EUCUOUNDENS BTEISZPCHU MES AD EAS POTISSIMUM SPECIES ILLUSTRANDAS DESTINAT.E, QUZE HACTENUS, VEL IN HERBARIIS DELITUERUNT PRORSUS INCOGNIT E, VEL SALTEM NONDUM PER ICONES BOTANICIS IINNOTURERUNJE FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FERNS, PRINCIPALLY OF SUCH AS HAVE BEEN ALTOGETHER UNNOTICED BY BOTANISTS, OR AS HAVE NOT YET BEEN CORRECTLY FIGURED. BY WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, LL.D. REGIUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, AND FELLOW OF THE ROYAL, ANTIQUARIAN, AND LINNEAN SOCIETIES OF LONDON ; AND ROBERT KAYE GREVILLE, LL.D. FELLOW OF THE ROYAL AND ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETIES OF EDINBURGH, AND OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME Il. "CowNTArNEING PLATES I.——CXX. LONDLINI: PROSTANT VENALES APUD TREUTTEL ET WÜRTZ, TREUTTEL Fi.. ET RICHTER, 30, SOHO-SQUARE : PARISIIS; APUD TREUTTEL ET WÜRTZ, VIA DICTA DE BOURBON, No. 17. ARGENTORATI; APUD EOSDEM, VIA DICTA GRANDE RUE, No. 3. 1831. Mo. Bot. Garden, 1894 LONDO NZSN: PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY 0F LONDON, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. FLAMMAM. Dates of Publication Hooker & Greville, Icones Filicum plates 1-60: 1827 " 61-120: 1828 ." ]£1-140: 1829 " 141-180: 1950 " 181-200: 1830-931 " 201-250: 1881 Data from Boivin in Can- adian Field Naturalist 64; 218-214. 1950. NATHANIELI WALLICH, M.D. SOCIETATIS REGLE LONDINENSIS ET INSTITUTI REGII GALLICI SOCIO, HORTI BOTANICI CALCUTTENSIS DIRECTORI, QUO SCRUTANTE, FLORZE INDIC/E THESAURI LATISSIME SUNT PATEFACTI, QUO DONANTE, COPIOSISSIME PER TOTAM EUROPAM DIFFUNDUNTUR, VIRO, SI QUIS ALIUS, LYNCEO, SAGACI, PERITO, BENEVOLO, MENTE PARITER AC MANU LIBERALI, HOC QUALECUNQUE OPUS GUL. J. HOOKER. ROB. K. GREVILLE. THE present Work on. Fznxs having been brought to a close, it only remains for the Authors to return their grateful acknowledgements to those Botanists who have, in the most liberal manner, assisted them with specimens and observations. The names of these are, indeed, invariably given under the respective species which they have had the kindness to furnish ; but it behoves the Authors, in an especial manner, to express their thanks to Dr. Wallich, of the Calcutta Botanic Garden ; to the Rev. Lansdowne Guilding, of St. Vincent; to Dr. Bancroft, Mr. Wiles, and Mr. Lunan, of Jamaica ; to Professor William Jameson, of Quito ; to Charles Telfair, Esq. and Professor Bojer, of the Mauritius ; and to Mr. Charles Fraser, of New Holland. "To the first of these Gentlemen, in particular, they have been indebted for continued supplies of the Ferns of the vast continent of India; and these have now arrived to so great an extent,—and not from Dr. Wallich alone, but also from Dr. Wight, of Madras,—that it is in contemplation with the Authors, under the sanction and patronage of the Honourable the Board of Directors of the East India Company, to form from them a new and separate publication, under the ütle of * Frricgs AsraTricE RAnRrOoRES," to appear on the same size and plan as the * PLANTE AsrATICA RaRnrioRzs' of Dr. Wallich. Glasgow. ber 1, 1831. Edinburgh. | Novem dii. AME b), | NUR Nue be //// - 1i. v ON ; d aa. j 4 : w 4 7. 9 RN SN A. TM UO - QS t. ind / N/ M SLM N MEANS SN WW. * yy) r 7 D AT I d C: M 72977 TAB. L — ACROSTICHUM CRINITUM. FILICES.—GvrnATx. Br. PorveopiacExm. Kaulf. Fiuicrs vere. Willd. Gzwx. Cuan. ZCROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem frondis (interdum diversz) vel ad ejus partem sparse. Zndusium nullum (nisi squamulze, v. setze in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). £r. . ACROSTICHUM crinitum ; paleaceo-villosum, frondibus ellipticis obtusis ciliatis, fertilibus minoribus, stipitibus villosissimis. | Acrostichum crinitum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1523. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 133. JFilld. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 108. Lingua cervina villosa amplis foliis subrotundis. Plum. Fil. p. 109. t. 195. Haz. In Martinice arborum truncis. Z/wmier. Insula Sancti Vincentii. Ziev. LL. Guilding. Radix e fibris ramosis, pubescentibus. | Caudez nullus, nisi reliquise stipitum vetustorum. Stipes 6—8-pollicaris, crassitie pennae anserinze, semiteres, densissime villosus, villis longis, purpureo-nigris, basi dilatatis, horizontalibus. Frondes steriles non raro pedales, ellipticee seu ovales, basi apiceque obtusissimse, paululum undulatee, crassiusculeo, luteo-virides, costa prominente percursze, utrinque villis nigris margineque ciliatee. Eli villi insigniter fragiles sunt et sub lente basi dilatatze, reticulatze; marginibus involutis. — Frondes fertiles plerumque duplo minores, supra margine villosz, subtus fructiferze. Capsule totam inferiorem partem, costa excepta, tegentes, intense fuscee, annulo vix completo cincte, pedicellatze, pedicello capsula subseque longo. Semina spheerica, subreticulata. Fig. 1. Capsula clausa. f. 2. Eadem dehiscens. f. 3. Pedicellus. f 4. Semina:—magn. auct. | "Acrostichum. crinitum seems to be a plant of very rare occurrence; the only station, hitherto given, being the Island of Martinique, where indeed the fructification does not appear to have been - discovered. Our friend Mr. Guilding has sent us truly magnificent specimens from the Island of St. Vincent, in various states ; and from these our figures have been made. qUAM. P Cuv PA IL A wg P, À, gà, / d CIL PP, . TAB. II. ACROSTICHUM SUCCIS/EFOLIU M. FILICES.—GrnaT2. Br. PorvPoprAcEx. Kaulf. Pur vereze. JWWilld. Gzv. Cnan. Z2CROSTICHUM, Linn. Sor? amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem frondis (interdum diverse) vel ad ejus partem sparse. Zndusium nullum (nisi squamulee, v. setze in quibusdam capsulis interstinctze). Dr. ACROSTICHUM sSuccisefolium ; fronde simplici oblonga coriacea obtusissima stipiteque ferrugineo- squamosis, squamis lanceolatis spinuloso-serratis. Acrostichum succiszfolium. — Pet. 7A. Esq. de la Flore de Trist. d'zde. p. 31. Carm. Descr. of the Isl. of Trist. d' lc. in. Linn. Trans. v. 12. p. 510. Kaulf. Enum. Fl. p. 60. Poir. in Encycl. Meth. Suppl. v. 1. p. 120. | Has. In sylva insule Tristan d'Acunha. z4ubert du Petit Thouars. Carmichael. Ynsule Mauritii. zdubert du Petit Thouars. Caudez repens, hic illic fibrosus, paleis squamosis, subulatis, intense fuscis ubique obsitus. Stzpes 6-pollicaris et ultra, erectus, crassiusculus, undique ferrugineo-paleaceus. Frons digitalis, coriacea, oblonga, costa medio instructa, basi apiceque valde obtusa, utrinque paleaceo-squamosa, squamis lanceolatis, acuminatis, spinuloso-ciliatis, membranaceis, reticulatis, non raro subpeltatis :—Jerzilis magis angusta basi apiceque obtusissima. Capsule numerosissimze, totam inferiorem partem icolitfs tegentes, costa excepta, intense fuscse, pedicellate ; annulo fere completo. Semina subspheerica, reticulata, marginata. Fig. 1l. Squamae. f.2.2.2.2. Capsule. f.3. Semina:—magn. auct. This very distinct species of Zdcrostichum seems to have been found by M. du Petit Thouars in | the Isle of France, as well as in Tristan d'Acunha, Our specimens are from the latter island, wiiere they were gathered by Captain Carmichael. | | Poiret has given this plant upon the authority of Jussieus Herbarium as the 24. succisafolium of that author; but he probably only adopted the name of Du Petit Thouars. | | TAB. 4H. "5 adit "2 m E "T T o 7" dra A CM ,ZG«« M TAB. III. ACROSTICHUM GLANDULOSUM. LI FILICES.—GvnaTz. Br. PoryropiaCEm. Kaulf. | Firiczs vere. Willd. Gzw. Cnan. 2CROSTICH UAM, Linn. | Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem . frondis (interdum diverse) vel ad ejus partem sparsz. Zndusium nullum (nisi squamulee v. setze in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). Jr. AcROSTICHUM &landulosum ; fronde simplici oblonga coriacea basi apiceque acutiuscula subnervosa nudiuscula glabra glanduloso-punctata, stipite subsquamoso, caudice dense paleaceo. Acrostichum glandulosum. — Carmichael MSS. Acrostichum oblongum? — Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1813. p.271. Has. In promontorio Bonz Spei. Carmichael. Caudex repens, crassus, lignosus, squamis ferrugineis, membranaceis, ciliato-dentatis, densissime obsitus. Stipes 2—5 uncias longus, hinc sulcatus, basi prsecipue subsquamosus. Frondes 38—85-pollicares, oblongse, coriaceze, margine parum revolutz, medio costatz, nervis obscuris parallelis, punctis glandulosis pellucidis adspersse, czetero glabrze, nitidee, costa subtus paululum paleacea, basi apiceque acutiusculee :—fer?iles fronde minore angustiore, sed stipite longiore. Capsule totam frondem tegentes, fuscze, numerosissimsae ; longe pedicellatz;e, annulo magno. Semina sphaserica, marginata, margine tuberculato. | Fig. 1. Capsule. f 2. Capsula magis aucta. f. 8. Semina :—7magn. auct. This is very nearly allied to 74. conforme of Swartz: but our specimens of that plant are per- fectly destitute of glandular dots. Still more closely does it approach the 4. oblongum of Desvaux, which Kaulfuss unites with the 74. conforme. | | 7 7] ANA AP M ei.ia A S | m siio " y up dd. . 27 D LM reville de. ZA. JV. wa c, GLasgowu IBSB Iv. ACROSTICHUM RADDIANUM. FILICES.—Gvnarz. Br. PorvroprAcz E. Kaulf. —Firrcms verw. JWilld. Gzx. Cuan. 4CROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem frondis (interdum diverse) vel ad ejus partem sparse. Zndusium nullum (nisi squamulze v. setze in quibusdam capsulis interstincta). Br. AcnosricuuM Zaddianmum ; frondibus stipiteque villosissimis, sterilibus lineari-lanceolatis, fertilibus ellipticis integris. — | Acrostichum spathulinum. | addi, Fil. Brasil. p. 3. t. 15. f. 2. Has. In udis rupibus torrentium super Montes Estrellenses, Brasilie. Zadd:. Radix dense csespitosa, fibris valde ramosis subpinnatis. Stipites plurimi ex eadem radice, 2—3 uncias longi, erecti, densissime pilosi, pilis patentibus rufescentibus. . Frondes steriles 8—4 uncias longe, lineari-lanceolatz, obtuse, basi sensim in petiolum attenuatee, utrinque mar- gineque ferrugineo-piloss. Hi pili sub lente serrulati sunt, basi dilatati, concavi, reticulati, membranacei :— Jertiles sterilibus multo breviores, ellipticze, acutiusculee, dorso margineque solummodo pilosse. Capsule totam frondem dorso tegentes, longe pedicellatze, sphzericee, late annulatee, annulo incompleto. Semina parva, sphaerica. Fig. 1. Pilus vel squama. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—maagn. auct. We have changed the name which Professor Raddi applied to this Fern, because of its similarity with that of spathulatum, given by Bory de St. Vincent to a species of the Isle of France, and which, as far as we can judge from the figure in the Voyage aux Quatres Isles des Mers d'Afrnque, we agree with Raddi in considering very nearly indeed allied to the present; differing almost solely in the very obtuse and emarginate extremity of the fertile fronds. TAA, NF. C URS S ERE Kwer Su. Gago w, Dr erevidde atf. lAB. V. CETERACH PEDUNCULATA. FILICES.—GvnATx. Br. Porvropracrz. Kaulf. FiricEs verm. Willd. Gzs.CuHan. CETERACH. Sorilineares transversales. — Zndusia nulla. JF'illd. CrErERACH pedunculata; fronde simplici lato-lanceolata sinuato-crenata reticulata basi attenuata, fertili longe stipitata, soris e costa ad marginem frondis attingentibus. Has. Sylhet Ind. Orientalis, ubi legit DD. Smith. Misit clariss. JZ"allich. Caudex repens, lignosus, tortuosus, pennzs passerinze crassitie, subtus radiculosa, radiculis e fibris ramosis descen- dentibus, quorum majoribus hirsutis. | Frondes steriles et fertiles ex eadem caudice, utraque stipitata. Sterilis: Stipes erectus, glaber, gracilis, nitidus, pallide fuscus hinc sulcatus, 3—4-pollicaris. Zrons 4—6- pollicaris, lato-lanceolata, membranacea, fusco-viridis, apice acuminata, basi attenuata, decurrente, margine sinuato-crenata, costa instructa venisque horizontali-patentibus, venulis anastomosantibus. Fertilis: Stipes ut in sterili, sed triplo longior. Frons ut in sterili, sed magis angusta, crenata, substantiaque firmiore. Indusium nullum. Sori lineares, intense fusci, in venis parallelis et cum iis alternantibus et totam latitudinem e costa ad marginem occupantes. Capsule spheericee, sublonge pedicellatee, reticulatee, annulo fere completo. Semina minuta, oblonga, vix angulata, fusca. Fig. 1. Capsule. f 2. Semina:—magn. auct. How far the genus Ceterach merits to be distinguished from Grammitis must be left to be deter- mined by future observation. Kaulfuss makes one of the characters to depend on the chaffy scales with which the fructification is covered, as in CeteracA Officinarum. 'These scales are totally wanting in our plant; but the sor? are transverse, upon which appears to rest the main character of the genus as distinguishable from Grammitis. Grammitis again, according to Mr. Brown, has the sor? * venulá unicá insidentes." In Ceterach pedunculata they occupy each a number of veinlets or reticulations exactly intermediate between the straight lateral veins. | | SF PM ode t vi ra 7 À TA MPG. d 2 : C a *- wa: Jo. GZongow. e a. crrev A TAD.-VI. GRAMMITIS DECURRENS. FILICES.—GrmnaATx. Br. PorvroprACcEx. Kaulf. FiricEs vers. Willd. Gr. Cuan. GILAMMITIS. | Sori oblongi, lineares, recti, sparsi. Zzdusia nulla. JZilid. GnaMMrTIS decurrens; fronde pinnatifida, segmentis remotis lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis, stipite rachique glabris. Grammitis decurrens. JZ'all. MSS. Has. In India Orientali (Nepal?). JZallicA. Caudex repens, crassus, valde fibrosus, fibris ramosis non raro hirsutis. Spes pedalis et ultra, pennze corvinze crassitie, erectus, glaber, nitidus, fuscus, teres, hinc sulcatus. Frons, circumscriptione late ovata, profunde pinnatifida, segmentis 6—8-pollicaribus, patentibus, lanceolatis, acu- minatis, coriaceo-membranaceis, apice acuminatis, marginibus integerrimis; rachi levi superne late, inferne anguste alata. Sori in medio frondis ut et in segmentis, lineares, obliqui, venulis suppositi, prope costam, sed non ad marginem attingentes. Capsule spheericze, longe pedicellatze, reticulatee, annulo incompleto. Semina parva, oblongo-subreniformia. Fig. 1. 1. Capsule. f. 2. Semina:—magn. auct. In the Grawmitis decurrens of. Dr. Wallich we have a species quite unlike any other described plant of the genus, and very similar in habit to many species of Po/ypodium. We have received specimens from Dr. Wallich in 1820, and again in 1826 from the Honourable the East India Company; but the exact place where the plants were gathered is not mentioned. | | 4 | // TA VZ. e» 99, «P € ——— -n— LORD LEN RE C pun upvemta. A 6revide zc. ian o, ono VATES VH: TAENITIS FURCAT A. E LJ FILICES.—GvnATx. Br. PorvronraAczzm. Kaulf. —Firicxs verm. Willd. GEN. Cuan. 7ZVENITIS. Sorus linearis, continuus, quandoque interruptus, longitudinalis, inter costam et marginem exteriorem frondis situs. — Zndusium nullum. JZilld. TaeNITIS furcata ; frondibus dichotomo-partitis pinnatifidisve, laciniis lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis, subtus squamuloso-punctatis. Tenitis furcata. — J/illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 136. Smith in. Rees Cycl. Pteris furcata. — Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1531. