2 70 Crypt oga mia. 
pointed. Native of Spain, Portugal, and the Canary 
Islands. 
Lonchitis. Gen. char. — Fructifications in lines 
under the sinuses of the frond. 
Lon. Hirsuta, Hairy Spleenwort ; with blunt entire 
pinnatifid fronds ; native of the mountains of Jamaica, 
and grows to the height of four or five feet. 
Lon. Pedata, Footed Spleenwort ; with fronds pe- 
date, leaflets pinnatifid and slightly serrated. Native of 
the mountains of New Liguanea, in Jamaica ; grows 
two or three feet in height on a single stalk ; divides 
into three parts, of which the middle is a single frond, 
and the lateral divisions are composed of three fronds 
each. 
Adiantum. Gen. char.-— Fructifications in round- 
ish, distinct, marginal points. 
Ad. Capillus Veneris , True Maiden-hair ; with the 
frond alternately decompounded ; leaflets wedge-shap- 
ed, lobed, on footstalks. On rocks and moist walls near 
the sea. 
Lindsjea. — Fructifications linear, continued, sub- 
marginal ; capsules opening interiorly. 
Lind. Reniformis, Kidney-shaped Lmdsaea ; with 
simple, kidney-formed, very obtuse frond. Native of 
Guiana. Lin. Trans. Vol. III. 
Pteris. Gen. char. — -Fructifications in a continued 
marginal line; involucrum from the inflected margin 
of the frond, continuous, opening interiorly. 
Vtev. Aquilina, Common Brakes ; with supra-decom- 
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