266 SOME ADDITIONAL JAMAICA FERNS. 
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the pinnulw being not over } in. wide, and the segments even- 
edged.—Rose Hill, gathered by Mr. Sherring. 
Hemitelia Imrayana Hk. — Differs only fon H. grandifolia Spr. 
which I regard it a variety. It was gathered over thirty re? ago 
by Miss rie ao next by Wilson, and very recently, at Ros , 
by Mr. Sherrin 
two-thirds or three-fourths, and are free at the base, but sessile 
The involucres are very large, kp and almost enclose the sori, 
ian are medial in position at firs 
mitelia Sherringi, n. sp. o trunk tall, wee mee above. 
Pana wi ample, 7-9 ft. long, including the t, muricate, and 
freely paleaceous — e, sae ft. wide, tipnnaliid pellucid, sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous, except on the cost#, which are pubescent, 
right green on es upper side, pale beneath. Rachis stout, 
= sparsely muricate at the base, rather scaly an “ 
egments. < 
ceptacles densely scaly. Involuc Sporn oe shallow, completely 
circling the receptacles, the thin margin more or less lobed or 
d.— ne species, and remarkable as negate by 
the completely czoalae pian ad a passage into Cyathe 
H. micr , n. sp.— Trunk several ft. high, paleaceons & v6 
the top. Petioles spreading, scaly at the base, brown, a foot le 
or more long, freel t with short prickles. Fronds ain 
acuminate, 3-44 ft. I oie, , 13-23 ft. Wis, tripinnatifid, dark green 
above, rather glaucous beneath: Rachis wood-brown, rather slender, 
channelled, muricate in the lower park. Pinne spreading, con- 
tiguous, shortly salads. 1-14 ft. long, 5-6 in. wide. Pinnule 
contiguous, only the outer ones quite sessile, finely serrato-acuml- 
nai ae long, 8-10 1. wide, pinnatifid nearly to the midrib. 
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. not faloate. Cos tw and costule pubescent above, the latter with a 