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 95. Lingua cervina furcata. — Plum. Fil. p. 122 et 141. Has. In sylvis Hispaniole. P/wmier. Insula Sancti Vincentii. Rev. L. Guilding. Insula Trinitatis. D. Lockhart. Caudex repens, ramosus, densissime squamoso-tomentosus, intense fuscus. Stipes fere nullus. Frons spithamzea ad pedalem, erecta, inferne indivisa, linearis, basi attenuata, superne vel dichotomo-partita vel pinnatifida; laciniis ultimis et nonnunquam lateralibus furcatis; omnibus lineari-lanceolatis vel linearibus, 3—96 vel ad 8 uncias longis, 6 lineas (in specimine Plumieri unciam) latis, coriaceo-membranaceis, integerri- mis, acutissimis, costatis et obscure venosis, facie superna viridibus, subnitidis fere nudis, subtus pallidioribus punctato-squamulosis, squamulis minutis, ovatis, reticulatis, peltatis. Sori in duas lineas longitudinales prope marginem frondis, et totam fere longitudinem laciniarum plerumque occu- pantes. Zndusium omnino nullum. Capsule pedicellatee, annulo completo. Semina oblonga vel subreniformia. Fig. |l. Squamula. f.2. Portio frondis cum soris. f. 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. If we are right in referring this undoubted species of. 7iznitis to the 7. J'urcata of Swartz and the Lingua cervina furcata of Plumier, it would seem to be a species of very rare occurrence, and only hitherto known to Plumier. The figure in our plate indeed differs from that of Blaicon In its much narrower fronds, and in the divisions being rather such as to give the character of pinnatifid than regularly dichotomous : but since the annexed engraving was finished, we have received speci- mens from His Excellency Sir Ralph Woodford of Trinidad, gathered by Mr. Lockhart, which have , the fronds considerably broader, still narrower than Plumier's plant, and with some of the individuals (evidently the younger ones) simply dichotomously divided. "The more perfect state of the plant is perhaps constantly pinnatifid with few segments, and the breadth of the frond is liable to much variation. Ja6, VIL, | | | «d | | W «| | ü , j | | | / u j | | p I] l] | | , | | /l | | A | | ) | III / ; | | V I | I] I] *wW I Nm M V ^ M | | 1 [ | ] L1 " E V [ |j / e À LP Tu PINE Le AD* Greviddo. ded! wea Nub TAB. VIII. PTERIS AUSTRALIS. FILICES.—GvnaTz. Br. Porvropraczm. Kaulf. Firices vere. JWilld. GrN. Cuan. PTERIS, Linn. SSori lineares, marginales, continui; capsulis sinu involucri insertis. Involucrum marginale, continuum, scariosum, intus liberum. Zr. Prznis australis; fronde dichotome radiata, laciniis linearibus acutis subfalcato-secundis, stipite frondem subequante. | Asplenium australe. — Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 74 et 258. t.3. f 1. IV'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 308. Acrostichum australe. Linn. Suppl. p. 444. (non V/A.) Has. Insulis Mauritii et Borboniz. 4 Stipites plures e cespite squamis lineari-subulatis, membranaceis, ferrugineis, nitentibus congesta, radiculas sim- plices villosiusculas fuscas inferne emittente," erecti, flexuosi, 4—5-pollicares, filiformes, hinc sulcati. Frondes lineari-filiformes radiatim dichotomz, laciniis 3—4-pollicaribus, acutis, subfalcato-secundis, glabris nitidis, ubique dorso sulcatis, marginibusque introflexis. Indusia e margine introflexo frondis continua, membranacea, initio fere ad costam attingentia. Capsule numeroszse, fusce. Semina sphserica, minuta. Fig. 1. Portio frondis horizontaliter secta, cum indusiis capsulisque. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. If our figure of the structure of the frond of this plant, and especially of the indusia, be correct, —and we have examined it with considerable care,—vwe trust we shall be considered to have done right in removing it from zsplenium to Pteris. Our specimens were gathered bv Captain Carmichael in the Mauritius. TAB. X. £5. WI Mg SN AU Grevildz d. E e , werzz .S TAB. IX. TRICHOMANES FLORIBUNDUM. FILICES.—Gvmnarxz. Br. PorvropniacExX. Kaulf. — Friricrs vere. JWilld. Grzw. CHag. ZRICHOMANES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo insertze, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Zr. TRicHoMANES /foribundum ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis lanceolatis spinuloso-serratis, superioribus decurrentibus. ^ Trichomanes floribundum. ZZumb. et Bonpl. MSS. JFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 505. Humb. et Kunth INov. Gen. Pl. m. Zq. v. 1. p. 25. Kunth Syn. Pl. v. 1. p. 89. Trichomanes pinnatum. — Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 142. Trichomanes rhizophylla. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p.142. * Cavan. Prel. 1801. 2. 696." Has. Ad ripam fluminis Rio Negro, prope San Carlos, in sylva opaca (Missiones del Orinoco). ZZumb. et Bonpl. In sylvis densis prope lacum Asphaltum, Insule Trinitatis. JDe Schach. Jamaica. Masson. Guiana. Herb. De Lessert. - * Radix fusca fibrosa, fibris crassis." JVilld. Stpes longitudine variat 2—3 uncias ad 6—8-pollicares, filiformis, gracilis. Frondes, circumscriptione ovatee, vel ovato-deltoideze, pinnatz, pinnis nunc 3—4-, nunc 16-jugis, cum impari, alternis, patentibus, lanceolatis, 3—86-pollicaribus, spinuloso-serratis, obtusiusculis, basi superiore truncata, inferiore subdecurrente, costatis, venis furcatis vasis transversalibus rete tenerrimum includentibus connexis (f. 2.):—summis confluentibus; terminali elongata;—in fronde sterili, loco pinnz terminalis, rachis apice nuda, elongata, radicans. Sor; marginales, numerosissimi, serraturas terminantes. Indusia cyathiformia, exserta, compressa, ore sub-bilabiato. Fieceptaculum indusio duplo triplove longius. Capsule ad basin receptaculi, rotundato-compressse sessiles, annulo completo transversali cinctae. Semina minuta subspharica. Fig. 1. Apex pinnz fertilis. f. 2. Portio pinnz. f. 3. Indusium, cum ejus receptaculo. f.4. Receptaculi basis, cum capsulis tribus. f. 5. Capsula. f. 6. Semina:—magn. auct. ] A beautiful and we believe very rare species of Z'ichomanes, remarkable for its numerous mar- ginal fructifications, and, as Kaulfuss well observes, for the nature of its venation. The lateral parallel veins resemble those of many monocotyledonous plants; and from the extreme delicacy of the parenchyme between these veins, the pinnz are frequently torn in the direction of them, as we see to be the case in the different species of /4usa. | The late Baron de Schach favoured us with the specimens here figured, from the shores of the Asphaltum lake in Trinidad. Hu —D—————————À d Was C Eum DT Greville a Kwan. de Vasgow. door X TRICHOMANES LUCENS. FILICES.—GvnaTx. Br. Porvropiaczz. Kaulf. — Firicrs vere. Willd. Grex. CHag. ZUICHOMANES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo insertze, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Zr. TnuicHoMaNES /ucens; subhirsutum, frondibus sub-bipinnatifidis pinnis horizontalibus lanceolatis acutis, laciniis brevibus sub-bidentatis, stipite rachique alatis. Trichomanes lucens. Swartz. FI. Ind. Occ. v. 3. p. 1734. Syn. Fl. p. 143. JFAilld. Sp. PT. v. 5. p. 506. AE | Has. Ad latera umbrosa cavernarum montium Jamaice. '$w. In monte Sancti Andrez, Insule Sancti Vincentii. Zev. L. Guilding. In Demerara, Americe Meridionalis. C. S. Parker. Caudez xepens, fibrosus, primum paleaceus, demum nudus. Stipes 8—4-uncialis, basi teres, pilosus, senectute nudus, superne preecipue alatus. Frons palmaris ad pedalem vel sesquipedalem, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, pellucida apice attenuata, sub-bipinna- tifida. inne horizontales, approximate, oblongo-lanceolate, magis minusve acute, venoss, reticulatze, venis nunc, et margine, hirsutis, laciniis rotundatis, brevibus, obtusis, bi-tridentatis. Sori in partem superiorem frondis, et ad apicem pinnarum, in singula lacinia. Indusium urceolato-cylindraceum, immersum, ore subcompresso truncato. Fieceptaculum indusio triplo longius, filiforme. Capsule ut in Tr. alato. Semina sphseerica. | | Fig. 1. Pinns portio cum soro. f. 2. Pars receptaculi, cum capsulis duabus. f. 3. Capsula. f.4. Semina:— magn. auct. - Trichomanes lucens varies much in size. Our specimens from $t. Vincent are generally from six to ten inches in height, while those brought to us from Demerara on the continent of South America, by our valued friend C. S. Parker, Esq., are nearly two feet in length. Ov MT: D." Geville: za, 26i TAB. XI. TRICHOMANES ALATUM. FILICES.—GvnaTx. Br. PoryPopiACEE. Kaulf. | Frrrczs vere. JWilld. GEN. CHag.. TRICHOMANES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo insertz, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Pr. TRiCcHOMANES alatum ; pilosiusculum, frondibus bipinnatifidis, pinnis lanceolatis acuminatis, laciniis lanceolatis inciso-serratis, stipite (superne) rachique alatis. Trichomanes alatum. — Swartz. FI. Ind. Occ. v. 3. p. 1732. Syn. Fil. p. 143. JF'illd. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 506. (non Hook. in FI. Lond.) Filicula tota translucens. — PIum. FL. t. 50. f. D. (vix bona.) Has. In montibus excelsis Jamaicze australis, alibique in India Occidentali. Swartz. Hispa- niola, et in Antillis minoribus. /77/d. Insula Sancte Vincentii. Rev. L. Guilding. Caudex repens. Fadiz e fibris plurimis longis nigricantibus vix tomentosis. Stipes 3—4-pollicaris, gracilis superne, e fronde utrinque decurrente, alatus, primum hirsutus, demum glaber. Frondes translucentes ovato-lanceolate, apice attenuatz, bipinnatifidaee; pinnis vel segmentis primariis lanceolatis attenuatis, laciniis lanceolatis, acutis, inciso-serratis, omnibus nervosis, sub lente pulcherrime reticulatis, nervis margine pilosis, pilis raris nunc furcatis. | achis alatus, plerumque pilosus. Indusia urceolata, dentibus laciniarum immersa, ore aperto truncato. Heceptaculum indusio triplo quadruplo longius, ad basin capsulis tectum. Semina globosa. | Fig. 1. Frondislacinis duz. f. 2. Indusium verticaliter sectum. f. 3. Portio receptaculi cum capsulis duabus. f. 4. Capsula. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. Excellent, in almost every.respect, as is the description that Dr. Swartz has given us of this plant, yet, probably in consequence of the indifferent figure referred to in Plumier, it has had the misfor- tune of being little understood; the Teichomanes lucens having generally been sent to us by the name of alatum,—a larger and much finer plant, as will be seen by our figure. This must not be confounded with the Z7ichomanes alatum * of Hook. in FI. Lond. (the Hiymeno- phuyllum alatum of Engl. Bot.) On referring that species to its proper genus, the old specific name was retained, without recollecting that it was preoccupied. It should now be called, after Smith in Rees's Cyclopzdia, T. europeum. Our finest specimens of the true 7* a/atum are from the Rev. Lansdown Guilding. .* "The two species are nevertheless very nearly allied. The European plant is much more divided, so as to be 3—4 pinnatifid, the ultimate segments never serrated. TAB. XH . : SN á ^W Hur 4 M NN / md 7 xam IIT p sg CIIM | Ka cii AVGrevidMe xe, TAB. XIT. TRICHOMANES CRISPUM. FILICES.—GvnaATz. Br. PorvropiACER. Kaulf. | Firrczs vere. Willd. Grzw. Cuag. TRICH OMANES, Sm. .Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo inserte, intra Znvolucrum monopoy dt suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. 2». TnicHOMANES crispum ; subhirsutum, frondibus pinnatifidis inferne pinnatis, pinnis horizontalibus oblongis obtusis obscure denticulatis, soris ad apicem pinnarum. Trichomanes crispum. — Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1560. Swartz. FI. Ind. Occ. v.3. p.1731. Syn. Fil. p.142. Jd. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 504. * Hedw. FW. t. 4. J:2. Smith in Rees. Cycl. Polypodium crispum calyciferum. | Plum. Fil. p. 67. 4. 86. Has. In Jamaica, Martinica, Demerara, et in Insula Guadeloupe. C. |$. Parker. Insula . Sancti Vincentii. Rev. L. Guildins. Caudex longe repens, squamosus. Jadixr fibrosa, nigra. | Stipes 3—6 uncias longus, erectus, hirsutus, hinc subcanaliculatus. Frons 6-uncialis usque ad sesquipedalem, oblongo-lanceolata, acutiuscula, pinnatifida, dS pinnata. Pinnce sesquipollicares, horizontales, parallela, approximate, pellucidee, crispatulae, oblongze, obtusse, nervis dicho- tomis margineque subhirsutze, brevissime et obscure denticulatz, reticulatz, areolis minutis. Sor? ad apicem, solummodo, pinnarum, venas terminantes. Indusia fere omnino immersa, cylindracea, ore aperto, subdilatato undulato.- Fieceptaculum indusio triplo quadruplo longius. Capsule ut in reliquis hujus familize. Semina, parva, subspharica. | Fig. 1. Apex pinnze, cum soris. f. 2. Ejusdem portio magis aucta. f. 3. Indusium verticaliter sectum. £. 4. Cap- sula. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. This, like the Zichomanes lucens, is liable to vary much in size. Omur largest specimens are from Guadeloupe, gathered by Mr. Parker. "Those here figured are from St. Vincent, and are intermediate between the largest and the smallest size. We possess some small and apparently young specimens which are thickly clothed with ferruginous hair, but do not seem otherwise to differ from the more common state of the plant. TAA, XII . Aréerevildo a. J war. íe GVasgow. TAB. XIII. TRICHOMANES SINUOSUM. FILICES.—GvnazATzx. Br. PorvropriAczz. Kaulf. Firicrs verc. JWilld. GrzN. CHag. TRICHOMANES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo insertz, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. JD». TRICHOMANES sinuosum; pilosiusculum, frondibus lanceolatis sinuato-pinnatifidis in stipitem de- currentibus, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis obtuse sinuato-dentatis, soris ad apicem pinnarum. Trichomanes sinuosum. «Zchard in litt." JZFAlld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 502. Lam. Illustr. t. 871. f. 1. Trichomanes quercifolium. — Desv. 2» Berl. Mas. v. 5. p. 328. Has. In Guadeloupe. 7Z?/d. Insula Sancti Vincentii. Aev. L. Gwilding. Caudex repens, filiformis, gracilis. Stipes 2—A4-pollicaris, filiformis, compressa, superne e basi decurrente frondis, alata. Frondes 6—10-pollicares, lanceolatz, sinuato-pinnatifidee, tenerrims, pellucidz, reticulatze, laciniis ovato-lanceo- latis, obtusis, brevissime sinuato-dentatis, simpliciter venosis, venis marginibusque pilosiusculis, pilis prope . basin articulatis, simplicibus vel bi-trifurcatis. Sori ad apicem pinnarum, pauci. Indusium cyathiforme, immersum, ore aperto. Receptaculum filiforme, indusio triplo longius. Semina sphserica. Fig. 1. Portio pinnze, cum soris duobus. f. 2. Indusium verticaliter sectum. f. 3. 3. Capsule. f 4. Semina:— magn. auct. A very delicate species, but, except in this greater degree of delicacy, smaller size and more obtuse segments, very nearly alied to 7" /ucens. Smaller specimens than those here figured are scarcely more than sinuated at the margin, and bear a single indusium upon each lobe; whilst larger specimens seem almost to have the character of the younger plants of T. lucens. : A Jwarz Jo, GÀapg oW. * ADU Grid 4 TAB. XIV. GLEICHENIA HERMANNI. FILICES.—Grzicurwzm. Br., Kaulf. ScursMATOPTERIDES. JWVilld. Gzx. Cuang. GLEICHENIA. Capsule annulo completo striato subsessiles, in soris rotundis dorsalibus, szepius definitz. Zndusium nullum.—Frondes dichotome vel furcate. GrEICHENIA Hermanni ; stipitibus dichotomis proliferis, ramis ultimis tantum frondosis, frondibus lanceolatis pinnatifidis glabris subtus glaucis, pinnis linearibus integerrimis obtusis, capsulis numerosis pyriformibus subpedicellatis. 