TAB. LXI. 



Adianttjm (Etjadiantum) flextjosuh, Hook. 



Caudice ascendente nodoso-ramoso dense squamis subulatis 

 aterrimis paleaceo, stipitibus subaggregatis erectis ebeneia 

 piloso-asperis, frondibus sesquipedalibus et ultra oblongo- 

 lanceolatis seu ovatis coriaceo-membranaceis atro-viridibua 

 3-4-pinnatis, pinnis primariis magis minusve refractis ob- 

 longis inferne bipinnatis, pinnulis petiolatis reniformi-obcor- 

 datis, sterilibus varie lobatis, fertilibus margine integris, 

 Tenia flabellatim dichotomis, soris approximatis subunifor- 

 mibus elliptico-oblongis coriaceis, racbibus ubique insigniter 

 angulato-flexuosis pubescenti-tomentosis scabriusculis. 



Hab. Santa Rosa, Vera Paz, in bollows of pine ridges, Gua- 

 temala, Osbert Salvyn, Esq. 



A new species and a very distinctly marked one, peculiar in 

 the scandent habit, in the refracted pinnae (as is common in 

 other scandent ferns) and in the asperous zigzag rachis. 



Tab. LXI. Fig. 1, 2, 3. Portions of Adiantum flexuosum ; 

 nat. size. f. 4. Fertile pinnule ; magnified, f. 5. Sorus, more 

 highly magnified. 



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