FILICES. - 669 



tifid) or inferior half-pinnatifid, terminal acuminate, its lowest lobes larger: veins areolate : 

 petiole eleneotts, slender, puberulous at the summit: the down extended to the upper side 

 of the ribs; son continuous.— Piam. Fit. t. 152. Schh. Ciypt. t. 100. «».— 8"-12" high; 

 blade 3"-5" diam.— Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., Royal Mountains ; [Cuba ! to l?rench islands !, 

 Siei. Mart. 368; Venezuela I to Brazil,!]. 



*** Leaf stout, pinnately divided : segments pintmiifidf-pinnatisect. 



121. P. laciniata, W. Hairy with flaccid down ; leaf stout, Z-pinnatisect-Z-pinnati- 

 partite: inferior secondary segments pinnatifid to the middle, superior and lobes of the in- 

 ferior oblong or ovate, blunt, entire : ribs unarmed : veins distant, forked, free : petiole 

 pale ; sori continuous below the apex, often most contiguous at the sinus. — Flum. Ml. t. 

 20. Schlc. Crypt, t. 86.^Lonchitis hirsuta, L.^Siei. Mart. 372. P. diplazioides,.a/(;ri<«.': 

 a form with the sori distant from the sinus. — About 4' high ; leaf submembranaceous, flaccid, 

 while in all the following species it is herbaceous and glabrous ; inferior secondary segmeuts 

 3"-l"long, 10"'-6"' broad.— -Hab. Jamaica!, M'Nai, Al.; Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, 

 Guild. ; [Cuba ! to French islands ! ; Mexico ! to Peru !] . 



j^X 122. P. podophylla, /Sw. Xea^ stout, 2-pinnaiisect-2-pinnatipartite : most inferior 

 secondary segments and superior primary ones deeply jiinnatifid or 2-pinnatifid at the base, 

 superior pinnatifid to the middle : lobes ohlong ,.bluntish, serrulate beyond the sorus ; sinus 

 narrow : ribs mucronulate above at the origin of their dirisions : veins areolate with 2-3- / 

 serial meshes : petiole pale ; sori continuous below the apex, contiguous at the sinus. — ' 

 JBr. Jam. t.l: an unusual form wich few primary segments, the origin of Swartz's species. 

 Hook. Spec. t. 139 : upper segments.^ — P. propinqua, Ag. I P. Kunzeaua, Hook. P. bi- 

 formis, Spliiy. {ex Kze. in PI. Kegel. !).' P. aculeata, Sat. (nonSw.). — Lobes l"-6"'long, 

 4"'-3"' broad : rhachis 3"'-4"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, all coll. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 Trinidad !, Lochh. ; [Cuba ! to French islands 1 ; Mexico ! to Brazil ! ; Galapagos]. 



123. p. aculeata, Sw. (ex Plum). Leaf iio\A, 2-pinnaiisect : secondary segments 

 deeply piknatifld : lodes lanceolate-acuminate, suhMcate, serrulate beyond the sorus : sinus 

 rounded, narrowly open -• ribs mucronulate above at the origin of their divisions : veins 

 areolate with i-h-serial meshes: petiole pale, "prickly" or unarmed; sori continuous* 

 below the apex, contiguous at the sinus. — Plum. Fil. t. 5. 11. — P. elata. Hook. I : from 

 this my diagnosis is taken, though not agreeing with Agardh's diagnosis, but my Panama 

 specimens are exactly like Plumier's figures, except in their petiole being unarmed. P. 

 iongibrachiata, Ag. {ex descr.). — Lobes l"-2" long-, 6"' broad : rhachis 4"'-6"' broad.' — 

 Hab. Jamaica (Sw.) ; S. Vincent (P. Iongibrachiata, Jg.) ; [French islands ; Panama I ; 

 Venezuela], 



124. P. crassipes, .Ag. ! Leaf stout, Z-pinnatisect-2-pinMitipartite : most inferior 

 secondary segments pinnaiipartite (or serai- 2-pinnatifid at the base), superior deeply pinna- 

 tifid, tertiary and loies lanceolate-acuminate, subfalcate, serrulate beyond the sorus : sinus . 

 broadly open : ribs mucronulate above at the origin of their divisions : veins areolate with \ 

 2S-sei-ial meshes : petiole pale ; sori continuous below the apex, contiguous at the sinus. — 



P. aculeata. Hook. P. protea, Helm. P. gigantea, Sieh. Mart. 366 [non P. gigantea, W. 

 (Guadeloupe!), which is distinguished by oblong, bluntish leaf-segments with a narrow 

 sinus]. P. Kunzeana, Fat. PI. Cub. P. Sloanei, Radd. {SI. t. 47) ? : 'distinguished by the 

 terminal segments elongated, pinnatifid with roundish lobes.— Lower segments 3" long, 6'" 

 broad : rhachis 2'" broad.— Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Pd. ; [Cuba I to Frencltif 

 islands ! ; Mexico ! to Brazil !] . 



125. P. biaurita, L. Leaf pinnatiseci : segments deeply pinnatifid to about seven- 

 eighths, lowest Z{-S)-seci: lobes linear-oblong, blunt, entire: ribs mucronulate above at the 

 origin of their divisions: veins forked, free, lowest connected, forming a single meshhttveai * 

 two ribs and the costa : petiole pale ; sori continuous to or round the sinus and to near the 

 apex.— P&m. Fil. t. 15. Hook. Gen. t. 65. ^.— Lobes about 1" long, 3"'-4"' broad : 

 rhachis as broad.— Hab. Kuiigaa. \; Nichols.; [French islands 1, Sieb. Mart. 367 j trop. 

 Africa to East Indies ! and Hongkong !]. 



126. P. pungens, W., Kze. .'■ Leaf pinnatisect : segments deeply pinnatifid to about 

 flve-sixtlis lowest 2-sect : lobes linear-oblong, pointed, serrulate above the sorus ; ribs 



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