18 4. CYATHEA. 



10. C. divergens, Kze. ; base of the stout st. murioated, furfuraceo-tomentose 

 and scaly (on the upper side) with firm, intensely black, lanceolate, very long- 

 pointed scales having a pale margin ; fr. large, glabrous, bipinnate, petiolate ; 

 pinnl. firm-coriaceous, 4-6 in. 1., 1-1| in. w., from a broad base oblong, acuminate, 

 deeply pinnatifid ; lohes rather distant, oblong-falcate, acute, _ subseiTated ;_ «ot 

 costal, numerous ; invol. membranaceous, fragile, soon breaking in a very irre- 

 gular manner. — Hk. Sp. \. p. 19. *. 11. A, 



Hab. Peru, Ecuador, alt. 11,000 ft., Spruce, n. 5367. N. Grenada, Schlim, n. 480.— 

 " Gaud, arboreous, 40 ft. high, 1 ft. in diam. Fr. 7 ft. long, including the stipes. Pinnse 

 12 on each side, excluding the few minute terminal ones." Spruce. 



11. C. gracilis, Griseb. ; st. strongly muricated at the base ; fr. bipinnate, 

 glabrous ; prim, and second, pinnce long-petioled, deltoideo-acuminate, the latter 

 3-4 in. 1., 1-1| in. w. at the base, deeply pinnatifid ; lobes oblong, obtuse, serrated ; 

 sori copious, generally confined to the superior half of the lobes ; invol. dark- 

 brown, bursting into somewhat regular valves or lobes to near the oup-like base. 

 —Griseb. Fl. B. W. Ind.p. 704. 



Hab. Jamaica, Wilson, Purdie. Antioquia, Jervise. — Allied, as Dr. Grisebacb saya, 

 to C. divergens, but very distinct. A peculiar feature is given to this plant by the 

 unusual length of the petioles, generally 2-24 'n. 1., and by the pinnules being truncated 

 at the base, 



12. C. Mettenii, Karst. ; " eaud. arborescent bald (not clothed with the bases 

 of old leaves), squamose above ; st. brunneo-squarrose at the base, unarmed ; fr. 

 lanceolate, 6 ft. and more long,. 3-4 ft. w., ovate-lanceolate, acute, bipinnate ; 

 pinnl. 2 in. 1., from a broad base lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid, deciduous ; costal 

 and veins on both sides squamoso-pilose ; lobes falcate, oblong, obtuse, obsoletely 

 serrated,. glaucous beneath; veins generally forked, soriferous at the fork; 

 invol. globose, breaking open irregularly." — Karst. Fl. Columb. I.p. 113. t. 66. 



Hab. Andes of Bogota, alt. 8-9,000 ft., Karsien.-. — Like a small snbglabrous form of 

 Schanschin, clothed with scales on the ribs of the segments beneath, 



13. C, squamipes, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; racMs grey-stramineous, 

 muricated ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1, ; pinnl. sessile, 4-4| in. 1., j in. 

 br. ; segm. close, flat, J in. br., obscurely toothed ; texture firm ; under surface 

 hairy on the ribs ; veinlets 10-12-jugate, forked; sori costular ; invol. glahious, 

 breaking up irregularly. — Fl. Columb. 1. t. 99. 



Hab. Andesof Columbia.— Beautifully figured, as are the preceding and the two next 

 in Earateu's magnificent Selections from the Columbian Flora. 



14. C. incana, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; racMs grey-stramineous, 

 slightly furfuraceous with a few raised points ; pinnm oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 

 ft. 1. ; pinnl. sessile, 3m. 1., \ in. br., cut down to a broad wing ; segm. J in. br., 

 falcate, subacute, denticulate ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface dark-green 

 glossy, glabrous except the ribs, lower with minute fimbriate scales on the mid- 

 rib ; veinlets 8-9-.iugate, forked ; sori costular : invol. small, densely pilose — 

 Fl. Columb. 1. «. 37. > J tf 



Hab. Andes of Columbia. 



16. Cfrondosa, Karst. ; " eaud. lofty, unarmed, squamose with linear-subulate 

 scales, acuminate, frondose at the summit ; fi: ovato-lanceolate, 12-14 ft. 1. by 

 6 ft. w. ; pinnl. 4-6 in. 1., from a broad base lanceolate ; lobes oblong, margins 

 recurved, penniveined ; veins forked, their branches clavato-incrassate at the 



