FILICES. 659 



57. H. axillare, /Sw. " iea/" lanceolate, 3-3-pi«««<^acfoVff, very narrowly decurrent, 

 glabrous : rkachis margined ; lobes oblong-linear, blunt or subemarginate, entire, lowest 

 fertile ; iudusium as broad as its leaf-lobe : lips roundish, entire." — " 6" high, suberect, 

 shortly petioled." — Hab. Jamaica (Sw."), on trees in th)i,highest mountains. 



58. H. apicale, V. d. Bosch. " i/ca/" linear-oblong, Z-pmnatipartite, not decurrent, 

 glabrous : rhachis naked or margined on one side by the shortly decurrent primary seg- 

 ments : lotes oblong-linear, emarginate, entire, terminal sterile ; indnsium terminal, nar- 

 rovfer than its leaf-lobe, 2-lipped to near its shortly cuneate base : lips broadly rounded, 

 entire." — Hook. Grev. Ic. 1. 124. — H. axillare. Hook. Grev. — " 3"-5" high, flaccid, pendu- 

 lous, shortly petioled, 6"'-12"' broad." — Hab. Jamaica I, Prf., Wils.,m the Blue Moun- 

 tains ; S. Vincent ; [Haiti !]. 



59. H. fucoides, Sw. Leaf oblong-lanceolate, 2-pinnatipartite, very narrowly de- 

 current, glabrous : rhachis narrowly margined, glabresceut, or slightly hairy : lobes oblong, 

 blunt, serrulate, flat, inferior often 2-fid ; indusia confined to the lowest part of the tipper y 

 margin of the primary leaf-segments, contracted at the base, 2-lipped to the middle : lips 

 ovate-deltoid or ovate-oblong, serrate. — H. blepharodes, Pr. — 2"-8" high, 1" broad, erect, 

 shortly petioled. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on trees in high mountains ; [Cuba 1 and Slexico ! 

 to Brazil!]. 



** Leaf-segments ciliate. 



1^ 60. H. hirsutum, £^Ki. Leaf %h.ort, 6b\oTig, deeply pinnatijid or 2-pinnatifd, a\mes.ief\ 

 at the base, not decurrent, pilose and ciliate with stellate hairs : lobes oblong, blunt, entire, Vj 

 flat ; indusium teraiinal, orbicular, 2-lipped to the middle, ciliate.— Sboi. Grev. Ic. t. 84 : 

 the pinnatifid form. — Trichomanes, L. H. latifrons, F. d. Bosch. H. Cruegerii, C. Mull. : 

 a form with the hairs confined to the rhachis and leaf-margin (Fendl. Venez. 455). — Penr 

 dulous, 2"-4" long, 4"'-8"' broad : petiole short, hair-shaped. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., 

 Wils., on trees in high mountains ; Trinidad ; [Cuba ! to French islands ! ; Mexico ! to 

 Brazil!]. 



61. H. ciliatum, Sw. Leaf oblong, •2{-S)-pinnatipartite with a broad rhachis, long- 

 decurrent, ciliate with stellate hairs : segments oblong, blunt, entire, flat, primary ones C 

 subdistant ; indusium terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped to near the rounded base, ciliate. — Hooi. ^ 

 Grev. Ic. t. 35.— H. remotum, V. d. Bosch.— &miA, ]i"-4"iong, 8"'-12"' broad -. petiole 

 above and rhachis f " broad. — Hab. Jamaica (/Sw.), on trees in the mountains ; Dominica !, 

 Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Or. ; [Cuba I aud Mexico I to Brazil!]. 



62. H. hirtellum, Sw. Leaf ovate or ovate-oblong, i-pinnatipartite, narrowly and 

 shortly decurrent, hairy on the ribs, and ciliate with stellate hairs : segments oblong-linear, (i 

 bluntish, entire, flat; indusium terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped to about the middle, ciliate.— 

 Hook. Spec. t. 31. i).— Erect, 4"-6" high, 1"-14" broad : petiole l"-2" long, f" broad at 

 the summit, not margined below. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., on wet banks in the moun- 

 tains; S. Vincent; [French islands : Mexico]. 



63. H. lineare, Sw. Leaf flaccid, oblong-linear, pinnatisect with pinnalely 5-S-par- 

 tite segments, ciliate with stellate hairs : primary segments subdistant, superior decurrent, 

 secondary linear or oblong-linear, blunt, entire, flat ; indusium terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped 

 to about the middle, ciliate. — Hook. Grev. Ic. t. 196. — H. trifidum. Hook. Grev. H. 

 elegans, Spreng. — Hanging, 2''-10" long, 8"'-12"' broad: petiole short, usually .hairy. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, Maef., Pd., ou moist banks, rare ; [French islands ! ; Venezuela I to Peru I 

 aud Brazil!]. 



g4 H. eleeantnlum, V. d. Bosch. "ie«^ flaccid, oblong, pinnatisect with '3,-pmnatipM 

 segments, pubescent, and ciliate with stellate hairs : primary segments distant, not decurrent, 

 tertiary lobes short, blunt, entire, flat ; indusium terminal, cuneate-orbicular, 2-lipped to the 

 middle, densely pilose." — Hook. Spec. t. 33. A. — H. pulchellum. Hook, {non Schlecht. sec. 

 v. d. Bosch) — " Pendulous, sometimes 1' long." — Hab. Jamaica (Macf.) ; [Quito]. 



65 H. sericeum, Sw. Leaf flaccid, long, oblong-linear, pinnaiipartite with pinna- 

 tifid segments, pinnatisect below, densely pubescent and ciliate with rusty, stellate down : ^ 

 superior segments narrowly decurrent, lobes oblong, blunt, flat, crested uAih keeled veins, 

 inferior emarginate with a forked veinlet ; indusium terminal, orbicular, 2-lipped to the 

 middle densely pilose.— Pfom. FU- t. 73.— Hanging. 1 '-2' long, 1" broad, shortly petioled. 



