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point. Both fides of the leaflets are hairy in our fpecimen, 

 as Plumier defcribes them ; though Willdenow and Swartz 

 call them fmooth. The denfe, twin, hairy, twice-compound 

 fpihes ufually rife a little above the leaf. 



3. K. blechnoides. Many-leaved Anemia. — Frond pin- 

 nate, longer than the fpikes ; leaflets numerous, parallel, 

 oblong, obtufe, ferrated, fmooth ; reftangular on their upper 

 fide at the bafe. — Brought from Brafil, by the late fir George 

 Leonard Staunton, from whom we received fpecimens in 

 1793. We cannot find any figure or defcription of this 

 fpecies, though a very remarkable one. The common Jlallt, 

 in its naked part, is fmooth. The leajlets are about forty 

 pair, parallel and crowded ; the lowermoft an inch and a 

 quarter long, and oppofite ; upper ones gradually fmaller 

 and alternate ; all together foi-ming a linear -oblong frond, 

 eighteen inches in length, with a (lightly hairy common r'tl, 

 which, by a hairy bud at the furamit, feems as if it would 

 take root there. Spikes lax, twice compound, meafuring 

 with their flightly hairy ftalks, about two-thirds of the 

 length of the leafy part. Their fubdivifions are extremely 

 narrow. 



4. A. oblongifolla. Oblong-leaved Anemia. Swartz n. 3. 

 Willd. n. 3. {Ofmunda oblongifolia ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 

 69. t. 592. f. 2.) — Frond pinnate ; leaflets obovate, obtufe, 

 dilated at the upper angle of their bafe, fringed. Stalks 



fmooth Gathered by Louis Nee at Panama. Several 



fl;alkedy>on<//, hardly fix inches high, fpring from the hairy 

 crown of the tufted root ; fome of them barren. The leaflds 

 of each are about ten pair, rather alternate than oppofite, 

 half an inch long, rounded at their extremity, as well as at 

 the dilated angle. Both fpikes rife much higher than the 

 leafy part, on flender flalks, and appear to be rather denfe. 

 We know this and the following from the work of Cava- 

 nilles only. 



5. A. humilis. Dwarf Anemia. Swartz n. 4. Willd. 

 n. 4. (Ofmunda humilis ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 69. t. 592. f. 3.) 

 — Frond pinnate ; leaflets obovate-wedgefhaped, abrupt ; 

 crenate at the extremity ; hairy beneath. Common ftalk 



hairy Native of Tabago, an ifland on the Mexican coaft, 



near Panama. Of more humble ftature than the laft, and 

 further diftinguifhed by the wedge-Uke fhape of its leaflets, 

 which are fewer, rather larger, crenate, and not fringed. 

 TYis fpikes are much fmaller than in the foregoing, raifed 

 high upon flender fmooth ftalks. 



6. h..filiformis. Slender Hoary Anemia. Swartz n. 5. 

 Willd. n. 5. (Ofmunda filiformis ; Lamarck Dift. v. 4. 

 652.) — Frond pinnate, downy and hoary; leaflets oblong- 

 wedgefhaped, obtufe ; jagged at the extremity. Common 

 ftalk hairy. -^ Gathered in South America by Mr. John 

 Frafer, who is reported to have communicated a fpecimen to 

 Lamarck. We have never feen this plant. It is defcribed 

 as eight or nine inches high, befprinkled in every part with 

 white or hoary hairs. Leaflets ftriated very copioufly and 

 confpicuouflv beneath. Spikes flender, compound, on 

 capillary ftalks, rifing high above the leaf. Savigny in 

 Lamarck. 



"J. A.tenella. Delicate Anemia. Swartz n. 6. Willd. n. 6. 

 (Ofmimda tenella ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6.69. t. 592. f. i.) — Frond 

 pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid, with linear- 

 awlfliaped fringed fegments. Common ftalk fmooth. — 

 Found by Louis Nee, on the trunks of trees in Quito, efpe- 

 cially on mount St. Antonio. A flender delicate fern, 

 about fix inches high, whofe leaflets have many fine, acute, 

 partly oppofite, fegments. The fpikes are fome what taller 

 than the leaf. 