4r. Gleichenia Hermanni. Jr. Prodr. F/. Nov. Holl. p. 161. . Mertensia dichotoma. — JZilld. in 44ct. Holm. 1804. p. 167. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p.163. JFilld. D. P0 v5.9. 71. Polypodium dichotomum. — ZAunb. Jap. p. 338. 1. 37? Dicranopteris. Bernh. in. Schrad. neu Jour. 1806. p. 38. (fide Br.) Filix Calmaria. Jumph. z4mb. v. 6. p. 85. t. 38. Has. In India Orientali, Japonia, Zeylona, Amboina, Java, Mauritio, Nepalia. JZa/lich. In Nova Hollandia. Jr. Insulis Societatis et Sandvicentibus. In India Occidentali, Do- minica, insula Sancti Vincentii. Ztev. L. Guilding. Caudex repens, tomentosus, fibrosus. Stzpes 9-pedalis, laevis, fuscus, nitidus, teres, repetitim dichotomus, ex axillis proliferus, foliaceo-bracteatus, ramis ultimis frondosis. Frondes geminato-furcatee; singula lanceolata apice attenuata, infra medium latiore, basi subangustiore, paululum falcata profunde pinnatifida, segmentis horizontalibus, linearibus, subattenuatis, apice obtusis, emarginatis, margine integro (nisi in speciminibus nostris e Nova Hollandia et Insula Mauritii, ubi segmentis inferioribus iterum pinnatifidis). Color partis superioris frondium viridis, subtus glaucus. acis costaque glabree, statu juniore non raro pubescentes. Nerv? obliqui, obscuri, dichotomi. Sori e capsulis 5—10, nervis, intra costam et marginem insertis, rotundato-pyriformibus, pallide flavo-fuscis, indusio destitutis, reticulatis, annulo lato distincto articulato integro cinctis, brevissime pedicellatis, superne hiantibus. Semina minuta, oblonga, subreniformia. Fig. 1l. Portio frondis a parte inferiore visa. f. 2. Ejusdem portio cum soris. f. 3. 3. 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina: |^o—dMagn. auct. This is perhaps the species of this curious genus which is the most generally dispersed, being found in the West as well as the East Indies, in Japan, in the Society and Sandwich Isles, and in New Holland. All these countries, however, are intratropical, except Japan and Nepal. The plant is liable to considerable variation. "The specimen figured in the Flora Japonica, and those which | we have received from M. Bojer at the Mauritius, as well as our New Holland individuals, have the lowermost segments of the fronds pinnatifid, so as to appear like those of the original G/eichenic, with which we think Mr. Brown has justly united the Mertensie. From the Prince of Wales Island we have a species which scarcely differs from this but in having the segments of the frond much longer and equally linear, so that each frond has almost exactly the appearance of that of Polypodium pectinatum. | Probably the Mertensia emarginata of Raddi, from Brazil, is not really distinct from our plant. It has the lower segments of the frond shorter, the whole frond somewhat narrower: the emarginate apices are common to both. To this Raddi refers the 7M. glaucescens of Humboldt and Willdenow. 9 77 2 agn : 3 C M M MMHRRAE: dd DF Greridée de. : . ware. Glaxgow. TAB. XV. GLEICHENIA IMMERSA. FILICES.—GrricuzwzEm. Br., Kaulf. ScHuisMATOPTERIDES. Jilld. Gzx. CHan. GLEICHENIA. Capsule annulo completo striato subsessiles in soris rotundatis dorsalibus saepius definite. —Zzdusium nullum. — Frondes dichotomz vel furcatz. GLEICHENIA immersa; fronde dichotoma ramosa, gemma primaria prolifera, pinnis geminatis pro- funde pinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus subtus costa utrinque ferrugineo pinnatifidis, soris minutis tomento immersis. Kaulf. Mertensia immersa. — Kau/f. Enum. Fil. p. 38. -tomentosis, ramis semi- Haz. In Brasiliz Insula St. Catharine. Chamisso. Insula Sancti Vincentii. Aev. L. Guildins. Ex insula Guadeloupe communicavit C/. Torrey. S?ipes repetitim dichotomus, primum pubescens, demum glaber, nitidus, fuscus, ex axillis proliferus, ramis ultimis (et antepenultimis, hinc) frondosis. Frondes geminato-furcate, lanceolatz, basi apiceque subattenuatz, 6-unciales ad sesquipedalem longe, supra glabrze, subtus ferrugineo-tomentosse, profunde fere ad basin pinnatifidae, segmentis linearibus horizontali- subfalcatis, marginibus omnino integerrimis. tachis demum glabriuscula. Costa pubescens. Sor tomento ferrugineo immersi, e capsulis quatuor radiatim dispositis, sphaericis, fere omnino sessilibus, oblique subverticaliter lato annulatis demum e vertice dehiscentibus. Semina oblongo-reniformia, parva. - Fig. 1. Portio frondis ab inferiore parte visa. f. 2. Ejusdem portio; cum soris. f. 3. Portio segmenti, tomento - abraso, cum soro capsulis duabus. f 4. Capsule. f. 5. Semina :—magn. auct. y This seems to agree so well with the JMertensia immersa of Kaulfuss, that we can have little doubt of the two plants being the same. It is possible that it may be the 74. pubescens of Hum- boldt and Willdenow ; though that is said to be clothed beneath with white down. Again, the 4M. bifida of the same author has many points in common with this; but according to the figure in fct. Holm. the branch immediately below the ultimate one is pinnatifid on each side. May not this be the 44. decurrens of Raddi ? | TAB. XV7. i 7f p "o" "up P 2:3 x ^ 27 ZA E D 2 Greville del | ; vC IMZg ^ AA : I LA vu 2" I A LA d wan Sc.GZa 4gow. TAB. XVI. ANEMIA ADIANTIFOLIA £ ASPLENIFOLIA. FILICES.—OswuxDAcEx. Br., Kaulf. | ScuisumaATOoPTERIDESs. JJlilld. Grex. Cuan. ZANEMIA, Sw. Capsule ovate, vertice radiatim striate, in spicis compositis uni- lateralibus dispositz, basi adfixze, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. —Zndusium nullum. Kaulf. Div. Spice pedunculate geminate ad basin frondis. ANEMIA adiantifolia; fronde bi-tripinnatifida triangulari, laciniis ovato-cuneatis apice denticulatis, subtus rachique pubescentibus, stipite glabro. «. fronde tripinnatifida, laciniis acutis. Anemia adiantifolia. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 157. — IFAlld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 94. Osmunda adiantifolia. | Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1520. Osmunda filiculzefolia major. — Plum. Fil. p. 135. t. 158. Lunaria elatior Adianti albi folio duplici spica. —,S/oane Jam. v. 1. p. 71. p. asplenifolia, fronde bipinnatifida, laciniis obtusis. "Tab. XVI. Anemia asplenifolia. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 157. Osmunda asplenifolia. Lam. Dict. v. 5. p. 652. Has. In India Occidentali. Insulis Bahamensibus. D. Swainson. | 8. In Dominica. Lamarck. - Jamaica. VAR. (9. JHadix ceespitosa, fibrosa, fibris ramosis. Stipes 4—86-uncialis, erectus, glaber, hinc sulcatus, basi nigricans, superne pubescens. -Frondes 8—5 uncias longae, ovato-triangulares, bipinnatifidze, pinnis lanceolatis, pinnulis ovato-cuneatis, coriaceis, tenuissime venosis, nitidis, inferioribus nunc bilobis, apice obtusis denticulatis, superne glabris, subtus rachi- que breviter pilosis. | Spice composite, bipinnatifidaee, pedunculatze, geminz, ad basin frondis insert, laciniis angustis, pilosis, hinc capsulis tectae. — Pedunculi magis minusve pubescentes. Capsule oblique, ovatze, sessiles, hinc gibbze, reticulatee, pallide fusce, paulo infra apicem radiato-annulatze, extus longitudinaliter dehiscentes. E Semina parva, sphaerica, sub summa lente reticulata. Fig. 1. Portio spicee a dorso visa. f. 2. Ejusdem pars superior. f. 3. Capsula. f 4. Eadem dehiscens. f. 5. Semina :—magn. auct. We received our specimens of this plant from Jamaica. "They entirely accord with the Z4nemia asplenifolia of Swartz; and we are of opinion, with Willdenow, that it can only be considered a variety of the 24. adiantifolia. ZA. XVZL. CVILCTZ Awaert a Glasgow, TAÀD. XVII. SCHIZIEA DICHOTOM A. FILICES.—OswuwpaAcEz. Br., Kaulf. | ScnismarorrEniDpzs. Willd. Gv. Cuan. SCHIZALA, Sm. Capsule ovales, sessiles, apice radiatim striato, basi insertz, in appendice divisa terminali frondis dorsales. —Zzdusium e marginibus inflexis appendicis con- tinuum, intus liberum. £r. SCHIZJEA dichotoma ; frondibus omnibus pluries dichotomis, laciniis linearibus costatis apice atte- nuatis, appendicibus pinnatis adscendentibus, involucris crinitis. B. Schizza dichotoma. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 150. * JFilld. Act. "4cad. Exrford. 1802. p. 30. t. 3. f. 2." JVAlld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 87. Smith in. Rees Cycl. Brown Prodr. Fl. (Nov. Holl. p. 162. * Ripidium dichotomum. | Bernhardi in Schrad. Journ. 1800. 2. p. 127. t. 2. f. 3." Acrostichum dichotomum. | Zinn. Sp. PI. p. 1525. « Filix cochine. — Petiv. Gazoph. t. 70. f. 12." Has. In India Orientali, China, insula Mauritii, Madagascar, Borbonia. Carmichael. Nova Hollandia, intra tropicos. Brown. Radix e fibris paucis, nigris, flexuosis, simplicibus, crassiusculis. Stipites 4—6-unciales, erecti, basi teretes, apice compressi. Frondes, circumscriptione subflabelliformes, repetitim dichotomze laciniis linearibus, compressis, coriaceis medio costatis, glabris, plerumque levibus, nunc, precipue in speciminibus e Nova Hollandia, marginibus costaque dorso asperis, apicibus obtusis. Appendices fructificantes recurvse, profunde pinnatifidze, a tria ad decem paria; in tribus ad quinque paribus dis- posite, oppositae lineares semiteretes, intus costa margineque pilosz, ultime breviores. Capsule duplici serie, costa utrinque, dispositee, sessiles, ovales, pulcherrime reticulate, ad verticem radiatz, lon- gitudinaliter, ad latus inferius (i. e. versus basin segmentorum) dehiscentes. Semina oblonga. Fig. 1. Appendix fructificans. f. 2. Ejus lacinia cum capsulis. f. 3.3. Capsule. f.4. Semina:—magn. auct. Mr. Brown, in his admirable Prodromus Flore Nove Hollandie, mentions that this plant is liable to great variation both in regard to the number of pinnz, of which the fructifying appendage is composed, and to the roughness of the frond. Sir James Smith, too, mentions an Otaheitan variety, or, as he is inclined to think, a distinct species, which he would call S. fastigiata, having « the segments of its fertile fronds level-topped and exceedingly numerous, the appendages uniformly four pair, as nearly as possible, in each spike, all of them erect and parallel, not divaricated, nor are the spikes recurved." We have received what we consider to be the same plant, from the East India Company, named by Dr. Wallich /S. dichotoma : but here the appendages are not one-fourth the size of those we have figured. The specimens here represented were sent to us from the Mauritius by M. Bojer. ^ (2 Pi Ws Jorio ! -— afwan. fe. GLacgow, TAD. XVIII. DAN/EA ALATA. FILICES.—ManarrriEex. Bory. Pomorrzniprs. Jh. Gzw. Cuan. DA4NZEA, Sm. Sori lineares, dorsales, transversi, paralleli. —Capsuíe in series geminatas arcte connate, superne poro dehiscentes. Zndusium superficiarium soros cingens. (Asplenii Sp. Zinn.) DawA alata ; fronde pinnata, rachi subnodosa superne alata; pinnis subsessilibus, sterilibus ellip- tico-oblongis acuminatis apice serratis, fertilibus anguste lanceolatis integerrimis. Danza alata. Sm. Zracts, p. 261. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 107. — VFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 68. Sm. in Rees. Cycl.— Kaulf. Enum. Fil. t. 1. f. 3. (pinna fertilis et sorus.) Lingua cervina nodosa minor. Plum. Fil. 4m. p. 91. t. 109. Has. In Martinica. P/wmier. Jamaica. Swartz. Insula Sancti Vincentii, non raro. Kev. L. Guilding. u Caudex longus, repens, carnosus, nigro-fuscus, supra reliquiis stipitum vetustorum tectus, hic illic fibrosus. Frondes bi-tripedales, simpliciter pinnatze, erectee; Steriles, circumscriptione oblonga, basi attenuata, apice acuta. S/pes subpedalis, tres quatuor lineas longus, squamulis ferrugineis obsitus, basi teres, auriculatus, facie superna canaliculatus. |. Rachzs compressa, ad pinnarum insertionem nodosa, superne membrana utrinque alata. JPinnce subremote, breviter petiolate, oppositae, 4—6-pollicares, inferiores multo minores, ovales, relique oblongo-ellipticee, apice attenuatze, dentato-serratee, basi inequali subcordata, supra intense virides, glabriusculse, subtus pallidiores, margine incrassato; costa subtus ferrugineo-squamosa, nervis numerosis parallelis distinctis fere horizontalibus, sim- plicibus, vel, rarissime, furcatis ; | Fertiles, quoad formam, fere omnino ut in sterilibus, sed pinnz multoties angustiores, lineari-lanceolate, acuminate, margine undulate potius quam serrate. Zndusium membranaceum, soros undique cingens. Capsule 19—16, ovales, nervo, ut nobis videtur, in series geminatas et arcte connatas unitz, massam (vel sorum) unicam linearem formantes, parallela, et totam fere inferiorem partem pinnarum occupantes, superne poro dehiscentes. Semina minuta, sphserica vel subreniformia. Fig. 1. Portio pinnz fertili. f. 2. Indusium a quo sorus removetur. , f. 3. Sorus lateraliter visus. f. 4. Sorusa dorso visus. f. 5. Portio frondis, cum duobus soris, longitudinaliter secta. f 6. Sorus hinc longitudinaliter sectus, f. 7. Semina :—magn. auct. I We are not aware that any attempt has yet been made to cultivate this handsome and curious species of Fern: but now that we have been so successful with many other individuals of this graceful tribe of plants, we do not yet despair of seeing it flourish in our stoves. It is probably a native of several of the West India islands, having been found in Martinique by Plumier, in Jamaica by Swartz, and in the fertile island of St. Vincent by our friend the Rev. Lans- down Guilding, whose inestimable botanical communications from that country, particularly of Ferns, have been one of the principal inducements for us to undertake the present publication. The genus JDanea is a very distinctly marked one, having the under side of the pinne almost wholly covered with closely placed, parallel, immersed sori, formed of a double row (the rows joined by the lateral nerve upon which the sorus is inserted) of closely united capsules, each opening by a pore at the extremity. Upon removing a sorus, a deep cell or cavity remains; as at fig. 2. Dl6revie de ——— emm E —— —— M Qc í€ TAB. XZX, Jwan. de. màu gen , c — —— DB CTS OPHIOGLOSSUM PENDULUM. FILICES.—O»nriocrossex. Br., KaulfÜ[ | SrAcuvorrrERiDrs. JFilld. Gzs. CHaxz. OPHIOGLOSSUM. Linn. Capsule nude, in spicam articulatam disticham con- natz, uniloculares, transverse dehiscentes, bivalves. JZ"Jld. OpurocLossuM pendulum ; fronde pendula lineari dichotoma, spica pedunculata medio frondis inserta. Ophioglossum pendulum. Zn. Sp. Pl. p. 1518. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. M70. JFilld. Sp. PI. v.5. p. 60. /Smith in. Fees Cycl. — Sieber Herb. Fil. n. 16. Scolopendria. Jwmph. zfmb. v. 6. p. 84. t. 37. f. 3. Has. In arboribus Amboynz, ubi rarum. Ziunphius. | Mauritii. Carmichael, Sieber. Et in montibus excelsis insule Owhyhee. David JVelson. Parasiticum. —.Frondes 2—3 ex eadem parva tuberculata radice, pendentes, bi-tripedales, usque ad quinque pedes longe, basi angusta, deinde lineares, tenues, siccitate coriaceo-membranacez, 6 lineas ad pollicem latze, sim- pliciter vel bis dichotomze, virides, reticulatse, areolis elongatis; segmentis apice obtusis, margine undique integerrimo. Spica pedunculata, nunc basin versus, prope medium, vel infra apicem, frondis sita, digitum ad pedem longa, pen- dula, linearis, compressa, marginibus utrinque capsulifera. LHse capsule arcte connata, sphzericze, transversim dehiscentes. Pedunculus duas uncias longus, teres. Semina parva sphaerica fusco-lutea. Fig. 1. Capsula dehiscens. f. 2. Semina :—magn. auct. . This noble species of Ophtioglossum, only perhaps exceeded in size by the South American OpAio- glossum palmatum, has been sent to us from the Mauritius by Captain Carmichael (from whose specimens the accompanying figure has been drawn) and by Dr. Sieber. It is probably not uncom- mon there. In Ámboyna, Rumphius says, it is exceedingly rare. In the Banksian Herbarium, Sir James Smith tells us, very fine specimens are preserved, gathered by Mr. David Nelson upon the high mountains of Owhyhee. Leman, in the Dictionnaire des (Sciences INaturelles, suggests that on more minute examination of the fructification, this species will be found distinct from the genus OpAioslossum : but we see no reason for entertaining such an opinion. 