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IV.— CYATHEA. Page 16—27. 



4*. Cpuhescens, Mett. ; racMses castaneous, not muricated ; fr, ample, tripin- 

 nate ; pinnce oblong, 2-3 ft. 1. ; pinnl. sessile, 6-9 in, 1., 1 in. br. ; segm, \-\\ lin. 

 br., falcate, blunt, denticulate ; veinlets very close, raised, 15-18-jugate, forked ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface dark-green, glabrous except the midribs, 

 lower greyer, pubescent ; sori costular ; inv, truncate, late in breaking up. — 

 Kuhn, Linnma, 36. p. 164. 



Hab. Jamaica, Purdie, Wilson. — Included in the first edition as a form of a/rhorea, 

 with which it is connected by Eooker's var. nigrescena, which has a similar rachia, but 

 fewer veins and a glabrous under surface. 



4*. C. tenera, Griseb. ; fi; ample, tripinnatifid ; rachisea substramineous, 

 naked, polished ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1 ft. ]., 4-5 in. br. ; pinnl. subsessile, 

 lanceolate, J-J in. br., cut down to a narrow wing ; segm. flat, blunt, ligulate, 

 J in. br., distinctly inciso-crenate ; texture very thin and membranous ; both 

 sides pale green, with a few obscure hairs on the ribs ; veinlets 6-7-jugate, forked ; 

 sori medial ; inv. small, fragile, glabrous, cup-shaped or dimidiate. — Alsophila 

 tenera, J. Smith. Hook. Sp. Fil, 1. p. 49. 



Hab. St. Vincent's, Caley. , 



4*. C. meridensis, Karst. ; fr. ample, tripinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 ft. 1., 6-8 in. br., the lower long-stalked \ pinnl. sessile, lanceolate, S-3| in. I., 

 1 in. br., cut down to a narrow wing, lowest stalked ; segm. ligulate, obtuse, 

 \ in. br., faintly toothed ; texture firm ; upper surface glabrous, lower scaly on 

 the ribs; mre&to 10-12-j agate, forked; sori costular; inv, small, glabrous, 

 breaking up irregularly. — Fl. Columb. 2. p. 161. *. 184. 



Hab. Columbia, Merida, 6,000 ft. 



4*. C. mmcata, Kaulf. ; fr. ample, tripinnate ; rachises -substramineous, 

 scabrous, sliglitly muricated ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1^-2 ft. 1., 7-8 in. br. ; 

 pinnl, sessile, lanceolate, cut down to rachis below ; segm. ligulate, flat, J in. br., 

 crenato-pinnatifid ; texture rigidlysubcoriaceous ; upper surface green, glabrous 

 beyond the ribs, lower glabrous, but clothed with copious minute scales on the 

 ribs ; veinlets 8-9-jugate, pinnate in the lower lobes ; sori infra-medial ; inv, 

 fragile, membranous, depressed, often obscure. 



Hab. Martinique, Sieler, 374. — Willdendw's plant of this name is founded on a figure 

 of Plumier's, which cannot be safely determined. 



6*. C. quindinensis, Karst. ijr. ample, tfipinnate; raa,\n,rachis not muricated, 

 minutely scaly ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, H ft. 1. ; pinnl. subsessile, 3-4 in. 1., 

 f in. br., cut down to rachis below ; segm. 1 lin. br., falcate, entire, the edges 

 rather revolute ; texture moderately firm ; upper surface dark green, naked 

 beyond the ribs, lower glaucous, densely scaly on the ribs ; veinlets 9-10-jugate, 

 the lower once or twice forked ; son. medial ; inv, glabrous, membranous, breaking 

 up irregularly.— i?7. Col. 2. p, 161. t, 179i 



Hab. Andes of Columbia. 



7*. C. furfuracea. Baker ; fr, ample, tripinnatifid or tripinnate ; rachises 

 brown-stramineous, slightly muricated, densely hairy above, those of the pinnae 

 paleaceous ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, short-stalked, 1 ft. or more 1. ; pinnl. close, 

 ligulate, acute^-3 in. 1., ^-| in. br., cut down bslow to the rachis or a narrow 

 wing; segm. ligulate, blunt, IJ lin. br., subfalcate, inciso-crenate; texture not 

 coriaceous ; upper surface glabrous, except the ribs ; lower densely clothed on 



