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2. A.phylUtidiB, Sw. — Rootstock shoii;, npright, fibfous ; stipites 

 cs&spitose, usually fe\v^, erect, J - 1 ft. 1. slender, light coloured, naked 

 or fibrillose, pubescent ; fronds, barren division sessile, simply pinnate, 

 deltoid or oblong-deltoid, widest at the base, J - 1 ft. 1., 4 - 8 in. w. 

 with a terminal entire or lobed pinnae and 4-9 pairs of spreading la- 

 teral ones, which are 2 - 4 in. 1, ^ - 1 in. br , cuneate or rounded at the 

 base, thence tapering to the acuminate apex, thin or papyraceous, pale 

 or grey green, slightly fibrillose or pubescent chiefly on the ribs, the 

 margins finely serrated or crenate, veins very oblique, freely areolated, 

 forming long narrow meshes; panicles two. On slender stems 4 - 6 in. 1. 

 which they equal or exceed, cylindrical, compound, the branches 1-4 

 in. 1. — PI. Fil. t. 156. Anemedictyon, J. Smith. 



Infrequent on rocks and banks up to 4,000 ft. alt. A larger species 

 than hirta, with longer branches to the panicle, and distinguished 

 above all by the areolated venation though in external aspect the two 

 are much alike. Plumier's figures are represented with free veins. 



3. A. o'longifoUa. Sw. Eootstock erect, clothed on the crown with 

 ferruginous tomentum ; stipites tufted, slender 1-3 in. I straminous, 

 fibrillose ; fronds : barren division 2 -4 in. 1. 1-1| in. br. composed of 

 few pairs of patent, oblong, or ovate-oblong opposite, entire pinnae, 

 which are ^-f in. 1. 2-3 li. b., obtuse the margins dentate the base 

 cuneate or unequal and obliquely truncate, subcoria ceous, nearly or quite 

 naked or the rachis fibrillose, terminal one border ; panicles two, 

 sessile, 1-2 in. 1,, on every slender petioles, A humilis, Sw. 



Grathered by Purdie according to Grisebach, probably in central or 

 western parishes. I have only seen Cuban specimen (Wright n. 3933), 

 from which my description is taken. One of the smallest species of genus. 



4. A. hirta, Sw. — Pootstock small, fibrous, erect, clothed with brown 

 tomentum ; stipites tufted, erect usually few, slender, 4 — 8 in L, fib- 

 rillose-pubescent ; fronds : barren divisions, sessile, deltoid-oblong, 

 broadest at the base, 3-6 in. I. 2-4 in. b. simply pinnate with a terminal 

 entire or lobed pinnae 3-8 spreading lateral ones, which are 1-2 in. I., 

 J— I in. w., cuneate or rounded at the sessile base, thence tapering to the 

 acuminate or acute point, pellucid, papyraceous, light green, slightly 

 pubescent or ciliate on ribs and veins, the margins crenate; veins very 

 oblique, close, fine, repeatedly forked, free ; panicles cylindrical 1-3 in. 

 1. on slender pubescent stems, as long or longer, the branches, short and 

 compact. PI. Fil. t. 157. 



Frequent on rocks and banks from the lowlands up to 4,500 ft alt. 

 It is often confounded with phyllitidis from which its generally smaller 

 size and free veins ("though an odd pair do casually unite) distinguish 

 it. From mandiocana its fewer pinnae and different shape mark it. 

 Plumier's figure is an excellent representation of the species. 



5. A, mandioeana, Padd. — Stipites tufted erect, pale brown, pubes- 

 cent or naked \-\ ft. I fronds; barren divisions pinnate, chartaceous, 

 gray-green, pubescent or glabresent, obloDg-lanceolate, ^-1 ft. 1. 2-3^ 

 in. br. composed of a terminal pinnae and 8-12 or more spreading late- 

 ral pairs, which are l-lj in. 1. J- J in. b. serrulate, the point obtuse-acute 

 the base inequilateral, veins forked, flabellate, oblique, panicle petiolate, 

 reaching to the top of the leaf. — Hook & Grev. Grard. Fer. t. 36, 



Jamaica according to Grise^ach, who correctly describes it, but I 

 have only been Brasilian specimens. It differs from phyllitidis by its 