2UGrevi/de melt TAA.XX. $2? 25' prt ZA vi pr I HL. PXBO XX OPHIOGLOSSUM RETICULATU M. FILICES.—O»nuriocrossrz. Br., Kaulfí SrAcuvorrEniDzs. Jilld. Gzx. Cuang. OPHIOGLOSSUM, Linn. Capsule nude, in spicam articulatam disticham con- natz, uniloculares, transverse dehiscentes, bivalves. 7Z7/(d. * Opnr1ocLossuM reticulatum ; spica caulina longissime pedunculata, fronde cordata apiculata reticu- lata * radice elongata." Ophioglossum reticulatum. | Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1518. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 170. JfAilld. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 60. Smith in. Fees. Cycl.— Lam. Illustr. t. 864. f. 2. — Sieber Herb. Fil. n. 19. Ophioglossum cordifolium. ob. MSS. cum Ic. Ophioglossum cordatum et reticulatum. — Plum. FXL. p. 141. £. 164. Has. In Insulis Mauritii et Borboniz, Indize Orientalis. — In Hispaniola, Jamaica, et Guiana, Indi: Occidentalis. | Radix (fide Plumieri) descendens, elongata, carnosa, 2—83-pollicaris, fibris plurimis albidis simplicibus instructa. Stipes 4—6-pollicaris, erectus, teres, viridis. Frons solitaria, ad apicem stipitis, lato-cordata, vel cordato-rotundata, carnoso-membranacea, reticulata, areolis angulato-rotundatis, margine integerrimo, apice apiculata, basi profunde emarginata, marginibus in stipitem decurrentibus. Pedunculus e sinu frondis, erectus, teres, gracilis, 6—7 uncias longus. Spica terminalis, solitaria, biuncialis, lineari-compressa, mucrone terminata. Capsule parvse, arctissime connatee, seminibus angulato-sphaericis replete. Fig. 1. Semina:—magn. auct. It is the case with this, as with many other tropical Ferns, that it is found equally in the New as in the Old World. Our specimens are all from the Mauritius; but judging from the figures of Plumier above quoted, and the testimony of other writers, there appears to be no difference between them and those that are natives of the West Indies. The drawing was made from specimens gathered by Captain Carmichael in the Mauritius. we s — SÉ TAD. AN. ACROSTICHUM HYBRIDUM. FILICES.—Grnarz. Dr. Porvropnracrkm. Kawlf. | FriricEs vere. JVilld. Gex. Cnan. ZZCROSTICHUM, Linn. /Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem frondis (interdum diversz) vel ad ejus partem sparss. — Znvolucrum nullum (nisi squamule, vel sette in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). 7jr. AcRosricHUM ybridum ; frondibus oblongo-lanceolatis subacuminatis, margine costa stipiteque paleaceo-hirsutis, fertilibus multo minoribus glabris. Acrostichum hybridum. .ory de St. F'inc. l'oyage, v. 3. p. 95. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 3. JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 107. | "X. Acrostichum ciliare. Pet. Th. Trist. d'Acugn. p.32? — Carmichael in. Descr. of the Island of Tristan da Cunha, in Linn. Trans. v. 12. p. 510. (fide specim. ejus.) Acrostichum villosum. — S?eber, &yn. Fil. n. 27. non Swartzii. Has. Insula Borboniw. Bory. Mauritio. Sieber, Bojer. "Tristan da Cunha. Carmichael. Caudex repens, brevis, squamis longis, numerosissimis, fuscis, lanceolato-subulatis dense obsitus, inferne fibris plu- rimis, ramosis, ferrugineo-tomentosis instructus. Stipes 6—8-pollicaris, fusco-flavescens, squamis subulatis, fuscis, horizontalibus sparsim tectus. Frons oblongo-lanceolata, 6—8 uncias longa, duas uncias et ultra lata, submembranacea, indistincte marginata, medio costata, nervis subhorizontalibus versus eorum basin bis terve dichotomis, costa, superficie raro, mar- ginibusque. dense squamoso-hirsutis. Squamc subulatze, purpureo-fuscze, duas vel tres lineas longze, sub lente minute serrulatze atque pulcherrime reticulate, areolis oblongis. Frons fertilis sterili triplo minor, squamis nullis. | Capsule totam inferiorem partem, costa excepta, tegentes, fusce vel flavo-fuscze, pedicellatze, annulo crasso incom- pleto cinctze. Semina oblonga, subreniformia. Fig. 1. Capsule. f. 2. Semina. f. 3. Squama, e margine frondis :—magn. auct. This seems in every essential particular to accord with the 74. Ayóridum of Bory, who found the plant in the Isle of Bourbon, and whose name we have here adopted. We have received the same plant from Dr. Sieber, under the name of 24. villosum of Swartz, which, besides being a native of Jamaica, is described as having the sterile fronds on both sides, and the fertile one on the upper surface, clothed with hairs ; and so Plumier figures them. It is also the 74. ciliare of Capt. Carmi- chael, and probably of Du Petit Thouars. TAB.XXII. p e pr er rdi "t e AL ce.oOWtu22.0€c22cxx TAB. XXI. ACROSTICHUM OBTUSATU M. FILICES.—GrnATx. Br. Porvropnraczzm. Kaulf. Firicrs vere. lVilld. Gzw. Cuan. ZCROSTICHUM, Linn. | Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem frondis (interdum diversa) vel ad ejus partem sparse. —Znvolucrum nullum (nisi squamulee vel setze in quibusdam capsulis interstincta). £r. AcnosricHuM obfusatum ; frondibus simplicibus piloso-squamosis, squamulis subulatis sparsis ; sterilibus oblongis, Lx ubbus ovatis, stipitibus hispidis. Carm. Acrostichum obtusatum. — Carm. in Descr. of the Island of' Tristan da OU in Linn. Trans. v. 12. p. 510. Has. In planitiis ad rupes excelsas montis Insul Tristan da Cunha. D. Carmichael. Riadiz, nobis ignota. Stipes erectus, flexuosus, triuncialis, inferne glaber, superne plerumque hispidus, pilis vel squamulis lineari-lanceo- latis, horizontalibus, obscure reticulatis serrulatis fuscis. Frons sterilis vix sesquiunciam longa, ovalis vel etiam elliptica, nunc ovata, subundulata, coriacea, integerrima, apice obtusiuscula, pilis vel squamulis sparsis, plerumque versus basin frondis, obsita: fertilis minor, plerum- que ovalis, facie superna margineque squamuloso-pilosis. Capsule totam paginam inferiorem frondis tegentes, intense fuscze, sublonge stipitatze, annulatze, annulo lato, in- completo. Semina numerosa, parva, subsphzrica, margine tuberculato. Fig. 1. Plantes, magn. nat. f. 2. Squamula. f 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina :—magn. auct. Discovered in the Island of Tristan da Cunha by Captain Carmichael of Appin, to whom we are indebted for our specimens. We know not that it has been noticed by any other author. 77..29 cL TAB XXTIH- ACROSTICHUM FLAGELLIFERU M. FILICES.—G»vnArTz. Br. E om. Kaulf. | FVrricEs vere. Willd. Gzx. Cuan. 2CROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem frondis (interdum diversz) vel ad ejus partem sparse. — Znvolucrum nullum (nisi squamulz vel set: in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). Br. AcnosricHUM /lagelliferum ; fronde pinnata, pinnis paucis remotis lanceolatis (magis minusve latis) breviter petiolatis, terminali longissima flagelliformi. Acrostichum flagelliferum. | Z'allich MSS. Panna Mara-maravara. | Ztheede, Hort. Malab. v. 12. p. 39. t. 19. Has. In India Orientali. AAeede. JAallich. | * Caudex ab una parte excurrit, curvus, nodosus, exterius fuscus, interius rufus, lignosus, plurimis fibris capillisque nigris, circa inferiorem partem coriaceus, hirsutie, cui se corticibus arborum affigit, obsessus, odoris gravis et ingrati, saporis amari." Zheede. | Stipes altitudine variat, non raro pedalis, glaber, fuscus, hinc canaliculatus: racAis etiam glaber. Frons, circumscriptione, lanceolata, pinnata, pinnis remotis, 5—9, nunc oppositis, nunc alternis, s£erilbus ovali- lanceolatis, fertilibus lanceolatis, basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis, apice magis minusve acuminatis, costatis, simpliciter paralleli nervosis, marginibus undulatis nunc subcrenatis, ubique glabris; £erminali longissima non raro pedali, attenuata, recurva, et, ut nobis videtur, quandoque prolifera, radicante. Capsule nunc totam inferiorem partem omnium pinnarum tegentes, nunc magis minusve interruptze et intra nervos a margine decurrentes, intensze, fuscze, pedicellatee, annulo fere completo. Semina minutissima, oblonga, glabra. Fig. 1. Capsule. f. 2. Semina :—magn. auct. This highly remarkable Fern was communicated to us by Dr. Wallich from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, with the MS. name here adopted, and a reference to the very tolerable figure in the Z7ortus Malabaricus. lt is there celebrated as a medicinal plant of no ordinary virtue: * Cum saccharo in syrupum redacta, tussim, morbum endemium, omnia pulmonum vitia, dispnoeam, morbum lunati- cum, phthysin curat." TAB.XXIV "e t 2 i 77 a! YTAMHMIEE Vuleuip RUE. T2437, XXIV. GYMNOGRAMMA CHEILANTHOIDESs. FILICES.—GvnzATx. Dr. Poryroprackx. Kaulf. —Firicks verw. JWilld. GEeN. Cuag. GYMNOGRAMMA, Desv. /Sori oblongi venis frondis simplicibus furcatisve inserti. Zndusium nullum. | Frondes pinnate, bipinnatz decompositeque ; radices czspitose. Desv. GyMNocRAMMA cheilanthoides ; fronde pinnata, pinnis sub-bipinnatifidis, laciniis oblongis obtusis rachique pilosis. Gymnogramma cheilanthoides. — . Aau/f. Enum. FH. p. 71. Gymnogramma filipendulefolia. — Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1813. p. 25. Grammitis cheilanthoides. — Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 23. 219 et A19. JF'ilid. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 143. Carmich. in. Descr. of the Island of. Tristan da Cunha, in. Linn. Trans. v. 12. p. 510. Asplenium filipendulefolium. — Pet. T. Trist. d'Zdcugn. p. 34. t. 4. Has. In Insula Mauritii. Swartz. "Tristan da Cunha. Pet. Zhouars. Carmichael. Stipes gracilis, lzevis, nitidus, hinc sulcatus, nigro-purpurascens, 4—45 uncias longus. Frons, circumscriptione, lineari-lanceolata, pinnata, pinnis membranaceis, flavo-viridibus, arcte dispositis, ovato- cordatis, vix pollicem longis, profunde pinnatifidis; segmentis superioribus integris vel bifidis, inferioribus iterum pinnatifidis, omnibus oblongis obtusis subincurvis, dorso venisque subtus pilosis. Rachis superne pilosus, inferne glaber. Sori oblongi, venis lateralibus simplicibus vel furcatis inserti, indusio omnino destituti. Capsule brevissime pedicellatze, annulo incompleto. Semina parva, triangularia. Fig. 1. Pinna cum portione rachidis. f. 2. Portio pinnz cum capsulis. f. 3. Capsula dehiscens. f. 4. Semina:— magn. auct. In those Grammitides of Swartz and Willdenow, which have much divided fronds, the nerves are more decidedly furcate than in those with simpler fronds, and the sori have this forked character likewise. These species are removed by Desvaux, and we think with propriety, to the genus Gymnogramma. 'The present 1s: one of the most rare and the most beautiful. of the genus. Our specimens were received from Captain Carmichael, who gathered them at a considerable elevation on the face of the Table-land, and on a detached hill in the middle of the plain, in Tristan da Cunha. TAB.XXV. E. y M COH VITPLMBMMM PG A "Zac Gc. pm VA VA / TAB. XXV. GYMNOGRAMMA LEPTOPHYLLA. EIPICES S OvgnTR. By. PorvropraAcEz. Kaulf. Firicrs vere. Willd. GEzN. Cuag.. GYMNOGRAMMA, Desv. Sori oblongi, venis frondis simplicibus furcatisve inserti. Indusium nullum. Zvondes pinnate bipinnatze decompositzeque ; radices czspitosse. Desv. GvMNocRAMMA /eptophylla ; frondibus bipinnatis, pinnulis cuneatis decurrentibus subtrilobis, lobis obtusis bifidis bidentatisve. Gymnogramma leptophylla. — Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1813. p. 26. Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 81. Grammitis leptophylla. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 23 et 218. t. 1. f: 6. JFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 143. If/eb. et Mohr Fl. Crypt. Germ. p. 26. .Hemionitis leptophylla. * Lasasca Gen. et Sp. p. 33." Polypodium ? leptophyllum. | Linz. Sp. PI. p. 1553. Schkuhr FA. p. 26. Acrostichum leptophyllum. —.DeCand. Fl. Fr. v. 2. p. 565. Asplenium leptophyllum. —* Cav. in zdnnal. Sc. INat. v. 5. p. 13. t. A1. f. 3. mala." Osmunda leptophylla. —ILam. Dict. v. 4. p. 657. | Has. In Europa australi, locis humidis. FHadix parva, ceespitosa, e fibris nigrescentibus arachnoideo-tomentosis. Stipites erecti, glabri, nitidi, graciles, hinc sulcati, basi castanei, superne virides. Frondes circumscriptione ovato-lanceolatze, bipinnatee, tenerae, membranaceze, pallide virides, pinnis ovatis, alternis, distantibus, patentibus, pinnulis cuneatis alternis decurrentibus trilobis, lobis nunc bifidis, plerumque emargi- natis obtusis, pinnulis frondium sterilium majoribus. Sori in singulo segmento pinnularum venulis inserti, oblongi, non raro basi uniti, e capsulis numerosis fuscis, bre- vissime pedicellatis, annulo fere completo cinctis. | Semina numerosa, triangularia. Fig. 1. Pinnula ab inferiore parte visa, cum lineolis fructificantibus. f. 2. Sorus, capsulis plurimis abductis. f. 3. Capsula dehiscens, cum ejus seminibus. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. À. species confined, we believe, wholly to the South of Europe. The specimens from which our figures and description were made, were gathered by M. Thomas, of Bex, in the Pyrenées. TAB.XXVI T 2 29 EP E 2. T AR ,, A CFInNTAMAAM ^Z ecc .ceac. d TAB. XXVI. ASPIDIUM SINGAPORIANUM. FILICES.—GvnATxz. Br. Porvropracrz. Kaulf. FiricrEs verw. Willd. Gzw. Cuag. 44SPIDIUM, Br. HYPOPELTIS, Mich. 4SPIDII species, Sw., Willd. /Sori rotundi, dorsales. — Zpvolucrum orbiculare, peltatum, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum, undique liberum. Zr. AsPIDIUM /Singaporianum ; fronde simplici stipitata late lanceolata acuminata integerrima, basi decurrente, soris in venis ternariis, capsulis longe pedicellatis. Aspidium Singaporianum. —JZallich MSS. Has. In insula, Singapore dicta. — /Z"allicA. Caudex repens, sublignosus, hic illic radiculosus. Stipes erectus, 4—8-pollicaris, teres, glaber, nigro-fuscus, hinc sulcatus, inferne subsquamosus. Frons octo uncias longa, late lanceolata, submembranacea, utrinque glabra, margine omnino integerrima, apice acuminata, basi decurrens, costata, venisque lateralibus rectis subobliquis instructa. Ex his venis alise vens, venulis fructiferis reticulatee, ortae sunt. Sori numerosi, fusci, venis ternariis siti, parvi. Involucrum exacte orbiculare, medio depressum, membranaceum, peltatum, vix stipitatam, demum, marginibus solutis, subrecurvis, undulatis. Capsule sphserico-compressee, annulo integro cinctze, reticulatze, longe pedicellatze. Semina subsphserica, reticulata, limbo subpellucido marginata. Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soris. f. 2. Sorus vix maturus. f. 3. Sorus maturus. f. 4. Ejusdem sectio. f. 5. 