TAB. III. 
Anemia (Coptophyllum) aurita, Sw. 
Caudice repente, frondibus sterilibus longe stipitatis deltoideo- 
oblongis subcoriaceis glabris lucidis pinnatis infern e bipin- 
natis, pinnulis subrotundis rhomboidisve petiolulatis flabella- 
to-venosis crenulato-dentatis margine superiori ssepe auricu- 
latis, fertili (radicali) solitaria bipinnata lobis glomeratis, 
stipitibus predunculoque hirsntis. 
Anemia aurita, Swartz , Syn. Fit. p. 157. Willd. Sp. PI, 5. p. 
95. Presl , Suppl, Tent. Pteridogr . p. 80. 
Hab. Jamaica, Swartz; Dolphin Peak, Westmorland, Pur die, 
Wilson. 
Those species of Anemia which have the fertile fronds soli- 
tary and distinct from the sterile ones, have been separated 
by the late Mr. Gardner into a genus which he called Copto- 
phyllum , a separation which we are glad to find is not adopted 
by Presl in his work above quoted. Mr. J. Smith is disposed 
to refer it to Mohria. The present seems to be one of the 
rarest of the group, and, for half a century from its discovery 
by Swartz, only to have been known to that author. Presl 
had only seen sterile fronds. Mr. Purdie detected the species 
in one spot in Jamaica, but could find no fructification. At 
length Mr. Wilson sent us, with many sterile plants, one fertile 
one, which we have here represented. It does not appear 
to have been met with any where but in Jamaica. 
Fig. 1 . Pinnule, f. 2. Cluster of fructifications, f. 3. 
Capsule : — magnified. 
