434 65. AHEMIA, §§ ANEMIDICTYON. 



original .4. tommtosa and Mtoidea are the less-developed forms of the less-divided 

 variety, with which agree the Neilgherry A. Wightiana, Gardn. (Beddome, t. 66), and 

 Abyssinian A. Schimpei-icma, Presl. The former has an unusually strong stem, both 

 that and the raohises densely ferrugineo-tomentose ; whilst a plant gathered by Dr. Wel- 

 witsch in Angola is like /3, but nearly naked, with the divisions blunter than in the 

 extreme form. Besides the synonyms already quoted, we appear to include the following, 

 which are given as distinct by Sturm j viz< rubrostipes, Pnhl,i/mrr^'fl;fififfi,.TTi ^ K., Had- 

 ditma, Link, oblonga and imhricata. It has been gathered lately in Natal. 



16. A. triehorhina, Gardn. ; caud. with a dense tuft of bright red-brown fibril- 

 lose scales § in. 1. at the crown ; st. 1-2 in. 1., densely clothed with white woolly, 

 tomentum ; barren segm. ovate-deltoid, 2-3 in. 1., 1-1 5 in. br., bipinnate ; pinnce 

 close, spreading, lanceolate, with several close roundish or oblong pinnl.; tetcture 

 coriaceous ; both sides when young completely enveloped in dense woolly tomen- 

 tum ; panicle subsessile from the base of the barren segm. — ffi. Ic. t. 876. 



Hab. South Brazil, Qardner 4080, Swrchell 7043, 1881. — A very distinct species. 



16. A. nctmfolia. Mart. ; st. 6-9 in. 1., firm, naked ; barren segm. short-stalked, 

 2-3 in. 1., I-I5 in. br., oblong, bi- or tripinnatifid ; pinnas subdistant, lanceolate, 

 cut down nearly to the rachis into narrow toothed or slightly pinnatifid divisions ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces slightly hairy ; panicle subsessile, close, 1-1 J in. 1. 

 —Mart. t. 65. A. glareosa, Gafd. MSS. 



Hab. South Brazil, Mcurtms, Gardmer 5339. — ^Thia may be a variety of the next, from 

 which it seems to differ principally by its subsessile panicle, 



17. A. adiantifoUa, Sw. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 12-18 in. L, firm, naked ; barren 

 segm. short-stalked, 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in. br., deltoid, bitripinnate ; pinnm close, 

 lanceolate, the lowest the largest ; ult. divisions oblong or lineaf-cuneate, the outer 

 edge toothed ; texture coriaceous ; rachises slightly pilose ; veins fine, channelled, 

 flabellate ; panicle 3-4 in. 1., the peduncle 1-3 in. 1. — Plum. t. 158. 



Hab. Cuba, Bahamas, Florida, and Mexico to Bahia. — A . asplenifolia, Sw. (Hk. & Gr. 

 1. 16), is a reduced bipinnate form. This forms the genus Anemirhiza of J. Smith, cha- 

 racterized by an elongated rhizome, from which the stems arise in a single row. A, carui- 

 folia, Preslj is a finely-cut variety. 



18. A. cuneata, Kze. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 3-4 in. 1., slender, naked ; barren 

 segm. long-stalked, 3-4 in, 1., tripinnatifid, with distant pinnse and pinnls,, the 

 vlt. divisions linear-cuneate, ^ lin, br., cleft at the apex ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and surfaces naked ; patHcle slender, lax, the lower branches elongated, the 

 peduncles slender, 1| in, 1. — £^ze. Anal. Pter. 8, t. 5, 



Hab, Cuba, Pceppig. — Perhaps a small finely-cut form of the preceding. 



§§ Anemidictyon, J", Sm. Panicle and lea^ portion united in the same frond ; 

 veins anastomosing. Sp. 19-21. Fig. 66. e. 



19. A, (Anemid,) Tweediana, Hk, ; st. 3-4 in. L, naked or slightly pilose ; 

 barren segm. l|-2 in, 1., 1 in. br., ovate-oblong, simply pinnate ; pinnae in 2-3 

 sessile pairs, oblong, | in. L, f in, br,, the point blunt, the edge crenulate, the 

 base rounded ; texture suljcoriaceous ; main vein not distinct to the apex ; panicle 

 1-2 in, 1,, dense, the lower branches short, the peduncle 1-2 in, 1, — ah. Ic. «, 606. 



• Hab. Uruguay and South Brazil. 



20. A, (Anemid,) Schraderiana, Mart, ; st. 6-9 in. 1,, villose below ; barren 

 segm. 3-6 in. each way, with 1-3 nearly equal pinnce on each side, which are 2-2^ 

 ic 1., 1 in. br,, ovate-acuminate, the edge subentire, the base cuneate, the ter- 

 minal pinna with 2 divergent. lanceolate lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; main vein 



