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the Berlin garden : these have an indusium, which is sappressed in young specimens from 

 Dominica. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Macf., Wils., Al., Blue Mountains at 7000' alt. (o) ; Dominica!, Imr. 

 (;8), S. Vincent !, Gnild.; [Cuha! and Mexico! to Chili !]. 



354. A. limbatum, Sw. Leaf pinnatisect, glahrescent : primary segments pinnatipar- 

 tite, sessile, ieanng a gland at the base beneath, secondary oblong or oblong-lanceolate,' 

 blunt, crenulate or entire, lowest downward produced : veiulets mostly siinple : rhachis gla- 

 hrescent ; sori infraterniinal, half-covered by the reflexed leaf-margin : indusium reniform- 

 roundish. — SI. t. 49.y. 1. Eie. Farnkr. t. 51. — A. Breutelii, Meiten. (Aniauropelta,X2«.)." 

 A. Sprengelii, Kaulf. ! : a form with entire segments and a more delicate indusium. — 4'-6' 

 high ; secondary segments 4"'-5"' long. — Hab. Jamaica (67.) ; S. Kitts (Brentel), S. Vin- 

 cent!, Guild.; [Portorico!, French islands !, Sieb. Mart. 355 ; Venezuela!]. 



255. A. aureovestitum, Gr. Leaf pinnatisect, glahrescent, paleaceous at the ribs 

 beneath : primary segments pinnatipartite, subsessile, secondary oblong-linear, blunt, suh- 

 distaut, inferior serrate : veinlets simple : rhachis and petiole densely clothed with rusty 

 scales ; sori equidistant from the midrib and margin : indusium minute, deciduous. — Book. 

 Spec. t. 246. — Nephrodium, Hooh. — To be compared with -4. ctenitis, Lk., fromBraziI.'-2' 

 high ; inferior secondary segments 6"'-5"' long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wils., Manchester ; 

 "Cuba !]. 



I'Yom A. tetragonum, Metten. {A. setosum, Kl. !), I exclude the S. Viucent locality, 

 Guilding's Fern belonging to A. molle, Sw. — A. L' Herminieri, Metten. (Jamaica, Breutel) 

 is unknown to me : it is apparently allied to A. limbatum, Sw., hut pubescent. 



**** Leaf pinnatisect with pi?matifd or serrate segments : lower veinlets approaching, 

 contiguous or anastomosing at or below the sinus (Conf. Polypodium tetragonum, L. ; 

 P. megalodus, Schk. ; P. crenatum, Sw. ; P. Jlaeopunctatum, Kaulf. ; F, oblitera- 

 ■ tum, Sw.). 



256. A. iuvisum, Sw. Leaf pinnatisect, somewhat rigid, simply puberulous at the ribs 

 beneath : segments long, oblong-linear, acuminate, pinnated beyond (or to) the middle, 

 sessile, lowest little decrescent : lobes oblong, falcate acute, entire : veinlets simple, 1-2 

 lowest pairs contiguous (or approaching) at the sinus or along a plait below it : rhachis 

 simply puberulous or glahrescent, 3-gonal ; sori equidistant from the midrib and margin : 

 indusium reuiform-roundish. — SI. t. 51. t. 50. /. 1. — Stout, variable; segments 12"-6" 

 long, 12"'-8"'(-6"') broad. 



■ a. Segments pinnatifid to |— |, 12"'-8"' broad. — A. incisum, Sw. Serbar. I (probably a 

 mistake in Swartz's autograph, instead of A. invisum). A. serra. Hook. (Wr. Cub. 1003). 

 A.. ToaevVimm, Hook., Eat. \Wr. Cub. 822. 1002: both partly). A. macrurum, JTaa^. .' 

 (A. subincisum, Sieb. Mart. 354), is a form of the same with the lowest pair of veinlets ap- 

 proaching, but a little distant at the sinus. Nephrodium schizotis. Hook. ! : » pubescent 

 form with the lower secondary divisions larger. 



(3. Schkuhrii. Segments pinnatifid to the middle, S"'-6"' broad. — Schk. Crypt, t. 18. — 

 A. Serra, Eat. {ex parte, Wr. Cub. 1004). A. macrurum, Metten. in PI. Cub. Rugel. 



Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), common in woods; Dominica !, Imr.; Trinidad !, Sch. ; [Cuba ! to 

 BrazU !]. 



257. A. Serra, Sw. Leaf pinnatisect, rigid, simple puberulous at the ribs benealh : 

 segments long, linear, acuminate, pinnatifid to the middle, sessile, lowest as large : lobes 

 ovate-deltoid, entire : veiulets simple, 1-8 lowest pairs contiguous along a plait below the 

 sinus : rhachis simply puberulous or glahrescent, 3-gonal ; sori equidistant from the midrib 

 and margin : indusium reniform-roundish. — SI. t. 48. /. 1. Kze. Farnkr. t. 59. — A. au- 

 gescens, Lk. {Wr. Cab. 923). Swartz's species was confounded by Kunze with the prece- 

 ding, but his description (" piunsE 3"'-4"' latitudine") leaves no doubt: Schkuhr's figure 

 (Crypt, t. 33. b.) is doubtful, and may be a form of it with shorter segments. 2'-4' high ; 

 segments 5"-12" long, 3"'-4"' broad. — Hab. Jamaica!, Wils., Pd., in wet places, S. Anns, 

 S.Marys; [Cuba!]. 



258. A. patens, Sw. Leaf pinnatisect, usually pubescent beneath : segments lanceo- 

 late-acuminate, pinnatifid beyond (or to) the middle, sessile, lowest little decrescent : lobes 

 ebloug, bluntish; subentire : veinlets simple, lowest pair contiguous {or approaching) at or 



