ADIANTUM. 473 



Sr^'. A. Liiidefii, IMoore ; st. black, naked ; fr. large, pentagonal, tripinnate ; 

 rachises pubescent above, naked beneath; 6r^/«. subdistant, li- in. 1., oblong- 

 rhomboid, falcate, acuminate, outer borders closely bluntly lobed, and lobes 

 toothed ; sori oblong or reniform. — Gcuxl. Chron. 18GG, /». 77^. 



Hab. Amazoa Valley ; iatroduced by Linden. 



31*. A. villosissitmcm, Mett. ; st. above 1 ft. 1., like rachises, densely paleaceo- 

 pilose above and below; //•. deltoid, bipinnate above, 1 ft. 1. ; side j(.>2«?2ce ascend- 

 ing nnijugate ; pinnl. close, 10-12 lin. 1., 2-3 lin. br., subsessile, lanceolate-trape- 

 zoiil, obtuse or acuminate, outer edges toothed ; texture subchartaceous ; surfaces 

 dark-green, upper thinly, lower more densely clothed witli adpressod, slender, 

 soft, reddish hairs ; sort elongated ; inv. densely villose. — Kuhii, Linn, 36. p. 73. 



Hab. Panama, Scholt, Co. 



30''. A. scriceum, Eaton ; basal scales large, brown, linear ; st. tufted, 2-4 in. 1., 

 clothed like rachis with fine spreading brown hairs ; fr. lanceolate, bipinnate, 

 |-]^ ft. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; piunce multijugate, stalked, ascending, lower 12-2 in. 1., 

 with 5-7 distinct pinnules ; side pinnl. ^-| in. 1., short-stalked, rhomboid, lower 

 border straight or rather decurved, inner parallel with rachis, outer corner del- 

 toid, upper edge denticulate, anricied at base; end segm. larger, rhomboid, equi- 

 lateral ; texture memlu'anous ; surfaces pale-green, densely clothed with ad pressed 

 grey hairs; sori narrow, straight, j-^ in. I., 2-G to a segment. — Bot. Zcit. lOGU, 

 p. 3G1. 



Hab. Cuba, Wright. — Nearest deUoideum, but pilose and bipinnate. 



42*. A, Bennettii, Carruth. ; st. and rachises black, naked ; fr. 1 ft. I., del- 

 toid, 2-3-pinnate ; pedicels 3-4 lin. 1. ; segm. broader than deep, -j-| in. br., entire, 

 hemispherical or round-cordate ; texture membranous ; upper surface glabrous, 

 lower densely bristlv ; sori reniform, 6-10, crowded round outer border of seg- 

 ment, i-2hn. br.— //. Vit.p. 34G. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Lieut. StricTcland. — Very near to or perhaps identical with 

 A, scabrum, Kze. 



42*. A. Veitchiamim, Moore ; st. 4-6 in. 1., black, naked like rachises ; //•. 

 6-8 in. 1., deltoid, bipinnate in lower half, reddish when young ; pedicels -J-j in. 1. ; 

 side 2>innl. rhomboid, |-^ in. 1., lower border straight, more or less deflexed from 

 tip of pedicel, inner distant from rachis, upper and outer shallowly lobed ; end 

 scffin. |-| in. br., equilateral, rounded in upper, deltoid in lower half ; texture 

 membranous ; surfaces naked ; sori 8-12 to a segment, round, minute, indented 

 into the final lobes. — Garcl. Chron. 1868, /?. 1090. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Pcarce. — Midway in habit between wihiopicum and liinidaium. 



44*. A. suhvoluhile, Mett. ; //•. subscandent, 2-4 ft. 1., oblong, tripinnate, 6-8 

 in. br., with naked glossy castaneous st. and zigzag rachises ; central ^^2M?2rt? 

 lanceolate, with a few short spreading pinnl. ; final p>ctiolGS verj^ short ; side 

 pinnl. rhoml)oidal, |-§ in. 1., lower edge in a line with petiole or deflexed, inner 

 edge touching or wrajiped over rachis, outer shallowly lobed ; lowest pinnl. equi- 

 lateral, much wrap])ed over rachis of pinnte ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; sori 

 minute, round, 6-12 to a segment. — Kuhn, Linn. 36. j>' 76. A. concinnuni, 

 /3 subscandens, Baker, Syn. Fil. edit. I. p. 123. 



Hab. Andes of East Peru, Spruce, 5378, 5706. 



Ai)'^^ A. Wagneri^ Mett. ; 5^. 4-6 in. 1., naked, glossy ;/r. subdeltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 

 3-4-pinnate ; lower ^w???a' and jnnnl, stalked, deltoid { low eai pedicels \-M, lin. 1. ; 



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