452 CYATHEA. 



20*. C. boconensis, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; racJiises densely clothed 

 with spreading subulate scales; pinnce oblong -lanceolate, 1 ft. or more 1., 

 i ft. br. ; pitml. ligulate, subsessile, \ in. br. ; segm. I in. br., distinctly toothed ; 

 texture moderately firm ; ribs below clothed with pale bullate scales ; rmnlets 

 6-8-iugate, most forked ; sori medial ; inv. fragile, glabrous. — Fl. Columb. 2. 

 p. 171. t. 190. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia. 



S3*. C. decrescens, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; racJiises dark-stramineous, 

 densely pilose on the upper side, furnished below with immersed glands ; pinnce 

 oblong-lanceolate, 8 in. 1., the lower diminished, the lowest dimorphous, with 

 multifid divisions like those of Hemitelia capensis ; segm. 6-8 lin. 1., 2\ lin. br., 

 nearly entire, the lower free; texture chartaceous ; both surfaces, especially the 

 lower, pilose on the ribs ; sori near the costa ; inv. fragile, membranous. — Kuhn, 

 Fil. Afr. p. 164. 



Hab. Madagascar, Goudot, Boivin. 



33*. C. Boivini, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises muricated, with a few 

 linear scattered brown scales with a pale edge, densely pilose on the upper side ; 

 pinnce oblong-lanceolate ; pinnl. subsessile, cut down to the rachis or a narrow 

 wing ; segm. obtuse or acute, the fertile crenate, soriferous from base to tip ; 

 texture moderately firm, the under side glabrous ; veins distinct, forked, or 

 subpinnate ; sori filling up the space between edge and midrib, 6-10-jugate ; 

 inv. firm, with a truncate mouth.— A'mA^, Fil, Afr. p. 162. 



Hab. Madagascar, Boivin, 1602. 



34. Var. C. marattioides, Willd. ; lower pinnl 2-3 in. 1., |-i in. br., entire, 

 free and cordate at the base ; veins 30-40-jugate.— iZoo/fc. Sp. 1. p. 16. Hemi- 

 telia cordata, Desv. Hook. Sp. \.p. 83. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



52*. C. propinqua, Mett. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; basal scales lanceolate acu- 

 minate, drab-t)rown with a pale border, |-1 in. 1. ; rachises stramineous, naked ; 

 pinnae oblong-lanceolate, 1-1^ ft. 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., 1-1 J in. br., the 

 lower short-stalked ; segm. blunt, falcate, crenulate, 2-2^ lin. br. ; texture rigidly 

 subcoriaceous ; upper surface dark-green, naked except the ribs ; lower paler, 

 naked, or slightly scaly on the ribs ; veins distinct, 6-10-jugate, forked ; sori 

 medial, middle-sized ; inv. persistent, moderately firm, glabrous. — C. affinis. 

 Brack, non Sw. 



Hab. Fiji and Samoa. 



62*. C. Brackenridgei, Mett. ; /r. ample, tripinnate ; rac/i we5 grey-straraineous, 

 not muricated, minutely furfuraceous upwards ; pinnce oblong- lanceolate, 

 ]^-2ft. 1. ; pinnl. sessile, 3-4 in. 1., |-1 in. br. ; segm. blunt, falcate, crenate, 

 2 lin. br. ; texture moderately firm ; upper surface dark-green, pilose on main 

 ribs ; lower pale-green, glabrous, with scattered white bullate scales on the 

 ribs; w«j* 9-10-jugate, forked; sori medial, small; inv. glabrous, persistent, 

 subtruncate. — Ann. Mus. Lug. Bat. \.p. 56. 



Hab. Solomon Isles, MUne, 



52*. C. inciso-crenata, Baker ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; rachises stramineous; 

 pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. or more 1. ; pinnl. lanceolate, sessile, 2|-3 in. 1., 

 f in. br., cut down to a narrow wing into close, ligulate, blunt, conspicuously 

 inciso-crenate segm. 2 lin. br. ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous; surfaces quite 



