FILICES. 673 



f' 145. B. occidbntale, L. Leaf pinnatisect, pinnatifid below the entire summit : most 

 segments broadly adnate, subfalcate-oblong, or obloEg-lanceolate, pointed, subeiiiire, inferior 

 cordate at the base, lowest subsessile : veins dichotomous-simple ; sori appressed to the 

 midrib.— S/. t. 44. /, 3. Flam. Fil. t. 62. /. S. Schlc. Orypt. t. 108. B.—&. cartilagi- 

 neum, Schk. {non Sw). B. glaudulosum, Kze. (Tarnkr. t. 85. /. 2.).— Segments l"-3" 

 long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Wright; Dominica!, Imr., S. Vincent I, Guild.; [Cuba! and 

 Mexico 1 to Brazil I and Chile ! ; Galapagos !]. 



y^ 146. B. serrulatum, Rich. Leaf pinnate : leaflets oblong-linear, pointed, cuneate at vj 

 the subsessile, jointed base, serrulate, terminal as lortg as the middle ones : veins approxi- ^ 

 mate, most simple; sori appressed to the midrib. — Schk. Crypt, t. 108. — B. angustifolium, 

 W. — Leaflets numerous, 2"-3"(-4") long. — Hab. Dominica I, Imr. ; Trinidad ; [Florida to 

 South Brazil I]. 



147. B. longifolium, Kth. Leaf pinnatisect, long-petioled : segments 2-5-Jugal, 

 subdistant, lanceolate-acuminate, entire, cuneate or rounded at the sessile base, uppermost .. 

 lateral obliquely adnate, terminal elongated: veins simple, or forked; sori appressed to the .. 

 midrib. — Hook. Spec. <. 154 : a form with the segments subcordate at the base (5. gracile, ^ 

 Kaulf.). — Segments 5"-8"(-3") long : in young specimens occur undivided, but fertile 

 leaves {Spruce, PI. Feruv.). — Hab. S; Vincent I, WVa^A^ .-' Trinidad !, Lockk; [Mexico! 

 to Brazil !]. 



** Leaf %-pinnatisec(. 



148. 'B. ■voXxMiVe, Kaulf . High-twining; leaf 3-pinnatisect (-pinnatisect) : secondary 

 segments few-jugal, entire, fertile Ivnear-lanceolate, or lanceolate, sterile lanceolate-oblong 

 pointleted, oblique at the petiolulated base : veins approximate, connected at the callou? 

 margin ; sori appressed to the midrib : indusium large, at length breaking up into pieces. — 

 Hook. Gen. t. 93.— Salpichlsena, J. iSm.— Segments 6"-12"(-16") long.— Hab. Jamaica!, 

 Pd.; Dominica \,hnr. ; Trinidad!, Fd. ; [French islands ! and Venezuela ! to Brazil !]. 



25. LOMAKIA, W. 



Sori continuous between the midrib and the margin of contracted, specially transformed 

 leaf-segments, decurrent along a longitudinal anastomosis of veins : indusium juxtamargiual. 

 ■ — Veins of the difform, sterile leaves /r«e, often forked. 

 ^ 149. Zi. atteuuata, W. Fertile leaf pinnatisect, its segments narrowly linear, sessile; 

 sterile pinnatipattUe above, pinnatisect below, segments broadly adnate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 usually subfalcate-acuminate, entire, lowest much decrescent, distant, deltoid-half-round. — '• 

 Metten. Fil. Lips. t. 3. /. 1-6. Hook. Spec. t. 146. — Blechnnm, Metten. Onoclea, Sib. 

 O. polypodioides, Sm. {Lomaria, Desv.). L. onocleoides, Spreng. — Ehizome creeping, or 

 high-ascending on trees : its rusty, dense palese long, linear-acuminate ; sterile leaves l'-2' 

 long, 2"(3"-l ") broad, segments variable. — Hab. Jamaica {Sw) ; Dominica {Imr.), S, Vin- 

 cent!, Guild,; [Cuba! to French islands; all tropical countries]. 



150. !■. diver gens, jSie. Fertile ?««/' pinnatisect, its segments linear, adnate-sessile ; 

 sterile pinnatipartite segments oblong, bluntish, entire, lowest conform, not decurrent.— 

 Blechnnm, Metten. i L. Plumierii, Hook, a: 1 regard L. Plumierii, Desv., as a doubtful 

 synonym, Plumier's figure (Fil. t. 90 ; Martinique) shovong much narrower, linear-acumi- 

 nate sterile segments. — Khizome ascending ; sterile leaves 2'-3' long, 6" broad below, seg- 

 ments 10"'-8"' broad, sinus narrow. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guadeloupe ! ; Venezuela 1 

 to Brazil!]. 



151. Ii. procera, Desv. Leaf pinnatisect, coriaceous: segments of the fertile ones 

 linear, of the sterile oblong-Unear, obliquely cordate at the base, lowest conform, usually 

 petiolulate ; indusium large, brealdng into pieces. — Hook. Grev. Ic. t. 207. — Osmuuda, 

 Forst. ! L. Gilliesii, Hook, (jrei;.- Khizome stout, ascending-erect ; sterile leaves 2'-4', seg- 

 ments 2"-6" long, -the latter 6"'-18"' broad, very variable. 



[o. Segments serrulate.] o- i »r ^ o.k 



;8. striata, W. Segments, entire below, serrulate at the narrow s^ez.—Sieb. Mart. 245^ 

 y. lineata, W. Segments broad, subentire. — Onoclea, Sw. 

 Hab. Jamaica!, Fd., Ak, JBancr. (ft 7), peaks of the Blue Mountams ; Dominica!' 