5. Capsule. f. 6. Semina. In the character we have here given of zdspidium, we have in view the adopting Michaux's and. Mr. Brown's idea of separating the old ZZspid?um of Swartz into three genera, Aspidium, ANephro- dium, and Zthyrium. We have not yet ourselves had sufficient experience to determine how far their characters are well defined; but feeling the necessity of grouping into something more than divisional characters the overgrown genus ZAspidium, we willingly follow such able botanists as those now quoted. Of the original Zspidia, three only are described by Willdenow with * undivided fronds ;" and they have all an articulated or jointed stipes. "There is a fourth species with a stipes destitute of joint given in the Exotic Flora, 74sp. JP'allichii, Hook.: but that would be a /Vephrodium of Brown, and has the sori confined to a line on each side the midrib ; whereas here the fructifications are very numerous, arising, as in some Zo/ypodia, from the ultimate divisions of the veins: and indeed the. whole plant has much the appearance of a Po/ypodium. We are indebted for our specimens to our liberal friend Dr. Wallich. TAB. XXVII. ASPLENIUM SUBSINUATUM. FILICES.—GvnArx. Br. Porvropracrm. Kaulf. — FiricEs vere. JWilld. Gzw. Cnuan. 4$PLENIUM, Linn. | Sori lineares, sparsi, dorsales. Znvolucrum e vena lateraliter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. £r. ASPLENIUM subsinuatum ; fronde simplici longe stipitata lanceolata basi apiceque attenuata obscure nervosa, margine suberoso-sinuata. Asplenium rigidum. — JZ'allich MSS. (non Swartzii.) Has. In Nepalia. /Za/lich. In Zeylona (Herb. nostr.). Caudex repens, sublignosus, rigidus, fibrosus, nigrescens, setosus. Stipes 4—6-pollicaris, flexuosus, gracilis, basi setaceo-squamosus. Frondes 6—8-pollicares, coriaceze, lanceolatz, apice acuminatze, basi in stipitem attenuatee, margine laeviter reflexze, suberoso-sinuate, costatze, obscure nervosse, nervis patentibus parallelo-ramosis. Sori lineares, transversales, fere ad marginem frondis attingentes. Involucra pleraque superne aperientia; raro geminata (ut in JDZplazio), et tunc alterum ad latus inferum de- hiscet. Capsule numerosz, longe stipitatze, annulo fere completo. Semina. sphaerica, subangulata. Fig. 1. Frondis portio cum soris. f. 2. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina. V To the specimens with which we have been favoured by the Honourable the East India Company in 1825, the name Z4splenium rigidum of Wallich is attached: and we should have adopted this, had it not been applied by Swartz to a very different species. Again, the name of zspidium erosum, Wall., which accompanied Dr. Wallich's original specimens in 1820, is given by Linneus to a West Indian species. It is intermediate between z4splenium and Diplazium ; the main central nerve of a fascicle of nerves, as it appears to us, bearing the involucra of a JDplazium, while the lateral nerves on branches have those of Zdsplentum. 7] ü— ^ 7 ux2 Occ 5 v. due TAB. XXVIII. PTERIS DENTICULAT A. FILICES.—GvnaATx. Br. PorvropnrAcEm. Kaulf. Firices verw. JWilld. Grw. Cnan. Sori lineares, marginales, continui; capswlis sinu involucri insertis. — Juvolucrum mar- ginale, continuum, scariosum, intus liberum. Zr. Prrnis denticulata; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis decurrentibus suboppositis, duobus vel tribus paribus inferioribus margine exteriore (precipue) pinnatifidis raro bipinnatifidis setoso-dentatis, ferti- libus ad apicem solummodo denticulatis. Pteris denticulata. Sw. F7. Ind. Occ. v. 3. p. 1600. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 97. Kaulf. Enum. FA. p. 187. Pteris brasiliensis. Zaddi Syn. Fil. Brasil. n. 311. Eaddi Fil. Brasil. p. AT. t. 68 (bis). Pteris quadrifida. B. Presl. in Del. Prag. 1. p. 182. num. 32 (hide Raddi). Pteris tristicula. Ztaddi F9. Brasil. p. 46. t. 69? Has. In lapidosis umbrosis Hispaniole. Swartz. In Brasilia. Chamisso, Raddi, Burchell, D^ Maria Grakam. | .Cuvr. In Hort. Bot. Liverpool. Caudex non vidimus, sed teste cel. Raddi, * subnullus, radiculis numerosis filiformibus flexuosis rigidis instructus, apice dense squamuloso, squamulis lanceolato-acuminatis, denticulatis, nigris." Stipites 6—8-pollicares ad pedalem, graciles, tetragoni, utrinque canaliculati, glabri, superne subalati. Frondes pedales, nunc, fide Raddi, bipedales, circumscriptione ovatze, vel deltoideze, pinnate. inne plerumque exacte oppositze, lanceolatz, acuminatse, costate, reticulatee; superiores decurrentes, rel/que magis minusve petiolatze ; intermedic ad basin diviss, zg/fme margine exteriore (nunc interiore) pinnatifidze, laciniis raris- sime divisis. inne omnes, planta steril, margine dentatze, dentibus setosis, fertili, ad apicem, solummodo, dentato-spinulosis. —.Rachis petiolique alati, superiore parte praecipue. Sori continui, omnem marginem, praeter apices, occupantes. Capsule in sinubus involucri numerose, spharice, annulatz, longissime pedicellatze, pedicello gracili, articulato, celluloso. Semina triangularia, granulis minutissimis immixta. Fig. 1. Frons fertilis. f. 2. Frons sterilis. f. 3. Pinnze portio cum soro. f. 4. Sorus, intus visus. f. 5. Capsula. f. 6. Semina cum granulis :—magn. auct. If we are not deceived, this 1s a plant liable to considerable variation. We know, from speci- mens received from the author, as well as from the description and figure, that it 1s. Raddi's Pi. Brasiliensis : but then we equally believe it to be the Pt. denticulata of Swartz and Willdenow. And we have in our own possession such a series of specimens, as almost make us believe that the Pi. tristicula of Raddi, and even his Pt. spinulosa, are states of the same plant. The Messrs. Shepherds of the Liverpool Botanic Garden cultivate this plant in the stove: and it is well worthy a place in every collection. $37 WM C o | P A d 7 J2LIZB—PIINAT. tty Y^ ^s ; t / "Orevu a VA aeZ uL TAD: XXIX. / CRYPTOGRAMMA ACROSTICHOIDES. FILICES.—Grnarz. Br. PorvropiacEkxX. Kaulf. | Firrcks vere. Jilld. GEN. Cnan. CR YPTOGRAMMA, Br. Sori lineares (vel subrotundi) venulis costze (pinnulae) obliquis insidentes. Capsule pedicellate, receptaculo communi elevato nullo. Znvolucrum commune (pinnule) marginale, continuum, disco venoso, margine scarioso libero ssepius indu- plicato; partiale nullum. Filicule 2/abelle. | Frondibus cespitosis bi-tripinnatifidis : centralibus mutato-contractis fer- lilibus, exterioribus. sterilibus. Involucris dorsum totum pinnule tegentibus. | Capsulis breve pedicellatis, annulo incompleto : sporulis obtuse trigonis, levibus. Br. CRvPTOGRAMMA acrostichoides ; frondibus bipinnatifidis, sterilium pinnulis ovalibus crenatis ; fer- tilium demum explanatis, soris linearibus discum totum occupantibus. Jr. Cryptogramma acrostichoides. — Brown in "pp. to Franklin's Journ. p. 797. Has. Apud Nootka Sound. D. Memzies. Regione subarctica Americae Septentrionalis, in sylvis opacis scopulosis inter lat. Septentr. 56»? et 60». Richardson. * Filiv 4—8-uncialis, glabra, lete-virens, frondibus czespitosis, stipitatis, crasso-membranaceis opacis venis vix adversus lucem conspicuis. ** Frondes exteriores cespitis steriles, circumscriptione lanceolatz, bipinnatifidae apice pinnatze pinnis distinctis alternis brevissime petiolatis; pinnulis confluentibus, ovalibus, obtusis, crenatis, inferioribus passim dentatis, omnium venis e costa vix prominula acutangulis distinctis simplicibus bifidisve intra marginem crenaturze desinentibus. Szzpites pallidi, subtus semiteretes, antice bisulci, infra medium conspersi, squamulis lineari- lanceolatis acuminatis, disco fusco-atro, limbo pallido, supra glabri. tachis epaleata, angusta, compressa, colore et fere substantia frondis. Frondes centrales fertiles stipite sterilium longiore alioqui simili insidentes bipinnate : pinnze petiolatse ; pinnule omnes fructiferee distincte inferiores brevissime petiolatz ; ante expli- cationem involucri lineares, limbo utrinque recurvo, efformante Zmvolucrum fornicatum discum totum operiens pallide viride venosum margine scarioso avenio ssepius induplicato: demum explanate angusto-oblongz involucro quasi nullo: costa subtus particulis parvis flavis conspersa, venis coste obliquis, alte bifidis, fere bipartitis distinctis. | * Sor; ramulos omnes venarum a basi ad apicem occupantes, lineares, distincti sed ita approximati ut discus totus pinnulz explanatee capsulis maturus tectus est et in hoc stadio filix species Grammitidis vel Acrostichi quasi evadit. «* Capsule breve pedicellatze, turgide lenticulares annulo incompleto, altero lateri infra annuli terminationem trans- versim dehiscentes, receptaculo communi elevato nullo sed venze parum incrassatze insidentes. * Sporulc triangulares, laeves, &bsque striis manifestis vel puncto opaciori, in cumulo dilute flavae separatim hya- ling." Br. | Fig. 1. Pinnulz duse fertiles, involucris adhue involutis. f. 2. Portio pinnule transversim secta. f. 3. Pinnula, involucris explanatis. f. 4. Portio pinnule, cum soris. f. 5. Capsule. f. 6. Semina vel Sporulz :—magn. auct. To so admirable a description of this plant as that here copied verbatim from Mr. Brown, we can add nothing. We believe the plant has never been found except in the stations above given. Mr. Brown has drawn up the character of the genus so as to include our Zreris crispa; which he, nevertheless, considers a doubtful species of Cryptoeramma. To us, however, there appears no generic difference ; and the fertile fronds have the closest similarity, in almost every particular, except 1n the rather shorter so7? of capsules. In the sterile fronds the pinnules are much broader and never wedge-shaped, in the plant now before us. L2 meet - PE -— Ze «e ^ rev eir LÁ Swan. dca TAB. XXX. ADIANTUM CUNEATUM. FILICES.—Gxznzarx. Br. PorypropniACERX. Kaulf. | Vrxiczs verz. Willd. GEN. CnaRn. Sort marginales, punctiformes vellineares. —Z»volucrum e margine frondis replicato, disco venoso capsulifero, limbo membranaceo libero. Jr. ADIANTUM cuneatum ; frondibus triplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis petiolatis cuneatis membranaceis apice rotundatis laciniato-bi-trilobatis, lobis profunde emarginatis segmentis falcato-incurvis, sinubus soriferis, involucris reniformibus. Adiantum cuneatum. * Langsd. et Fisch. Ic. Fil. p. 23. t. 26." — JFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 450. Fiaddi Fil. Brasil. p. 59. t. 78. f. 2. Kaulf. Énum. Fl. p. 206. Has. In Brasilia. Langsdorff et Fischer, Chamisso, I* M. Graham, Burchell. Insula Sancti Vincentii. A2ev. L. Guilding. Curvr. In Hort. Bot. Liverpool. Radix subcaespitosa, fibrosa, fibris ramosis, tomentosis. Caudex digitalis ad palmarem, erectus, gracilis, atropurpureus, nitidus. Frons, circumscriptione, ovata vel subdeltoidea, triplicato-pinnata. Hachis petiolique gracillimi, atro-purpurei, nitidi. Pinnule breviter petiolate, duas ad quatuor lineas longe, membranacesze, glabrze, dichotomo-nervosse, cuneatze, lateribus nunc inzqualibus, apice inciso-lobate, lobis duobus vel tribus; in frondibus sterilibus, subdentatze ; in fertilibus, profunde emarginatis, segmentis falcato-incurvis, sinubus fructiferis. Involucrum exacte reniforme membranaceum, pallide fuscum, majusculum, arcte inflexum. Capsule in disco involucri, sphzericze, fere sessiles, reticulatze, annulatze, annulo incompleto. Semina oblongo-rotundata, vel subreniformia. | Fig. 1. Planta juvenis. f 2. Planta adulta fructifera :—magn. nat. f.3. Pinnula. f£ 4. Involucrum, intus visum. f 5. Capsula. f.6. Semimna:—magn. auct. There appears to us to be great difficulty in determining the species of the genus z4diantum without the aid of figures ; especially of that division which includes our European 74. Capillus Veneris, and which division or group is characterized by having petiolated pinnules of a thin mem- branaceous texture, and more or less regularly cuneate in form. The present plant is allied in general appearance to the species just mentioned, 44. Capillus l'eneris, but may be distinguished by its more compound frond, smaller pinnules, and, essentially, by the sori being placed in the bottom of the sinus of the notches. Still nearer does it approach to the A. assimile of New Holland (the A. trigonum of Billardiére, /Vov. Holl. t. 248.) ; and I scarcely know how they may be recognized, but by the more decided lobes of the pinnz of our plant, and the much deeper notches, within which the fructification is inserted: add, too, that the segments of these lobes are so incurved and meet together in such a manner as to render the notch itself almost obsolete; so that at jas sight the involucra seem to be intramarginal, or upon the disk of the pinnulz. In Brazil, the 44. cuneatum appears to be not uncommon ; and we have received an z4dtantum, which we can in no way distinguish from it, from St. Vincent, sent by the Rev. L. Guilding. "The Messrs. Shepherds received the plant from M. Otto of Berlin, under the name of 24. pendulinum. P atm (FIM MAI V IR A PUE e) — V. (wan. ous - TAD. XXXI. TRICHOMANES RENITFORME. FILICES.—GrzATA. Br. PorvpropraAcEE. Kaulf. | Firrcrs vere. Willd. Grex. Cuan. ZTRICH OMA NES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cy- lindraceo insertz, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Jr. TRicHOMANES reniforme; frondibus reniformibus integerrimis stipitatis. Trichomanes reniforme. — Forst. Prodr. n. 462. * Hedw. Fil. Jasc.3." Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 141. et p. 369. — JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 499. Has. In Nova Zeelandia. Forster. Menzies. In sylvis densis ad ripam fluminis * Thames" dicti : parasiticum. ZYaser. Caudex longe repens, gracilis, subtortuosus, ramosus, glaber, radiculosus, arboribus adnascens. Stipites digitales, alterni, plurimi ex eodem caudice, remoti, subcurvati, superne paululum dilatati, omnino glabri. Frondes simplices, fere exacte reniformes, duas tres ad quatuor uncias longa, quatuor ad quinque uncias latze, integerrimae, coriaceo-membranacez, diaphansee, nervis pluries dichotomis, e basi divergentibus, seu flabellatim dispositis. Sori ad marginem frondis, arcte dispositi, ad apicem singuli nervi. Iwcolucrum turbinatum fronde immersum, margine integerrimum. Feceptaculum cylindraceum, in speciminibus exsiccatis sublonge exsertum, et capsulis undique tectum. Capsule globosse, pulcherrime reticulatze, annulo lato completo cinctze. Semina globosa vel triangularia, singulo e tribus corpusculis composito. Fig. 1. Planta:—magn. nat. f. 2. Involucra dua. f. 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. This singular and very beautiful Fern is, we believe, entirely confined to New Zealand, where it climbs over the trunks of trees. We have received it from Mr. Menzies; but our finest specimens were recently sent to us by Mr. Fraser, the colonial botanist in New South Wales. The substance of the frond is rather thick, and it 1s pellucid, and of that nature which would lead to the suspicion of its having, in a fresh state, been succulent. In drying, therefore, the specimens may have shrunk considerably, especially at the: margins ; and to this circumstance, perhaps, may be attributed the exserted state of the capsules. TAB.XXXIL : JA. LC y WAP UM Am Vu CZTOUCCG C. Ou. TAB. XXXII. TRICHOMANES REPTANS. FILICES.