580 F-^Ura-ERATION or PLANTS 



variably produced from tlie stem and brancljesj 

 crowded, cylindrical, sliort, downy. IVuit globular, 

 as large as a small pullet's egg, when ripe, eatable, 

 of a vellowisli green, mixed with red, not very de- 

 sirable to the taste of an European, but by the 

 natives esteemed a good fruit. Called by them 

 Tim la, 



CRYPTOGAIMIA FTLICES. 



A'Spleniunh — Growing on the bodies of trees coverecT 

 with moss. Frond simple, lance-linear, narrow, 

 attenuated at both ends, smooth, entire :' the 

 fvuctifica.tion in distinct distant, round, parcels 

 along the margin, and o^-er which, when mature, 

 the sides of the frond are reflected, the v.liolc con- 

 torting and resembling a worm. 



Polypodiuni. — Growing in similar situations with the 

 above. Frond simple, lance-linear, acuminated, 

 entire, woolly. The fructiiicatlon covering the 

 Mhole of the disk, except at the two extremities ; 

 the opposite side smooth and pitted. Roots, 

 iibrous, numerous, capillary. 



Adhnithum Serrvlatum. — Frond composite, leaves 

 lonintudinally striated. Found on the sides of 

 every hill. 



Marattia alata and laexns. — These tuo beautiful 

 ferns are mostly found together, in moist and shad- 

 ed situations, particularly on the more elevaterl 

 2)ait of the mountains about Ackvaance and Nata^ 

 ana. 



Among many plants observed, whose place in the 

 system, for want of particular parts of the frnctifica- 

 tionj could not be ascertained, the following may de- 

 serve noticing here. 



Ka-iy-pjnd, country name, Gladmtn's Mat. JMed 

 — This is a nfiddle sized tree, indigenous to thcs{* 

 mountains, the bark ofMhich is nmch valued in 

 H'mduatan for its aromatic and medicinal prf>perties, 

 and sold in every bazar under this name. The 



fruit 



