^94 FILICES. 



var. pinnatum, Metten. !). — Fendler's PI. Venez. 446, is apparently a glabrescent form with 

 free veins.— a'-3' high ; segments 34"-li" long, 8"'-4"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., 

 Wils., Al. ;vS. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Cuba ! to Trench islands !, Siei. 

 Mixt. 332 ; Panama ! to Brazil !]. 



365. A. reptans, Metten. {excluss. var. 1, 2). Leaf pinnatisect, hairy : segments ob- 

 long or ovate, blunt, crenate (or repand-entire), subtruncate at the shorth/ petiolulated, 

 equal base : veinlets simple, lowest pair anastomosing and sending a vein to the sinus 

 (rarely iK^ws!fs,S), following pair distant: rhachis filiform, often proliferous at the summit ; 

 indusium abortive. — SL. t. 29. t. 30. /. 1. — ^Polypodium, Sw. P. repandum, Sw. ? : this is 

 probably P. cordatum, Hook., a form with subentire segments, and most (not always all) 

 veinlets free. — A. reptans, var. 3, var. 4, Metten. ! (exclus. syn. Sw.). — Ctespitose, decum- 

 bent; segments 12"'-4"' long, 5"'-4"' broad, much smaller in the proliferous part. — Hab. 

 Jamaica 1, Pd., Wils., Al., on limestone rocks; [Cuba! ; Guatemala ! to Brazil]. 



***** Leaf jfinnatisect-finnatifid, with entire (rarely crenate) segments or lotes. 



266. A. hastifolium, Gr. Leaf pinnatisect, glabrescent : segments oblong-linear, 

 blunt, entire, hastate at the subsessile base, superior adnate, lowest much decrescent : vein- 

 lets free, simple or forked ; rhachis puberulous ; indusium abortive. — Hook. Grev. Ic. t. 203. 

 — Polypodium, Sw. P. hastatum, Sw. A. reptans, var. 2, Metten. — 14'-4" high, csespi- 

 tose; segments 13"'-6"' long, 2'" broad. — Hab. lumakal, Macf, M'Nah, Saner., Pd., 

 in shady woods, and on rocks; [Cuba 1]. 



267. A. scolopendroides, Metten. [exclus. var. 1, 3). Leaf jiinnatipartite, pinna- 

 tisect at the base, pinuatifid at the summit, glabrescent : segments oblong or ovate, blunt, 

 entire (or crenate), lowest decrescent, distant: veinlets simple or forked, lowest pair ana- 

 stomosing near the rhachis, and forming a vein, that runs to the sinus : rhachis puberulous ; 

 indusium cordate-orbicular or suppressed. — Polypodium, Sw. A. Wrightii, Eat.J^Pl. Cub. 

 824. Hook. Spec. t. 239) : a form with large indnsia and the lowest segments upwards 

 aurioled.— I'-l k' high ; segments 1 2"'-6"' long, 4"'-3"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica \, Pd., Wils., 

 in dry places, on rocks ; [Cuba ! to French islands !]. , 



268. A. incisum, Gr. (non Sw.). Leaf pinnatifd to or beyond the middle, tapering 

 into a subentire base, somewhat rigid, puberulous at the ribs beneath : lobes oblong or 

 ovate, entire : veinlets simple (or forked), 2-3 lowest pairs anastomosing at and below the 

 sinus by a special vein: rhachis pubei-ulous beneath; indusium cordate-orbicular. — Plum. 

 Fil. t. 91. Kze. Famkr. t. 120. — Polypodium, Sw. A. st.enopteris, Kze. A. scolopen- 

 droides, var. 1, Metten. 1—%'i-W" high, li"-8"' broad at the middle ; lobes 3"'-4"' broad 

 at the base, blunt or pointed. — Hab. Bahamas !, Eraser ; Jamaica !, Mac;., in woods ; [Cuba 

 to New Granada!]. 



§ 3. Most veinlets in a loose network. 



269. A. guianense, Kl. Leaf pinnatisect, glabrous : segments numerous, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrate or repand-entire below the serrate apex, oblique at the shortly petiolu- 

 lated base, terminal pinnatifd or lobed at the base : veins forming angular meshes (some- 

 times free) ; sori scattered pluriserial : indusium peltate-orbicular. — Hook. Spec. t. 234. — 

 A. abbreviatum, Hook, (non Schrad. : Schrader's Fern, communicated by Kunze, has the 

 segments pinnatiftd with blunt lobes and the regular veins of Goniopteris). — 2' high ; seg- 

 ments 3"-6" long, 6'"-12"' broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Wils. ; Trinidad 1, Cr., in wet pkces, 

 Aripo ; [New Granada, Guiana I, Brazil], 



270. A. meniscioides, W. Leaf pinnatisect, coriaceous, glabrous : sterile segments 

 i-i-jugal, oblong, shortly acuminate, subentire, obliquely cuneate at the subsessile base, 



fertile contracted, lanceolate : veinlets in serial meshes, most meshes with free appendages ; 

 sori confluent: indusium "peltate," deciduous. — Hook. Grev. let. 121. — A. confertum, 

 //oo*. e>-«».— Stout, 3'-6' high ; sterile segments 6" long, 1 J" broad, fertile 3"-4" long, 

 6"'-8"' broad. — Hab. Trinidad !, Schk., Pd., in damp woods, Aripo ! ; [Guiana ! to Brazil !]. 



271. A. macrophyllum, Sw. Stout ; leaf pinnatisect : segments i-S-jugal, oblong, 

 [.acuminate, repand or sinuate, distant, lowest often ^-partite, most-sessile, adnate-decur- 