—GvnATx. Br. Porvropnracrzx. Kaulf. —Firiczs verw. Wild. Gres. Cuan.. gTRICHOMANES, Sm. Sor marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo insert», intra Zmvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Jr. TRicHOMANEs repíans; frondibus erectis simplicibus cuneato-ovatis incisis pinnatifidisve arcte venosis, involucris paucis terminalibus exsertis bilabiatis, receptaculo subincluso. Trichomanes reptans. Swartz. FI. Ind. Occ. v. 3. p. 1727. Syn. Fil. p. 142. IFAilld. Sp. PI. v.b5. p. 501... * Hedw. Fil. 4.3. f- 4." (mala Willd.) Trichomanes minor repens, &c. Brown Jamaica, p. 86. Phyllitis scandens minima &c. — Soane Jam. v. 1. p. 74. t. 27..,f.1 ; Has. In arborum truncis vetustis cortici adnascens Jamaica. Swartz. Insula Sancti Vin- centii. Atev. L. Guilding. Caudex longe. repens, gracilis, filiformis, radicibus tomentosis dense obsitus. Stipites breves, vix semiunciam longi, ferrugineo-tomentosi. Frondes plurimze, pollicares, ovatze, obovateeve nunc rotundatee, basi semper cuneate, marginibus apiceque varie modo crenatis lobatis incisisve, hic illic fasciculatim pilosis, pilis minutissimis reflexis. Substantia tenera, membranacea, minutissime reticulata, pulcherrime venosa, vix costata, sed venis e basi versus margines radia- tim, vel potius flabellatim ramosis. Color lete viridis, nunc fuscescens. Involucra solitaria vel bina, ad apicem frondis, plerumque in sinu lobulorum, fere omnino exserta, cylindracea, nuda, vel, inferne, marginibus utrinque alatis, apice bilabiata, labiis subrotundatis demum apertis. Receptaculum filiforme, nostris speciminibus nunquam exsertum, medio capsuliferum. Capsule oblique insertze, sessiles, annulo completo instructze. "Semina subsphaerica. Fig. 1. Frondes du: cum portione caudicis. f.2. Involucrum. f. 3. Involucrum, verticaliter sectum. . f. 4. Portio columelle, cum capsulis duabus. f. 5. Pili marginis frondis :—magn. auct. Numerous beautiful specimens, received from our friend the Rev. Lansdown Guilding, of this minute Fern, enable us to give what we trust will be found to be satisfactory figures of this little known, though we believe not uncommon, species. The only ones that exist, that we are aware of, are, that of the younger Hedwig, which is acknowledged by Willdenow and Smith to be bad; and that of Sloane, which, though usually (and even by Swartz) quoted under 77. muscoides, we think is better referred to this. | We have reason, indeed, to believe that the 7. muscoides and reptans have been confounded by botanists; but the former differs from the latter (as we propose on another occasion to show more clearly by a plate) by its narrower, more beautifully reticulated and less veined frond, in the sub- stance of which the involucres are inserted. We have another nearly allied species from Guiana, gathered by Mr. Parker, in which there is a strong nerve, having only as many divisions as there are lobes to the frond. ' TEILT AL CULMPPUCTIL MZ r" Tz TAB.XXXIII o " - Var 72. Oct IDE. TAB. XXXIII. TRICHOMANES LANCEUM. FILICES.—GvnATx. Br. PorvropraACEs. Kaulf. | FirrcEs vere. JWilld. Grw. CHag.. TRICHOMANES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo insertz, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. £r. TRicHOMANES Janceum ; frondibus stipitatis linearibus pinnatifido-digitatis, laciniis linearibus in- equalibus elongatis obtusis setoso-serratis. J77//d. Trichomanes lanceum. | * Bory in. Lut." — JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 501. Steber, Syn. FA. n. 81. Trichomanes digitatum. | Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 422 et 370. Has. In Insula Borboniz. — Bory de /St. F'incent. Insula Mauritii. Seber. Caudex tenuissimus, filiformis, setosus. | Stipes erectus, 58—4 lineas longus, setis horizontalibus sparsis obsitus. Frondes bipollicares di-trichotomse, nunc subpinnatifide pinnis vel laciniis 4, segmentis linearibus costatis pul- cherrime reticulatis, marginibus ciliatis, ciliis vel pilis remotis, articulatis. Sori solitarii ad apicem segmentorum frondis. Involucrum substantia frondis immersum, turbinatum, subcompressum, ore aperto. Jeceptaculum involucro duplo longius, filiforme, ad basin capsuliferum. Capsule rotundatz, compressse, annulo lato completo cincts. . Semina angulata, e granulis tribus nunc quatuor composita. Fig. 1. Plantze:—;magn. nat. f.2. Frons cum portione caudicis. f 3. Apex frondis fertilis. f. 4. Pars inferior receptaculi, cum capsulis. f. 5. Capsule. f. 6. Semina:—magn. auct. The specimens from which our figure and description of this pretty little Fern were taken are published in the Synopsis Filicum of Dr. Sieber, and were gathered by him in the Mauritius. Na E 4 $e A up 7/7 - P d P2228 772722 P di Z2 (L:LB TAB.XXXIV TAB. XXXIV. HYMENOPHYLLUM MARGINATUM. FILICES.—GvnaTzx. Br. PorvPopiACER. Kaulf. | Firniczs verm. Willd. Gzs. Cuag. HYMENOPHYLL UM, Sm... Sor marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo insertze, intra Znvolucrum bivalve, texturà frondis, valvis planis, exterius liberis. | Ai. i; HvwrNornvrLLUM marginatum; frondibus erectis di-trichotomis laciniis linearibus obtusissimis subundulatis marginatis integerrimis, involucris terminalibus solitariis rotundatis, marginibus incrassatis integerrimis. Has. In Nova Hollandia, prope Port Jackson, inter Muscos. ZYaser. Caudex gracillimus, filiformis, pilosus, repens. Stzpes duas tres lineas longus, erectus, filiformis, basi pilosus. Frondes pollicares, sesquipollicares, di-trichotomze, membranaceze, pulcherrime reticulatze, areolis minutis rotunda- tis, costatee, basi attenuatze, laciniis linearibus, subundulatis marginatis, integerrimis, apice, frondium sterilium, obtusis, fertilium emarginatis. Sori in sinu, ad apicem laciniarum, solitarii. Involucrum votundatum, bivalve, valvis subconvexis reticulatis integerrimis, marginibus incrassatis pulcherrime rubris. Feceptaculum filiforme, involucro brevius, apice liberum. Capsula rotundatze, compresse, peltatoe, annulatee, annulo integro. Fig. 1. Plante :—Pmnagn. nat.. f. 2. Frons, cum portione caudicis. f. 3. Frondis apex cum soro. f. 4. Capsula : —nmagn. auct. At first sight, and with the eye unaided by a microscope, this plant has very much the appearance of Trichomanes lanceum ; but a more careful examination will show it to be very distinct, even as to its genus: the involucrum here being completely that of a Hymenophyllum, and the margin wants the ciliz of that plant, —being furnished instead with a thickened margin. We have only received specimens from Mr. Fraser, gathered in New Holland, and, we believe, in the neighbourhood of Port Jackson. TAB. XXXV. 9 o £ Ó Coe Brevi. ae cU MEI ud a 7 A ALL MC, 292^ TAD. XXXV. HYMENOPHYLLUM CILIATUM. FILICES.—GrnaTz. Br. PorvropriACER. Kaulf. | Firiczs verwm. JWilld. Gzs. Cuag. HYMENOPHYLLUM, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo com- muni cylindraceo insertz, intra Zmvolucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius liberis. 2. HyvMENornvLLuM ci/iatum ; frondibus lanceolatis pinnatis pinnis bipinnatifidis laciniis linearibus obtusis, marginibus costaque ciliatis, ciliis bi-trifurcatis, rachi stipiteque alatis ciliatis. Hymenophyllum ciliatum. | Swartz. F1. Ind. Occ. v. 3. p.1753. Syn. Fi. p. 147. JFilld. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 519. Trichomanes ciliatum. * Zedw. F^ Has. In truncis arborum montium Jamaicz, inque Antillis minoribus et Pennsylvania. 7Z'illd. In Insula Sancti Vincentii. Aev. L. Guilding. Caudex longe repens, gracilis, filiformis, hic illic radiculosus, ferrugineo-pilosus. S£ipes unciam ad duas uncias longus, superne alatus. Frondes, circumscriptione, lanceolate, nunc ovato-lanceolatz, attenuatze, membranaceze, pulcherrime reticulatze, pinnate, pinnis ovato-lanceolatis costatis bipinnatifidis, laciniis linearibus, apice plerumque bifidis, mar- ginibus costaque ubique ciliatis, ciliis remotis, simplicibus bifidis trifurcatisve. FHachis alata, ciliata. Involucra ad apicem laciniarum, solitaria, at precipue pinnis superioribus, orbicularia, bivalvia, valvis concavis marginibus ciliatis. ieceptaculum breve, inclusum, ad ejus apicem capsuliferum. Capsule 10—12 in singulo soro, rotundatze, subcompressze, sessiles, obliqua. Semina minuta, subsphzerica, fusca. Fig. 1. Involucrum. f. 2. Involucrum, valva unica desumpta, cum soro. f. 3. Receptaculum cum capsulis duabus. f 4. Semina. f. 5. Cilisz vel pili marginales. Our specimens of this plant are from the Rev. Lansdown Guilding; and they agree entirely with the descriptions of Swartz and Willdenow. / ag, S "y ? x I ene SN r e uma 7 deus TAB. XXXVI. ANGIOPTERIS ERECTA. FILICES.—OswuNpDaAcrz. Div. IIl. Bory. | MaRarrTIACEZ. Kaulf. | ScHuiswma- TOPTERIDES. JFilld. GEx. Cuan. 4NGIOPTERIS, Hoffm. Sori oblongi, transversi, in lineam submarginalem con- fluentes. | Capsule discrete, circiter 10—14, duplici serie dispositz, cllipticee, subcompressee, antice poro oblongo hiantes. —Zndusium nullum. Aaulf. -— 4 ANGIOPTERIS erecta. Angiopteris erecta. € ZToffm. in. Comm. Goett. 12. p. 29. t. 5. exclusis syn. preter Forsteri. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 166 et 395..— JV illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 69. Angiopteris indica. — Desv. Journ. Dot. t. 1813. p. 267: Clementea palmiformis. ** Cav. Prel. 1802. n. 1164." Polypodium erectum. — Forst. Prodr. n. 438. Has. In Insulis Societatis et Marianis. JZ//d. In insula Otaheite. JD. AMenzies. Apud Sylhet, Indiz Orientalis. Dr. JPallich. Caudex, fide Willdenovii, arboreus, quinquepedalis, diametro spithamali; sed, secundum Gaudichaudium, omnino subterraneus. | Frondes * sesquipedales (JVzl/d.), decem ad duodecini pedales (Gaud.), bipinnatze." Rachis leevis, teres, hinc, facie superna, sulcatus. Pinnule 4—6-pollicares, alternze, remotiusculee, oblongo-lanceolatee, subsessiles, basi magis minusve obtusse, apice attenuatze, marginibus serratee, costatce, venis numerosis parallelis simplicibus vel furcatis, supra intense virides, subtus pallidiores, ubique glabrae. Sori oblongi, ad apicem fere omnium venularum (basi apiceque pinnularum exceptis) et ita arcte dispositi, ut lineam longitudinalem prope marginem efformant. | Capsule majuscule, nudes, circiter 10—14 in singulo soro; duplici serie dispositee, erecto-patentes, obovata, obtusissimee, sessiles, reticulatee, dorso sulco depresso longitudinali notatze, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Inter capsulas pi/Z pauci articulati. Semina minutissima, sphaerica, fusca. Fig. 1. Portio pinnularum, cum ejus soris. f.2. Sorus. f.3. Sorus verticaliter sectus, interius visus. f. 4. Capsula, facie interiore visa. f. 5. Capsula a dorso visa. f. 6. Semina. f. 7. Pili e basi capsularum :—agn. auct. The z4ngiopteris indica of Desvaux we have quoted as a synonym to the present species with a mark of doubt. All the character given is «frondibus pinnatis, pinnis lanceolatis "^. and the obser- vation is added, that it is easily distinguished from the already known species—* m'etant point cor- diforme-lancéolée" Our specimens are never cordiform at the base of the pinnules, but are generally obtuse, sometimes acute. From Dr. Wallich again we have a plant marked * Zfngiopteris, viv ab 44. crassipeda, Wall. diversa? | We are unacquainted with the crassipeda of Wallich ; but of the plant just mentioned, except in its pinnules being narrower and considerably more attenuated than the figure here given, we do not see how it differs from 24. erec/a. Our Sylhet specimen exactly accords with Mr. Men- zgies' from Otaheite. TAB. XXXVII. LYCOPODIUM SERRATUM. LvcoroniNEx. Swartz., Br., Kaulf. | SrAcuvorrEnipzs. Jilld. GEN. Cuan. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsule wniloculares, axillares, sessiles; a/ie bivalves, farina replete ; a/ie 2—3-valves, corpusculis 1—6, globosis. Zr. LvcoroniuM serratum ; foliis undique sparsis patentibus lanceolatis submembranaceis costatis cus- pidatis petiolatis sinuato-serratis, caule adscendente dichotomo. Lycopodium serratum. — Z/hunb. FI. Jap. p. 341. £. 38. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 175. JFilld. Sp. PL v. 5. p. 51. Has. In Japonia. ZAunbers. Insula Borboniz. Swartz. Ex India Orientali misit amctss. Jf/'allich. 1820. Caulis 8—10-pollicaris, basi repens, radiculosus, dein adscendens, bis-terve dichotomus. Folia undique sparsa, subremota, superne sensim majora, omnia horizontaliter patentia, vel subreflexa, fere mem- branacea, subunciam longa, lanceolata, plana, luteo-viridia, costata, costa excurrente, et inde folia cuspidata, marginibus sinuatis profunde serratis, basi in petiolum brevem alatum attenuata. Capsule majusculze, flavze, in axillis foliorum supremorum, reniformes, bivalves. Semina minutissima, subsphzerica, reticulata, medio linea notata. Fig. 1. Folium. f. 2.3.4. Capsule magis minusve mature. f 5. Semina vel Granule :—magn. auct. Thunberg's figure affords a very indifferent representation of this Lycopodium, which has the largest leaves of any species we are acquainted with. Our specimens are from Dr. Wallich ; and coming to us at the same time with a collection of ANepal Ferns, although not marked as such, we judge they may be natives of Nepal also. If so, and being found, according to Swartz, in Bourbon as well as in Japan, this Zycopodium has a widely extended geographical range. T4 " 4 j Cetera um TAB. XXXVIII. LYCOPODIUM PULCHERRIMU M. LvcoropniNzzm. Swartz., Br., Kaulf. | SrAcuvorrEnipzs. JWilld. GrzN. CHag. LYCOPODI UM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles; a/ bivalves, farina repletz ; alie 2—3-valves, corpusculis 1—6, globosis. Zr. LvcoronivuM pulcherrimum ; caule dichotomo, foliis remotiusculis undique sparsis exacte linearibus acutiusculis integerrimis obscure costatis erecto-patulis, siccitate subflexuosis, capsulis in axillis foliorum supremorum. Lycopodium pulcherrimum. | JZallich MSS. Has. In monte Hatouna, Nepaliz, arboribus (?)). Jallich. Fiadix valde fibrosa, fibris ramosis tomentosis intertextis fuscis. Caules plurimi ex eadem radice, ut videtur, pendentes, 8—10-pollicares, dichotome divisi, ubique foliosi. Folia sparsa, subremota, semiuncialia, erecto-patula, exacte linearia, glabra, integerrima, medio obscure costata, apice acutiuscula, z»fzriora plerumque fuscescentia, superiora viridia; omnia siccitate flexuosa atque etiam subtortuosa. Capsule axillares, solitarize, ad basin foliorum versus apicem ramorum, reniformes, flavze, bivalves, granulis minu- tissimis pallide flavis repletze. Fig. 1. Folium. f 2. Folium cum ejus capsula. f. 3. Capsula aperta cum granulis :—magn. auct. Sent by Dr. Wallich from Nepal in 1820, marked as * Cosca" of the natives: and again we re- ceived it from the Honourable the East India Company with the MS. name of Dr. Wallich, which we have here adopted. It has the habit of our Lyc. subulifolium ; but that has the leaves decidedly awl-shaped, and erect, and imbricated. | ! NN C " M U WC LU . NS» NN NS 1 V 77. ? SNNNS N / 477772 Uu XXANAMAMSBRUNU, AN / A SS ff) "ASNS E Li NS d /7 (i ra EH TL [LESSE — MN e SESS 2-0) Sami NY a ENS 222 ALT CEN 77223 P Im PENCAYAAAS C IZ 7 MS SSES ACC ( S 4 x /) / Y 5M d -| LM SERE ENS S " 22. ee 77 ES 2222777 SENNN à PSY SGESAGSSL ALL A T JMAÁAMAZ. my Ms " ipe" a7 M. LAN 4l EZ: 213 ES i 27203 A 77; di EN 77 / B EI m $777 VA " AES. à ESKNNN £y » ENT AXES N ENS s I - 277 NE y x» SS If Z" 7 j 5g y 7. 