8. A. hirfuta. Hairy Anemia. Swartz n. 7. Willd. 



"k ^' n-^f • u"-/- (^^"'""da hn-futa j Linn. Sp. PI. ,r2o 

 O. moUit^r hirfuta, et profundi laciniata ; Plum. FiJ ijq 

 t. 162. O. fpicis geminis villofa ; Petiv. Fil. n. i6c' t. 8* 

 f. 16. Lunaria elatior, matricariae folio, fpica duolici •' 

 Sloane Jam. v. i. 71. t. 25. f. 6.)- Frond pmnate, hairy ■' 

 leaflets deeply pinnatifid ; fe^ents tapering downwards • 

 obtufe and jagged at the extremity.— Native of the Weft' 

 Indies, growing on rocks. About a foot high, hairy all 

 over, except ^.he fpikes and thmr flalks. Several of the/rsn^ 

 are barren, which we prefume is the cafe with moft of the 

 neighbouring fpecies. Each leaflet is about an inch and a 

 halt long, with many narrow-wedgefliaped, deep, ftriated 

 fegments, hairy on both fides, and fharply notched. Each 

 fptke, near three inches long, is doubly pinnate, with flat 

 clofe fegments, broader than in moft of the genus, and the 

 capfules are reprefented by Plumier as marginal, and blackifli, 

 with much more intermediate fpace than ufual on each feg- 

 ment. Willdenow adverts to this circumftance, and the 

 hainnefs of the common ftalk, as indicating a fpecific differ- 

 ence between Plumier's plant and what he had examined. 

 Specimens from the Weft Indies, and from Dr. Swartz, cer- 

 tainly agree with Sloane's plant, and bke that, have a 

 fmooth common ftalk ; but having feen none anfwering to 

 Plumier's, we decline attempting a fpecific definition, from 

 his figure. He is, however, the original authority for 

 Anemia, or Ofmunda, hirfuta, and Petiver copies him ; but 

 Sloane's fynonym muft be referred to the new fpecies, if 

 fuch be eftabEfhed. 



9. A. deltoidea. Triangular Anemia. Swar, t. n. 8. 

 Willd. n. 8. ( Ofmunda deltoidea ; Cavan. Ic. v. 6. 70. 

 ^•.593: f- ■•). — Frond triangular, pinnate; leaflets deeply 

 pinnatifid, with rounded, crenate, crowded fegments ; 

 glaucous above ; hairy beneath. Common ftalk hairy at 

 the upper part — Found on rocks in the plain of Buenos 

 Ayres, by Louis Nee. A fpan high, with brpader and 

 rounder fegments of the leaflets than any of the foregoing. 

 The divifions of the common receptacle of ihefpike alfo are 

 broader, and more rounded, than ufual, approaching to thofc 

 in Plumier's plate of the laft. 



10. A. villofa. Shaggy Anemia. Willd. n. 9. — 

 " Frond doubly pinnatifid, oblong, fhaggy on both fides ; 

 fegments roundifh-ovate, obtufe, entire ; the lower ones 



obfcurely three-lobed. Common ftalk fliaggy." Gathered 



by Humboldt and Bonpland in South Ajnerica. Common 



flalk fix inches high, or more, roundifli, clothed with fliort 

 rufty wool. Frond three or four inches long, covered with 

 nifty hairs ; the upper fegments roundifli-ovate, verj' blunt, 

 and entire ; lower with two or three flight lobes ; common 

 rii denfely fliaggy. Spikes triply compound, denfe, taller 

 than the leaf, with hairy ribs and ftalks. Apparently akin 

 to the following, but the outline of the frond is oblong, not 

 triangular, and the rii ftraight, not zigzag. Willdenott/. 



1 1 . A-.flexuofa. Zigzag Anemia. Swartz n. 9. Willd. 

 n. 10. (Ofmunda flexuofa ; Lamarck Dift. v, 4. 652.) — 

 " Frond doubly pinnatifid, triangidar, downy ; fegments 

 oblong, obtufe, nearly entire ; common rib zigzag. Com- 

 mon ftalk downy." — Suppofed to be a native of Peru, but 

 for this there is no direft authority. We have feen no fpe- 

 cimen. Savigny in Lamarck defcribes this fpecies as 

 related, in many refpefts, to A. hirfuta, n. 8, but tlie princi- 

 pal leaflets are fimply pinnatifid. The flalks are about a 

 foot high, femi-cylindrical, channelled, befprinkled with 

 rather rigid, tawny hairs. Fronds from five to feven inches 

 long, with narrow, deeply pinnatifid, leaflets ; their fegments 

 oval, or foniewhat oblong, nearly oppofite, very blunt, 

 decurrent, ribbed, entire, or flightly notclied j paler beneath. 



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