 4-5 in. br. ; pinnl. short-stalked, 

 ligulate, \-^ in. br., cut down to a narow wing ; segm. inciso-crenate, I in. br. 

 texture firm ; ribs on both sides, especially the lower, crinite and paleaceous 

 veins 6-8-jueate, most forked ; sori subcostular ; ijiv. glabrous, breaking irregu- 

 larly .—-F/. Columb. 2. p. 173. t. 191. 



Hab. Andes of Bogota. — Vestiture ol frondoaa, but veins fewer, sori larger, and pin- 

 nules short-stiilked. 



20*. C. aurea, Klotzsch. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises substramineous, 

 minutely fusco-toraentose ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, l|-2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. sessile, 

 ligulate, 3-4 in. 1., |-1J in br. ; segm. 1^-2 lin. br., falcate, toothed, or subpin- 

 natifid ; texture moderately firm ; upper surface glabrous, except the main ribs, 

 lower slightly pilose, minut«ly paleaceous on tlie ribs ; veins lO-12-iu2:ate, l.)wer 

 subpinnate ; sori costular; inc. small, tender, glabrous. — Karst. Fl. Columb. 2. 

 p. 148. t. 178. 



Hib. Andes of Coluoibia. — May be a large subglabrous variety of Sch:inschin. 