22727. di si TL E E ll e. « 2 (d) | ' 7e —1 —À verti UL QUT-ULMLE/ T rmn TAB. XXXIX. LYCOPODIUM ATRO-VIBIDE. LvcoropiNEzm. Swartz., Br., Kaulf. | SrAcuvorrznipzs. Willd. GrzN. CHag. LYCOPODI UM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares axillares, sessiles ; alie bivalves, farina replet: ; aie 2—3-valves, corpusculis 1—60, globosis. Zr. LvcoropiuM afro-viride; foliis bifariis horizontalibus acinaciformibus integerrimis vel serrulatis Ssubcostatis striatis, stipulis ovatis costatis serrulatis longe mucronatis, spicis tetragonis sessili- bus, squamis ovatis acutissimis carinatis serrulatis. Lycopodium atro-viride. JZ/allich M'S.S. Lycopodium cuspidatum. ook. AZSSS. apud Hort. Soc. Lond. . Has. In Insula * Prince of Wales Island " dicta, Indi: Orientalis. 7Z/llicA. Caulis, ut videtur, repens, pedalis et ultra, bi-tripinnatim ramosus, pallide fuscus, flexuosus sulcatus, hic illic radicans. | Folia bifaria, horizontalia, facie inferiore caulis inserta, rigida, nitida, arcte disposita, acinaciformia, obtusa, lineis tribus longitudinalibus notata, linea centrali e costa obscura, integerrima vel serrulata, intense viridia, subtus pallidiora. SZpule foliis quintuplo minores, facie superiore caulis insert, appressse, libere, foliis alternantes, ovatae, acutze, tenuissime marginatze, serrulatee, costata, costa longe producta, cuspidatze. | Spice ad apices ramorum, solitarizj vel binge, vix unciam longs, tetraquetree, e squamis viridibus, rigidis, ovatis, acute carinatis, imbricatis, patentibus, acutissimis, serrulatis, costa ad apicem attingente, dorso serrulata. Capsule ovato-rotundatze, flavse, squamis breviores, axillares, solitarize. Semina minutissima, quaterna, flava, Fig. 1. Portio caulis, facie superna visa. f. 2. Eadem, a dorso visa. f 3. Stipula. f.4. Spica. f 5. Squama. f 6. Squama cum capsula. f. 7. Capsula. f. 8. Semina —magn. auct. This very handsome species of Zycopodium we were first acquainted with by means of a valuable collection of dried specimens which the Horticultural Society of London had received from Prince of Wales Island; and in that collection we named the species LL. cuspidatum : but having since received the same plant from the Honourable the East India Company under the name of £. atro- viride of Wallich (in all probability gathered in the same island by that gentleman), we hasten to adopt this appellation of our liberal friend. | TAB. XL. p 4 Meogtt "n Pen 2 à "7 Á / . Swerzedculot —- TAB. XL. (XA) OPHIOGLOSSUM ELLIPTICUM. FILICES.—Onurocrosskz. Br., Kaulf. | SrAcuvorrznipzs. Willd. GEN. Cuan. OPHIOGLOSSUM, Linn. Capsula nude in spicam articulatam disticham connatz, uniloculares, transverse dehiscentes, bivalves. 77d. OrniocLossuM el/ipticum; spica caulina longe pedunculata, fronde elliptica obtusa reticulata medio costata, radice fibrosa. | Has. In Demerara, Americee meridionalis; legit et communicavit amiciss. C. S. Parker. Radix e fibris numerosis, longiusculis, simplicibus, fuscescentibus. Sézpes unciam ad tres uncias longus, erectus, gracilis, fronde terminatus. Frons bi-triuncialis, elliptica, membranacea, integerrima, apice obtusiuscula, inferne in stipitem sensim decurrens, reticulata, medio evidenter costata, costa versus apicem obsoletiore. Pedunculus e basi frondis et ex apice stipitis, fronde duplo longior, erectus, teres. Spica sub-biuncialis, lineari-compressa. Capsule numerosse, arcte connatze. Fig. 1. Capsula. f. 2. Semina :— auct. "This was discovered by our excellent friend C. S. Parker, Esq. of Liverpool, in one of the many herboriziug excursions he made during his visit to Demerara. In the shape of the frond it comes nearest to the Cape OpAioglossum nudicaule; but that is much smaller in size, and has no appear- ance of midrib, which is very observable in our plant. It is probably allied to the New Holland Oph. costatum of Mr. Brown. TAB. XL. (B) OPHIOGLOSSUM OPACUM. OrniocLossuM opacum; spica caulina, fronde cordata opaca spica longiore, venis inconspicuis, radice bulbosa. Ophioglossum opacum. Carmichael in Descr. of the Island of Tristam da Cunha, in Linn. Trans. v. 12. p. 509. Has. In locis elevatis montis Insulze Tristan da Cunha. Carmichael. Ophioglosso reticulato valde affine: differt radice bulboso, fronde opaca, spica fronde breviore, et magnitudine quadruplo minore. "This may be called an alpine plant. "Tristan da Cunha is situated in 37? 6' South latitude; and the plant is said to grow *' high up on the dome" of that island. "This dome, Captain Carmichael tells us, in his very interesting account of that island, above quoted, is in itself 5000 feet high, and placed upon the top of a cone itself 3000 feet high. It is certainly very nearly allied to the O. rezi- culatum; and may perhaps prove a variety depending upon place of growth and other circumstances. — fua 'TTAB. XLI "IT VE LT Z2 "A P A € 9$ p 7 ul xe. -—— "Gerzide.z LXB. ALI I POLYPODIUM OVATUM. FILICES.—GvnaArz. Br. PorvPopraczz. Kaulf. Firicrs vere. Willd., Spreng. Ge. CHag. POLYPODIUM, Swartz. | Sori subrotundi (seriati, sparsi v. conferti). Involucrum nullum. Z». PorvPoniuM ovatum ; frondibus indivisis stipitatis membranaceis e basi decurrente ovatis acumina- tis integerrimis costatis nervis parallelis, soris inter nervos simplici serie. Polypodium ovatum. JZall. MSS. Has. In India Orientali. —| JZ"allich. Radix e fibris numerosis, fuscis, ramosis, hic et illic ferrugineo-tomentosis. Caudez teres, repens, nigro-fuscus, squamis membranaceis tectus. igi digitalis ad palmarem, subflexuosus, rigidus, fusco-viridis, glaberrimus, inferne hispido-paleaceus. Frons stipite subbrevior, e basi decurrente vel in stipitem attenuata, ovata, acuminata, omnino integerrima, mem- branacea, glabra, costata, venis lateralibus oblique patentibus parallelis, venulisque transversis has connecten- tibus instructa. Sori simplici (rarissime duplici) serie dispositi, rotundati, nudi. . Capsule longe pedicellatee, sphsericee, annulo lato incompleto cinctze. Semina ovalia, subangulata, reticulata. Fig. 1l. Capsule. f. 2. Semina :—magn. auct. We have no means of ascertaining in what part of India this curious and rare Fern was discovered. It approaches the character of P. scolopendrium of Hamilton in Don's Flora JNepalensis; and this may perhaps be a native of the same country. 'TAB. XLAL ^ 7T i» D vrerizdaL-— TAB. XLII. POLYPODIUM SCOLOPENDRIOIDES. FILICES.—GrvnaTx. Br. Porvropraczz. Kaulf. FirtcEs verw. Willd., Spreng. Gzv. Cuna. POLYPODIUM, Swartz... Sori subrotundi (seriati, sparsi v. conferti). Znvolucrum ^ nullum. Z». PorvpropiuM scolopendrioides ; frondibus sublonge stipitatis subteneris lanceolatis sinuato-pinna- tifidis, laciniis ovato-triangularibus obtusiusculis, basi apiceque attenuatis, soris sparsis bise- rialibus. ' Polypodium scolopendrioides. mz. Sp. Pl. p. 1544. Swartz. Syn. FW. p. 33. IF/'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. A81. Spreng. Syst. leget. v. A. p. 50. Polypodium incisuris Asplenii. —P/um. F.t.91. Filix Jamaicensis simpliciter pinnatis Asplenii foliis. | P/uken. zdIm. t. 290. f. 1. Has. In Insula Martinice. Z/wm?r. Jamaica. Plukenet. Swartz. D. If'iles. Radix e fibris nigris, ramosis, hic et illic tomentosis. Caudex repens, squamis lanceolatis membranaceis fuscis dense obsitus. Stipes digitalis et ultra, nigro-fuscus, nitidissimus, basi subpilosus. Frons palmaris ad spithamseam sesquiunciam lata, lanceolata, costata, venisque obliquis ramosis, sinuato-pinnatifida, sinubus acutis, laciniis triangulari-ovatis, obtusiusculis, sub lente remote ciliatis, basi attenuata, apice acumi- nata, integerrima. Sori parvi, subrotundi, venulis inserti, in duas lineas, venis primariis paralleli, dispositi. Capsule longe pedicellatze, fuscae, globosse, annulo elastico lato fere completo. Semina minutissima, sphzerica. Fig. 1. Portio frondis hinc epidermide sublata, ut venze internze in conspectum veniunt. f.2. Frondis segmen- tum contra lucem sub lente visum. f. 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. The Polypodium incisum of Swartz, appears, as far as we can judge from the description, to be a species very nearly allied to this; and Linnzeus is himself said to have confounded the two; the P. scolopendrioides of the first edition of Sp. P/. being now considered as the P. incisum, and that of the last edition our true plant. Swartz tells us that the P. scolopendrioides has the smaller, but broader, fronds, and that the lower segments or divisions are remote from each other, so as to be there pinnate, as in Plukenet's figure. But the same author equally refers to Plumier's plant, which exactly, in this respect, resembles our own, having those segments coadunate. In this Fern the cuticle or epidermis is easily removed by the aid of a dissecting knife; and then the nerves are rendered distinctly visible, with the dots or scars whence the sori have proceeded ; as shown at fig. 1. of our plate. We are indebted to A. B. Lambert, Esq. for our specimens, who received them from Mr. Wiles of Jamaica. 'TAD.XLIIL. Wd 2 AR ^ 2 MITT MCMPTAPZ Pw P uk zL osse TAD. XLIII. GRAMMITIS LANCEOLATA. . FILICES.—GnATx. Br. PorvropracrEzm. Kaulf. Firiczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuan. GRLAMMITIS, Sw. Sori oblongi, lineares, recti, sparsi. — Zndusia nulla. 7Z'illd. GRAMMITIs. Janceolata ; breviter stipitata, fronde simplici submembranacea costata subreticulata lanceolata acuta inferne attenuata, margine integerrima, soris coste contiguis subparallelisque supremis confluentibus. Grammitis lanceolata. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 22 et.212. t. 1. f. 4. IF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 139. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. A. p. A1. (not Schkuhr.) | Asplenium plantagineum Q. — Lam. Dict. p. 303. Illustr. t. 867. f. 1. Has. In Insula Mauritii et Borboniz;. Commerson. Repens, in sylvis umbrosis, ad arborum radices, et in locis siccis inter saxa in monte Pouce, insulze Mauritii. Zojer. Radix fibrosa, nigra, ramosa, dense ferrugineo-tomentosa. Caudex longe repens, crassitie pennze corvinz, squamis nigrescentibus, ovatis longe acuminatis, reticulatis, serru- latis obsitus. Stipes subnullus. Frons spithamsea, ubique glabra, submembranacea, indistincte reticulata areolis oblongis, plana, margine integer- rima, basi in stipitem perbrevem attenuata, apice acuta, vix acuminata, medio costata, costa vix prominula. Sori in partem superiorem frondis plerumque dispositi, costze contigui et ei paralleli aut rarius subobliqui, fere simplici serie, lineares, nunc duas ad tres lineas longi, nunc unciales, lineam lati, prominuli, basi apiceque obtusi, venulis inserti: supremis non raro confluentibus. Capsule numeroszse, arctissime dispositze, pallide fuscee, annulo incompleto cincta. Semina angulata, levissime punctulata, opaca, albo-virescentia. Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soro. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. We are indebted for our beautiful specimens of this little-known Fern to M. Bojer of the Mau- ritius, who took it for a 7: €nilis, and marked it 7tenmtis simplicifolia of his MSS. We think, how- ever, that there is no doubt of its being the Gramomitis lanceolata of Swartz: but it must be allowed that the fructification, especially in the upper part of the frond, has a good deal the appearance of - that of a Ztenmitis. — ^ Schkuhr (7. 7.) mistook a West Indian Fern (the Grammitis elongata of Sw. and Willd.) for this of the Mauritius ; but that differs from our plant in its much smaller size, more rigid texture, in the presence of numerous stellated scales, and in the sori of fructification being short, uniform, and forming a regular series or single line between the margin and the midrib. TAB.XLIV P 2 dinde oo uat P ; ! VAS Au P Lue ze P aep a TAB. XLIV. NIPHOBOLUS BICOLOR. FILICES.—G nar. Br. PorvPopriaczEx. Kaulf. Firticzs vero. VWilld., Spreng. GEN. Chan. NIPHOBOLUS, Kaulf. Sori subrotundi, congesti, terminales, pilis stellatis ob- tecti. Involucrum nullum. NiPHOBOLUs Óicolor ; fronde lineari-lanceolata obtusa basi in stipitem attenuata, subtus stellulato- tomentosa incana, costa prominente, soris subdiscretis. Niphobolus bicolor. Kau/f. Epum. Fil. p.128. Polypodium stellatum. | Za. Symb. 3. p. 104. p.151. Schkuhr, FW. t.8. ^ Polypodium serpens. Forster, Prodr. n. 435." Polypodium stoloniferum. | Gmel. Linn. v. 2. p. 1305. Has. In Nova Zeelandia. Forster. Spreng. Syst. Ves. v. 4. p. 44. Swartz. Syn. FW. p.25. JF'illd. Sp. PI. v. 5. Caudez repens, flexuosus, penne corvinze crassitie, squamis numerosis arcte appressis tectus, inferne hic et illic radiculosus. Stipes duas ad tres uncias longus, pilis minutis radiatis obsitus. Frons digitalis ad palmarem, coriacea, lineari-lanceolata, basi attenuata, apice obtusa, margine omnino integerrima, costata, costa subtus prominente, facie superna viridi pilis radiatis sparsa, subtus dense stellato- vel radiatim pilosa, albo-tomentosa. Hize stellulze e pilis pellucidis 6—10. Sori in parte superiore frondis numerosi valde convexi fere hemisphzerici, fusci, approximati, vel discreti. Capsule longe pedicellatee, ovato-spheericee, lato annulatze, pilis radiatis longe stipitatis peltatis immixtee. Semina reniformia, subangulata, flavo-virescentia. Fig. 1. Pili stellati e dorso frondis. f. 2. Pili stellati stipitati e soris. f. 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. Whether or not the genus /Viphobolus, (so called from the snow-like covering of down which invests several of the species,) be founded in nature, we do not at present pretend to determine. Perhaps it may be better to incorporate its species, as well as those of Pleopeltis, as had previously been done, with Po/ypodium. Indeed, with P/eopeítis our genus has much affinity; the stellated or radiated hairs in /VzpAobolus being exactly analogous to the little peltate scaZes of that genus. lIAB. XLV. GYMNOGRAMMA CHAEROPHYLLA. PILICES GevnarE. Br. PorvPoprAcEx. Kaulf. Firicks vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cnan. GYMNOGRAMMA, Desv. msert. — Zndusium nullum. — Frondes pinnatze bipinnate, decompositeve; radices ciespitosae. Desv. ori oblongi, venis frondis simplicibus furcatisve GvMNoGRAMMA cherophylla; fronde tenera decomposita nuda, pinnulis fertilibus oblongis, sterili- bus flabelliformibus pinnatifidis inciso-lobatis, segmentis linearibus acutiusculis, rachi alata. Gymnogramma chzrophylla. — Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1813. p.26. Spreng. Syst. Fes. v. A. p. 40. Hemionitis chzrophylla. — Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. v. 3. p.39. * Hemionitis cicutaria. ZZerb. Banks." (Menzies MSS.) " Haz. In Paraguay. Desvauz. Brasilia. Commerson. Jamaica. Menzies.—Curr. In Hort. Bot. apud Liverpool. Shepherd. Radix cwspitosa, fibrosa, fibris nigris ramosis. St?pites plurimi, ex eadem radice, digitales ad palmares, graciles, nitidi, subtetragoni, flavo-virescentes, basi nigro- fusci. Frons, circumscriptione, ovata, vel deltoidea, tenera, acuminata, tri-quadripinnata, ubique glabra, nuda. —Pinnce primarise remotze, ovato-lanceolatz, vel in partem superiorem anguste lanceolatz, bipinnatz, inferioribus tri- pinnatis, pinnulis pinnatifidis, inciso-lobatis, segmentis linearibus, acutis, rachibus ubique alatis. Pinnulce steriles multoties latiores, fere flabelliformes. ^ Color pallide viridis. Sori oblongi, furcati, in omnibus pinnulis dispositi. Capsule laxe dispositee, spheericse, sessiles, pulcherrime reticulate : annulo incompleto. Semina triangularia, pallide viridi-flava. Fig. 1. Pinna cum soris. f 2. Capsule. f 3. Semina:—magn. auct. This delicate and very beautiful Fern has, in a great degree, the liabit and general appearance of Cryptogramma leptophylla ; but it is much larger, more divided, and the pinnules are of a different figure. The specimens here figured were communicated in 1826 by the Messrs. Shepherds, from the Liverpool Botanic Garden, whence it was received from M. Otto of Berlin. Our friend Mr. Men- zies has given us a specimen which he gathered in Jamaica, and which he has marked as the ZZemi- onitis cicutaria of the Banksian Herbarium ; a name certainly equally applicable with that already published by Poiret and Desvaux. Professor Raddi has not included this in his Z?