60. ACEOsncnoL 399 



entire ; texture herbacailSs : \<:)i ttafaea doisely matted mth short silky 

 j-eUmnsh-grey hairs ; areoUB smaU, oU^ne. — Bat. Bar. p. 339. 



Hab. MexH», LtAold. ~ 



5. M^ pmnatifiJti, Bakey; St. tufted, 1-2 in. L, ?lo=sj, chesmxt-brown, clothed 

 with soft yellowish Imrs ; Jr. 2. in. each way, deltoid in general ontUne, -with a 

 laige oblong-lanceolate snhcrenate taminal loh^ and two spreading ones on each 

 Eide, which reach down within ^ in. of the TadJs, t>C'di blnn^ the lowest 1 in L 

 and aniided at die base ; texiare snbeoiiaceoos ; loth adti ieasAj coated with 

 yellowish hairs ; araiUB small copious. 



Hab. Coeta Bica, Wauihmd, 43S. Guatemala, BemomOi, 32. 



6. H. pimuOa, J. Sm. ; St. 6-9 in. L, glossy, dark chesnntr-brown, clothed with 

 soft yellowish hair; ;^. 5-6 in. L, 3-4 in. br., the apes deeply pinnadfid, DtIjtt 

 this 2-3 pai^ of di^nct pimuB, the upper ones oblong-lanceolate^ l-I^ in. L, 

 f-§ in. br., the lowest laiger and forked at the base, all repand ; teeture herba- 

 ceous ; bodi ada thinly clothed wifli soft yellowish hairs ; setiu obliqne, 2-3 

 times dichotomonsly &rked, anastomodng piindp^y near the midiibr--*r. S)a. 

 Gtn. PiLp. 33. {name onfy). 



'Hab. Jamaica, WSes. — ^Tliis b not Teiy &r from Oymmeffrnmaa rj/i.' but the pimis 

 are »AnsAt^^ and tiie gronps of t^bs join lightly. Onr descriptions of iiiis and H^ two 

 preceding are iakai &ran 3. Smi&'s spetamens, now in the fidti^ Mwsiaini. ^ 



7. H. Gr^m, Ht. fiL & Thorns.; rf. 8-12 in. 1^ scaly towards the la=e, 

 Tilloee dironghont ; /r. 1 ft. or more L, 6-10 in. br., subdeltoid, pinnatifid or 

 jnonate, with 2-4 di^inct pmate on each side, which are 3-4 in. L, 1-lf in. biu, 

 entire, acnminaie, the lower ones stalked ; texture herbaceous, fliick ; raehis and 

 both Hdeg TiUcee ; main tans barren and pinnate, Qie Teinlets fertile and 

 eopionsly retienlated.— .SI. Sp. 5. p. 1&2. H. Wilfordii, HI. FU. Ex. t. 93. {the 

 pmuitifid fXirU^'). 



Hab. Ehasja, Hk. fL <fe TkositoH ; Fonnosa, WUford. — This diSfeis ftran the &i^<Hng 

 by is barren main veins, and ctmstitates the grams IKe^fodime of Moore. 



§§ Anetinm, SpWff. Sari lax, ptaeei hoA on th: teins aud goattered dho in the 

 tpaees between thai. Sp. 7. 



8. H. (Anet.) citrifolia, Hk. ; rhizome cre^ing ; €t. |-9 in. L, weak, com- 

 pressed ; Jr. pendent, 6-24 in. L, 1-4 in. br., oblong or sabspathulate, narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, the edge entire ; texture thick but flaccid ; a^ir pale- 

 green ; midrib often lost in the upper part, winged on the back below; areolw 

 Tertical, long-hcsagonaL — Hi. Sp. 5. p. 193. 



Hab. West Indies to Xortn BiaoL — An anomaloTis xpeaes, with tiie habit of AiUt<>- 

 tikmm, in which gtcns it is placed by Y£e, and in the froit connecting Oramaitidat with 

 Aer<^!tAe(E. 



TaiBB 13. ACKOSTICHKJK. 



Sori spread in a gtratum'xiter the undo- gurfaee or rarelff aeer UAh surfaces of the 

 frond, n'A coi^ned to the veins onhf. Gvs. 60-61. 



Get. 60. AcBosTicHrsi, L. (S^e page 518.) 



Sori spread over the whole surface of the frond or upper pinnse, or occaaonally 

 STer both surfaces. A large genus, almost entirdf tnynad, induding groups wiOi 

 a wide range in t&udionand cutting. Tab. Vli. & YIIL fig. 60. 



