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1. L. onocleoides, Sproug. — Rootstock finger-thick or less, long creeping up tKe stems of trees, densely 

 clothed above with linear-subulate ciliate-edged scales ; stipites several, erijcto-spreading at the top of the 

 rootstock, stiff channelled, naked, except at the dark coloured base, 2-4 in. 1.; fronds nanow, l-l^ ft. 1. 

 H-2 in. w. pinnate, coriaceous, naked, light green, paler beneath ; pinuau close acuminate or acute, 

 broadest at the -adnate base where they touch each other but are barely connected, in 1. f in. w.; 

 narrowed at the base to two or three contiguous or subdistant much reduced lobe-lik(! or morely rudimen- 

 tary segments ; rachis channelled down the face, sharp ridged beneath ; veins spreading, simple and forked 

 immersed, slightly depressed on the underside ; fertile fronds ratlier broadei', ilie j)innie linear, in. 

 apart, narrowed and then slightly dilated at the base, the lowest rudinienlary, — Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. 3. t. 146. 



Infi-equent at 4,000-6,000 ft. alt, ascending trees in damp forests. The immersed veins are faintly 

 channelled on the underside, the surface rather glossy, the apex of the fronds terminating in a lanceolate- 

 acuminate entire pinuic ; that of the fertile frond being narrow and caudate. ]Much less frequent than 

 the next species, whicli it closely resembles as a reduc;ed form, and is probably only a variety of. 



2. L. atteiinata, Willd. — Rootstock thumb-thick, freely repent, vertical on stems of trees, densely 

 clothed at the top with long, linear-acuminate, ciliate-edged castaiuious s(;ales ; Hti])ites erect or nearly so, 

 naked except'at the base 4-8 in. 1. strong and stiff, subcylindric, slightly channelled, dark brown beneath ; 

 fronds oblong-lanceolate, pinnate, 1^-2 ft. 1. 2^-4 in. w. coriaceous, naked, light green, paler beneath, re- 

 duced at the base to distant merely rudimentary lobes ; pinna) close, broadest at the base, barely connected 

 tapering outwards and acummate, slightly curved, 1^-2 in. 1, \ in. w. or rather less, the margins entire, 

 even ; veins simple or forked, close, spreading, immersed, the surface depressed on the underside ; fertile 

 fronds broadly ovate-lanceolate, the pinnic linear, 3-4 in. 1. 1-2 li. w. not dilated at the base, or the in- 

 erior side very slightly decurrent 5-6 li. apart ; sori continuous, involucres dark brown, entire. 



Very abundant on trees in forests and by waysides from 3,000-6,000 ft. alt. A large and stronger 

 plant than the preceding, but which it much resembles. The scales of the widely ascending caiidex are 

 very abundant, tapering very finely, undulate and ciliate-edged in the outei' part. The barren and fertile 

 fronds are thrown out in alternate tiers, several in each, but at dift'eieut seasons of tlie yeai', generally. 

 This is the common species found on trees everywhere within the altitudinal range mentioned. 



3. L. Feeii, Jeran. — Rootstock free creeping, ascending the trunks of trees densely clothed in the 

 growing part with linear-acuminate, tine, dark brown scales ; stipites erecto-spreading, several, strong, 

 cylindi-ic, narrowly channelled, scaly at the base, 3-6 in. 1. ; fronds lanceolate-oblong, coriaceous, naked, 

 pale, the imderside paler, pinnate 1^-2 ft. 1. 3-4^ in. w. with a lanceolate-acuminate terminal pinna 2 

 in. 1. and roundly lobed at the base ; pinnae 2-2^ in. 1. f in w. straight or lather curved, spreading, very 

 acuminate, those of the upper half of the frond, barely connected at the expanded bases, those of the 

 lower half narrowed at the base and J— | in. apart, the basal ones reduced ; rachis channelled on the face, 

 flat or rnundecl and dark in the lower part beneath ; above this rather ridged ; veins raised on both sides, 

 spreading, simple and forked, the club-like apices forming a raised, connected, intramarginal line, the 

 margin outside of this very thin, even or faintly serrulate in the finely acuminate part of the pinntc, 

 fertile fronds somewhat more slender, not wider, rather truncate at the base, the stipes somewhat shorter, 

 the pinnaj linear, not dilated at the base, about i in. apart, involucres entire, finally open — L Plumieri 

 Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 4. 



Infrequent at 4,000 ft. alt. Ascending the stems of trees ; gathered at Moody's Gap, a pass in the 

 mountain chain between St. Andrew and Portland Parishes. Marked from the two preceding which it 

 resembles in habit of growth colour and general aspect, by the pinnte the frond of the lower half or 

 third being narrowed toward the base and separated, and by the venations being prominent on both 

 sides with clavate apices along the margin. As this is not the plant recognised by English botanists as 

 Desyaux's Plumieri, I have found it necessary to adopt a fresh name for that employed by Fee in des- 

 cribing it. 



4. L. L'llcrminieri, Bory. — Rootstock terrestrial, erect, slender, elongated and reaching a span high 

 freely coated above with fine castaneous scales ; stipites clustered, scaly at the base, 3- 6 in. 1. dark brown 

 beneath, green and narrowly channelled on the face, cylindric ; fronds lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, pinnate, ft. 1. 3-4 in. br. reduced at the base ; pinna; close straight or falcate 

 broadest at the base where they are barely connected 11-2 in 1. \ in. w. acuminate or acute crenulate at the 

 point the lower ones gradually or suddenly reduced, passing into shallow lobes 1 li. deep, veins close, forked, 

 immersed, impressed on the imder surface, spreading ; rachis brown or darker, rather flat in the lower 

 part, paler and somewhat ridged in the upper part ; fertile fronds ovate, lanceolate truncate at the base rather 

 broader, the linear pinnae ^-lin. apart ; involucres entire, dark coloured.— Hook. Gard. Ferns t. 40. 



Plentifid, often himcbed together, in infrequent localities at 5,000-6,000 ft. alt. in moist forests. 

 WTiile this is about the size and has much the aspect of all the preceding, it is a strictly terrestrial species. 

 The lowest lobes are very shallow and slightly disconnected, but do not pass into rudimentary poijits. 



5. L. Plumieri, DesY. — Rootstock terrestrial, decumbent or erect, elongated, moderately stout, scaly 

 at the apex ; stipites clustered, erect, ^-1 ft. 1. scaly at the base, dark brown or blackish, flat and chan- 

 nelled down the face ; fronds ovate-lanceolate, papyraceous, dark green and glossy above, paler beneath, 

 naked, l\-2\ ft. 1. ^-f ft. w. fully pinnate at the base almost so above tliis, tapering at both ends, at the 

 top gradually mto an entire terminal pinnaj 2-2^ in 1. ^-^ in w. ; pinntc spreading, 2-5 in. 1. | in. w. 

 less or more, the base broadly expanded, more so upward, the sinuses very acute in the upper part, " 

 usually open at the bottom of the frond, even-margined, or slightly serrulate at the acute or acuminato 

 pomt, passing into shallow auricles at the base, which dwindle into mere glands, veins spreading ob- 

 liquely, distinct but not raised, forked, 1 li. apart, with glandulosc clavate apices ; rachis strong, flat and 

 slightly channelled on the face, broadly rounded beneath and purple-brown ; fertile fronds the same si-ie, 

 but stipites much longer, pinnae very narrow, an inch or more apart, with a dilated membranous base; 

 involucres continuous, entii'e. — P. divergens, Kimze. 



Infrequent in very damp forest, on stony ground, from 3,000 ft. alt. upwards j a species marked, iU 



