Tortion of mature Fr end— under side. 



ADIANTUM WILSONL 



Hooker. Moore and Houlston. 



PLATE XVI. VOL. III. 



Hewardia Wihoni, 



Smith. ? Fee. 



Adian turn — Dry. 



Wihoni — Wilson' s . 



A singular and delicate Fern, discovered in dry, shady, 

 gravelly places in Jamaica, by Mr. Wilson, the curator of the 

 Bath Botanic Gardens, Jamaica, and named by Sir "W. Hooker, 

 after this botanist. It is a very distinct species. 



An evergreen stove Fern. 



Only found in Jamaica. 



Fronds glabrous, pinnate, the pinnae somewhat ovate, petiolate, 

 alternate, caudate at the base, coriaceous; the sterile fronds 

 serrate at the margin, petiolate. Three to five pinnae on a 

 frond. Costa ebeneous at the base. Veins forked and anas- 

 tomosing. Stipes and rachis ebeneous and glabrous. 



Sori linear, being continuous on both margins nearly to the 

 apex. 



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