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ceous-acuminate. — L. trichiatum, Bory, and L. aristatura, Kth. : the tropical forms with 

 linear-aoumiuate leaves {Plum. Fil. t. Ii5. B.). — Hab. Jamaica !, P<?., Wiles; Trinidad!, 

 Lockh. ; [thi'oughout the globe], 



14. Ii. cernuum, L. Erect, woody, thyrsoid with dichotomous branches above ; leaves 

 many-serial, conform, incurved-spreading, linear-acuminate ; aments cermiotis, sessile- 

 terminal: bracts deltoid-acuminate, denticulate. — Plum. Ml. t. 165. A. — 3'-6' high. 



u. Slender ; leaves loosely imbricated, furrowed on the back, about 1'" long ; aments 

 short, often ovoid. 



$. cnnalum, Sw. Stout ; leaves densely imbricated, usually smooth on the back, about 

 2'" long; aments shortly cylindrical. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Shepherd; Dominica!, Imr. (o, 6), S. Vincent!, Guild.; [all tropical 

 countries to the Azores I, Southern China!, and the Cape !]. 



15. Ii. phlegmaria, L. Pendulous, dichotomously branched ; leaves i-serial, con- 

 form, erect-spreading, ovate or ovate-lanoeolate, abruptly passing into much smaller bracts 

 or peduncular leaves ; aments filiform, forked, or dichotomous, often elongated. 



[a. Leaves pointed,, shortly petioled j aments sessile : bracts minutely deltoid, often 

 scarcely as long as the sporangia.] . 



j3. nummularifolium , Bl. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, blunt or bluntish, snbses- 

 sile ; aments peduncled or sessile : bracts deltoid-subulate, usually exceeding the sporangia, 

 those of the peduncled aments gradually passing into oblong-lanceolate peduncular leaves. 

 — Hook. Grev. Ic. t. 213. — L. aljualupianum, Bpring : a form with bluntish or subacute 

 leaves. 



Hab. Trinidad!, Parker (;S), on trees; [/3. Cuba!, Wr. 936, 945; Venezuela!, Fendl. 

 320 ; and East Indies ; a. most tropical mountains to the southern temperate zone]. 



** Sporangia axillary ; leaves conform. 



16. la. rcflcxum, iam. Ascending, few-branched, leafy; leaves many-serial, recurved, 

 linear-acuminate, mimdely denticulate, fertile not decrescent. — Plum. Ml. t. 166. A. — L. 

 squarrosum, Sw. (L. rigidum, Sw.) L. Sieberianum, Spring. — Leaves 2"'~4"' long, 4"'-J"' 

 broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Pd., Bancr. ; Dominica!, Imr.,'S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [Cuba !, Wr. 933, to IVench islands !, Mexico ! to Brazil ! and Chili]. 



17. Ij. dichotomum, Jacq. Ascending or flexuose, twice-thrice-forked with diverging 

 branches, very leafy ; leaves many-serial, flaccid-spreading (or recurved), linear-acuminate, 

 quite entire, fertile ones gradually, but little decrescent. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t, 252. Uadd. 

 Fit. Bras. t. 4. — L. mandiocanum, Eadd. L. reflexum, PI. Lechl. 2012. — Leaves 10"'-6"' 

 (-15'") long, 4'" broad at theibase. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Bancr., on trees, in mountain- 

 woods ; [Cuba I, Wr. 944, to South Brazil 1 and Peru 1; Galapagos !]. 



18. Ii. linifolinm, X. Pendulous, several times (or more) forked with flaccid branches, 

 leafy ; leaves many-serial, spreading, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, a little contracted at 

 the base, quite entire, fertile ones httle or much decrescent. — Plum. Fil.t.\&&. C. — L. 

 passerinoides, Kth. (L. nitens, Cham. Schlecht. ; Kunz. Pamkr. t. 80) ; ' a form with 

 shorter leaves.— Leaves 10"'-6"'(-4"') long, l"'-4"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., M'Nab, 

 Wils., on trees, S. Anns, rare near Bath ; [Cuba !, Wr. 934, to Brazil and Peru !]. 



^,^19. I,, taxifolium, I/. At length pendulous, several-times-once-forked with flaccid 

 ^)ranches, leafy; leaves aub-6-serial, spreading, narrowly lanceolate or ohlong-linear, little 

 or not tapering at the base, shortly acuminate, quite entire, fertile ones little decrescent. — 

 Eook. Grev. Ic. t. 131. — Leaves 8"'-5"' long, l"'-li"' broad, more rigid than in the pre- 

 ceding. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Pd., Wits., on trees; Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, 

 Guild.; [Cuba!, Wr. 937, to Peru !]. 



y^ 20. la. vcrticillatum, L. Pendulous, dichotomous with flaccid branches, leafy ; leaves 

 short, many-serial, erect-spreading, incurved, setaceous, acuminate, quite entire, fertile ones 

 little' decrescent. — Plum. Fil. t. 166. 5.— L. acerosum, Sw.— Leaves 2i"'-li"' long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica 1, Pd. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba I, Wr. 935, to Brazil and Ecuador !; Natal ! 

 to Bourbon]. 



21. la. myrsinites, ^XaM. Pendulous, forked ; leaves i-serial, shortly deltoid-ovate, 

 pointed, entire, often ciliate, erect-spreading above the appressed, adnate base, fertile ones 



