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ON THE J AMAICA FERNS OF SLOANE’S HERBARIUM. 
By G. §. Jenman, F.L.S. 
(Concluded from p. 17). 
Pallea geraniafolia Fée. 
9. Hemionitis egos siedcichonge tee &c., Cat. p. 15; Hist. p. 73, Herb. p. 46. 
& S. 
Pieris pedata Linn color —This Sloane says was found growing 
with the preceding tabi the wie ot Savanna and Two-mile W: Linnzus 
quotes this specimen for his moans nine a q Ce) , whi as 
is understood a geraniefolia is distinguished by its 
punctiform sori which are ‘confluent preset t veins, and more 
incised margin. “The ¢ of Sloane’s plant is the more interest- 
Ing, as it was only rediscovered a few years ago at the old mines near Hope 
and Gordon Town, when it was supposed to be new to nt West Indies 
.  Aspidium trifoliatum Swartz. 
0. Hemionitis peregrina foliorum, &c., Cat. p. 15; Hist. p. 73, sen 26, fig. 2, 
He: aS . 47. Polgyodiuht trifoliatum Linn.—The specimen is an en re plan is 
unfertile, j in the small merely trilobed state of growth. In a younger ugh the 
onds of this species are quite entire and even-margined. 
Polypodium gt rer Linn. 
Phyllitis minor scandens, &c. ; Hist. p. 73.—On Trunes of 
Trees, ue Diabolo. There is a fhe ot Pelapeaiaas piloselloides Linn, on 
Trichomanes muscoides Swartz ; T. phere Kunze; T. punctatum 
Pits 
12, Phyllitis scandens minima, &e., Cat. p. 15; Hist. t. 27, ned 1, Herb. p. 71. 
—The above three es ies are mixed on the sheet, but not connected, as as ae te 
makes them appe: 
Brown’s hand as distinet, “and are > identified correctly by ‘Grisebach in his ‘ Fl. 
Br. W. Ind. Isles,’ p. 657. T. sp herioides. 
the bulk of the specimens being unctatum. The specime’ ibed under 
I. reptans Sm e ‘Synopsis Filicum ’ of Hooker & Baker is 7. spherioides 
mention here that, eferring to Swartz’s types riginal 
descriptions, I find s names reptans and pusillum have been trans 
rbaria, and should therefore be reversed llum Sw. (and 
as the author —— it) is disting from T. y the fronds 
g linear, or branched only at the top into horn-like projections, the mi 
po et to - sey or bran into the projections, 
(Nos. 13, 14, 15, and 16, tab. 28, figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, are Moregravia wmbellata 
Linn. ; and Nos, 17 and 18, tab. 27, figs. 2 and 3, are an aroid.} 
Polypodium aureum Linn 
19. Polypodium altissimum, Cat. p. 15; Hist. p. 75, Herb. p. 48 and 49.— 
Inland mountainous parts of the island. 
Acrostichum aureum Linn. 
20. Lonchitis palustris maxima, Cat. p. 15; Hist. p. 76, Herb. p. 50.—Sloane 
Dy “It is used instead [of] Thatch to cover Houses. It is also used to stop 
enteries, Age sages bine motions of c¢ Passion, by bi the Root 
tion. e Decoction t is excellent in 
p Parner, of the Spleen, Quartans, a and Melancholy, ry if 
Sarsa and China be added. A Salt made of nee ee 
excellent Uleers, Bones of the Toes and legs, being 
Journat or Botany.—Von. 24. [Fes., 1886.] oe 