/Zces Drasltenses. -— — Df'GCrerióhde4-— € S Moro Jt AMA UM, 25 P: zs pA ". ; "Lb t MZ IAZ TAB. XLVI TAB. XLVI. ANTROPHYUM PUMILU M. FILICES.—GvnaTA. Br. Porvropiacxrm. Kaulf. FinicEs vere. JVilld., Spreng. GEN. Cnan. 4NTROPHY. UM, Kaulf. Sor lineares, continui, venis frondis reticulatis immersi. Indusium geminatum, medio dehiscens. Kaulf. ANTROPHYUM pumilum ; frondibus lanceolatis obtusiusculis basi in stipitem brevem attenuatis, soris longissimis lineari-filiformibus subreticulatim connexis immersis. Antrophyum pumilum. AKauw/f. Enum. Fil. p. 197. — Spreng. Syst. F'eset. v. A. p. O7. (excl. syn. P. coriacee, Don.) Hemionitis immersa. Bory MSS. JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 127. Has.. In rupibus Borbonie. JBory. Insula Mauritii. D. Carmichael. Radix fibrosa, densissime tomentosa, ramosa. Stipes brevis, vix unciam longus, compressus. Frondes subcesespitoss, digitales et ultra, fere coriaces, ecostats, siccitate subrugosz, nervis obsoletis, margine integerrimo, basi in stipitem attenuatze, apice obtusiusculae. Sori lineari-filiformes, longissimi, reticulatim ramosi, frondis substantia immersi. Involucrum duplex e marginibus sulcorum fructificationis ortum. Capsule numerosissimze, sphzericae, reticulatee, pedicellatee, annulatee. Semina subsphaerica, pallide flava. Fig. 1. Portio frondis cum soris. f. 2. Portio frondis, cum soro, transversim secta. f. 3. Semina. The genus zntrophyum, established by Kaulfuss in his valuable AZmwmeratio Filicum, is well distinguished from Zemionitis by the presence of an involucre, always, we believe, following the lines of the veins, although in some species the veins themselves are scarcely visible when not rendered so by the presence of the fructification. The present plant, for specimens of which, from the Isle of France, we are indebted both to Captain Carmichael and to A. B. Lambert, Esq., is remarkable in having the lines of fructification immersed in the very substance of the frond. Our specimens vary in size, but they are all larger than those described by Willdenow. DPUDreviiMeede o— 'TAB. XLVIT ( Dus ^AI I xat. 2722 eI 4 TAB. XLVIIT SCHIZAEA PUSILLA. FILICES.—OswoüNpDaczz. Br., Kaulf. | ScutsuavoprEnipzs. Willd. GrrrcukNIEZE. Spreng. Gzwv. Cnan. SCHIZ /E.A, 8m. Capsule ovales, sessiles, appendice divisa terminali frondis dorsales. tinuum, intus liberum. Zr. apice radiatim striato, basi insertz, in Indusium e marginibus inflexis appendicis con- SCHIZ EA pusilla; frondibus indivisis lineari-filiformibus sterilibus multo brevioribus siccitate tor- tuosis integerrimis, appendice pinnata subquinquejuga, laciniis oblongo-linearibus ciliatis. Schizea pusilla. PursA, Fl. IN. 4m. v. 9. p.657. Nutt. Gen. of AN. 4m. Pl. v. 2. p. 249. Eaton, Manual of Botany, p. 446. Spreng. Syst. Ves. v. 4. p. 30. Haz. Paludosis, inter sphagna, Americae Septentrionalis, rarissime: in uno loco hucusque, ut videtur, lecta, Quaker-Bridge dicto, provincia Novze Cesare. Eddy (fide Nuttallii). Radix fibrosa, fibris simplicibus fuscis sublonge inter muscos descendentibus. Caudex omnino nullus. Frondes csespitosse, subbiformes, lineari-filiformes, glabre, integerrimze; steriles vix duas uncias longs, basi atte- nuatz, sursum latiores, falcato-curvatze, rigidiuscule, siccitate tortuosm, glauco-virides, vix costatze ; fertiles duplo triplove longiores, digitales, erectze, basi apiceque attenuatze. Appendix fructificans vix semiunciam longa, pinnata, pinnis per paria dispositis subquinquejugis, secundis, oblongo- linearibus, dorso convexis, medio costatis, costa hinc prominente, marginibus seu involucris ciliatis. Capsule in duas lineas disposite, majuscule, ovatse, hinc gibbose, reticulatee, apice radiatim striato. Semina reniformi-cylindracea, opaca, obscure pallide viridia. Fig. 1. Planta :—magn. nat. in sphagna proveniens. f. 2. Eadem :— magn. auct. f£. 3. Pinna appendicis fructifi- cantis. f. 4. Capsula. f. 5. Semina:— magn. auct. Mr. Pursh seems to consider that the minuteness of this plant may have caused it in many cases to be passed by unobserved: but hitherto we believe no one has detected it except in the spot where it was originally discovered, as we learn from Mr. Nuttall, by Dr. Eddy of New York. Our specimens were gathered by Dr. Torrey, who informs us that the spot (Quaker-Bridge, in Burlington County, New Jersey) is thirty-one miles N.W. from Philadelphia :—so that it grows further from the tropics than any species of the genus we are yet acquainted with. & e z : — "uS rd du Tot UTEM E "à Lad Phe, —D"grerifeaeZ dre 0L edv TAB. XLVIIL. SCHIZ/EA RUPESTRIS. FILICES.—Oswuxupaczz. Br., Kaulf. | ScuisuaroPrEniDEs. Willd. GLEICHENIEX. Spreng. GzN. Cuan. SCHIZE A, Sm. Capsule ovales, sessiles, apice radiatim striato, basi insertze, in appendice divisa terminali frondis dorsales. Zndusium e marginibus inflexis appendicis con- tinuum, intus liberum. Zr. SCHIZJEA rupestris ; frondibus indivisis planis linearibus margine integerrimis, appendice pinnata 5—8-juga, involucris incisis. Zr. Schizwa rupestris. Jr. Prodr. Fl. INov. Holl. v. 1. p.162. Spreng. Syst. Ves. v. 4. p. 30. Haz. In Nova Hollandia ; apud Port Jackson. Zrown. In saxis udis Montibus Ceruleis (Blue Mountains) rarissime. Fraser. Radix e fibris plurimis, rigidis, plerumque simplicibus constans. Caudex repens, squamosus, squamis nitidissimis, fuscis, subulatis. rondes ex eodem puncto caudicis plurimae, subczspitose, simplices, lineares, compressse, costatze, integerrimre, omnino glabrze, flexuosz, basi insigniter attenuatz; s/eriles digitales, sursum latiores apice acuto; fertiles paululum longiores, angustiores versus apicem attenuatze. Appendices fructificantes terminales, pallide fuscze, subunciam longe, pinnatz, pinnis per pariam approximatis 6—8- vel 9-jugis, magis minusve secundis, linearibus, nervosis, marginibus (seu involucris) incisis. Capsule duplici serie dispositze, pilis nullis, ovatee, subgibbosze, reticulatze, vertice radiatim striato. Semina opaca, pallide viridia, oblonga, subreniformia. Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum appendice fructifera. f. 2. Pinna seu lacinia appendicis, cum capsulis. f. 3. Capsula. f. 4. Semina :—magn. auct. Four species of the curious and beautiful genus ScAizea are enumerated in the Prodr. FI. Nov. Holl. of Mr. Brown. "The present individual was first discovered by that eminent botanist, and seems to be only known to inhabit the vicinity of Port Jackson and the Blue Mountains. TAD.XLIX. y PN. RU. d Er t LI COLIT ML M LL — Z2?6rerz £eaeZz.— : E á qAH xLix. LYCOPODIUM SUBULIFOLIUM. LvcoropiNEx. Swartz., Br., Kaulf. STAcHvyoPTERIDES. Jilld. GzN. Cuag. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsule wuniloculares, axillares, sessiles; a/ie bivalves, farina replet? ; a/ie 2—3-valves, corpusculis 1—90, globosis. Zr. LyvcoropruM subulifolium ; caule dichotomo, foliis erectis imbricatis subulatis rigidis integerrimis vix nervosis, capsulis in parte superiore caulis axillaribus. Has. E Nepalia communicavit Cel. JZallich, anno 1818 lectum. Radix densissime cespitosa, fibrosa. ] Caulis (pendens?) pedalis, dichotome divisus, ramis fructiferis elongatis flexuosis. Folia undique inserta, sparsa, erecta, imbricata, nitida, viridia, rigida, exacte subulata, paululum curvata, siccitate etiam, medio vix nervosa, margine omnino integerrima. Capsule numerosissimze, in partem superiorem caulis, majuscule, axillares, sessiles, solitarie ad basin cujusque folii, flavae, reniformes, basi profunde emarginate, bivalves. Granule vel Semina quaternatim conjuncta, demum libera, subangulata, flava. Fig. 1. Folium. f.2.3. Folia cum capsulis. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. We have already stated under LL. pulcherrimum how the present is to be distinguished from that species. We may here add that this is a much larger plant, and that the capsules have a much deeper sinus beneath. TAB. CL. "T am | Leere 7 tte 7 — A" Grertddeaec — TP — KW PAB. 1. LYCOPODIUM GNIDIOIDES. LvcoropnINEx. Swartz., Br., Kaulf. |. SracuvorrERiDzs. Willd. GrN. Cuag. LYCOPODI UM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles ; alie bivalves, farina replete ; a/ie 2—3-valves, corpusculis 1—6, globosis. Jr. LvcoropiuM gnidioides; caule dichotome ramoso foliis subsexfariam imbricatis lineari-oblongis canaliculatis acutis, nervo ad apicem excurrente, capsulis in axillis foliorum acutiorum termi- nalium. . | Lycopodium gnidioides. — Linn. Suppl. p. 148. — Swartz. Syn. FW. p. 174. IF illd. Sp. PI. eO00.5. p. AT. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. A. p. 20. Smith in. Hees Cycl. Lycopodium funiculosum. | Lam. Encycl. v. 3. p. 049. * Lycopodium flagelliforme. | SeArad." (fide Spreng.) Lycopodium pinifolium. | Kau/f. Enum. Fil. p. 7. Haz. In Insula Mauritii. Commerson? In Capite Bonz Spei. (Jilld.) Fillet. FHadix densissime ceespitosa, fibrosa, fibris ramosis valde intricatis. Caulis spithamzeus, fere ad pedalem, flexuosus, repetitim dichotomus, ubique foliosus. Folia subsexfariam disposita, erecta, imbricata, semiunciam longa, vix lineam lata, lineari-oblonga, nitida, canali- culata integerrima acutiuscula, nervo obscuro intus elevato, dorso depresso, ad apicem attingente instructa :—— suprema (capsulifera) breviora, latiora, acutiora, spicam referentia. Capsule in axillis foliorum supremorum sessiles, reniformes; bivalves, flavz, granulis sphaericis replete. He granule vel sporule nunc videntur ternatim compositae. Fig. 1. Folium. f. 2. Folium cum capsula. f. 3. Sporule :—zmagn. auct. It is difficult to say whether this Zcopodium should be arranged among those species which have a spicate fructification, or those whose capsules are simply placed in the axils of the leaves. The uppermost leaves, which mostly contain the capsules, are shorter and broader than the rest, and collectively form a terminal sessile spike ; but by no means so distinct as in many species of the genus. Some authors have considered the fructification to be spicate, and others axillary ; and hence botanists have differed about the species, which in reality is, in other respects, a very distinctly marked one, and very aptly named, from its resemblance to some individuals of the genus Gzdia or to Daphne gnidioides. Our specimens were communicated from the Cape of Good Hope by M. Villet, who has sent us many excellent plants from that rich botanical country. » i. h "t A —— wm IM Miss DM P 72 P P, ; || TAB. LI LXX IAB.-CLE DAN/EA ELLIPTIC A. FILICES.—ManaArrTIEz. Bory. MARATTIACEX. Kaulf. | PonorrEn1ipzs. JVilld. GrwN. Cnan. DANE A, Sm. Sori lineares, dorsales, transversi, paralleli. — Capsule in series geminatas arcte connatz, superne poro dehiscentes. —Zndusium superficiarium soros cingens. (Asplenii Sp. Zen.) Dawa elliptica ; fronde pinnata, rachi nodosa vix alata, pinnis breviter petiolatis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis subintegerrimis basi oblique acutis, fertilibus oblongo-lanceolatis. Danza elliptica. | Smith in. Rees! Cycl. Filix major, &c. — Soane's Jamaica, t. A1. f. 1. Has. India Occidentali. Jamaica. SJoane. Smith. Insula Sancti Vincentii. Ztev. L. Guildins. Stipes vix pedalis, dorso convexus, facie superna canaliculatus, infra frondem nodosus, pubescens, demum glaber. Frondes pedales et ultra, erectee, circumscriptione ovatee, pinnatze, pinnis inferioribus exacte oppositis, superioribus nunc subalternis: plante sterilis semipedalibus, duas uncias latis, elliptico-oblongis, acuminatis, subundulato- crenatis, sed vix serratis, basi ineequaliter acutis, in petiolum brevem attenuatis, glabris, opacis, luride viri- dibus, subtus pallidioribus, costatis, costa subtus hic et illic fasciculato-pubescentibus, parallelo-venosis, venis numerosis transversalibus basi furcatis. Zachis ad insertionem pinnarum nodosa. Plante fertilis, pinnce oblongo-lanceolatze, sterilibus minores, basi apiceque acute. Fructifícatio omnino ut in D. alata (Tab. XVIII.) Fig. 1l. Sorus. f 2. Semina:—magn. auct. Our friend Mr. Guilding, who seems to live surrounded by the noblest of the tropical Ferns, marked this fine species of Dan«ca as distinct both from D. alata and D. nodosa. With the latter, indeed, there is no danger of its being confounded ; and Sir James Smith, who certainly appears to ' have had the same plant in view, in describing his D. e//zptica, well observes, that the greater breadth of the pinnz and their being acute, not cordate, at the base, will afford the distinguishing charac- ters. "This greater proportionate breadth exists in the fertile as well as the barren pinnz, and even in the fronds, so as to give a character to the plant at first view. Sloane's figure is very characteristic for the barren frond. TE 1 ! | 7? MLCSRUS | / "A LORD M LIB M ,LEuL à; | oS S CERRAR | af e | : TAB. LII. DANJEA NODOSA. FILICES.—ManaATTIEX. Bory. ManarriACEZX. Kaulf. PonoPrEnrDzs. Willd. GEN. Cuag. DA4NZEA, Sm. Sori lineares, dorsales, transversi, paralleli. Capsule in series geminatas arcte connatz, superne poro dehiscentes. Zndwsium superficiarium soros cingens. (Asplenii Sp. Zn.) Da; 2odosa ; fronde pinnata, rachi nuda nodosa, pinnis breviter petiolatis lineari-ellipticis apice acuminatis subintegerrimis basi acutis, fertilibus lineari-lanceolatis. Dan:a nodosa. Smith, Tracts. p. 260. — Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 167. JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 68. (excl. syn. Sloanii) Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 24. Asplenium nodosum. — Zzzn. Sp. PI. p. 1539. Asplenium simplex assurgens, foliis longis oppositis, caule geniculato, lineis fructificationum serie contigua. Browne Jam. p. 93. Lingua cervina nodosa major. Plum. Fil. p. 90. £. 108. Has. In locis umbrosis humidis Jamaice, Hispaniole, Martinice, et ad Caraccas. (J/'ilid.) In Insula Sancti Vincentii. AKev. L. Gwilding. Stipes bipedalis et ultra, 4—6 lineas latus, erectus, dorso convexo, facie superna canaliculata, squamulis minutis fuscis hic et illic tectus. Frons bi-tripedalis, circeumscriptione oblonga, pinnata, rachi ad insertionem pinnarum nodosa, dorso convexa, facie superna plana, marginata. | Pinnce numerose, 15-pares cum impari, oppositee, 8-pollicares, patentes, lineari-ellipticae, supra medium parum latiores, apice acuminatze, subintegerrimse, basi acutze, in petiolum brevem attenuatee: Substantia rigida, sub- coriacea: Cos/a subtus squamulosa: Nero parallele, transversales, numerosissimse, ad basin sspe furcatae. Color pallide viridis, nitidus. —.Pz»n« fertiles, sterilibus minores, lineari-lanceolate, basi acutze, apice subacu- minatze. | Fructificatio ut in D. elliptica et D. alata jamdudum descriptee. Fig. 1. Apex frondis sterilis. f. 2. Apex frondis fertilis. f. 3. Pinna cum rachi inferiore frondis sterilis. f. 4. Pinna inferior frondis fertilis. f. 5. Sorus. f. 6. Semina:— magn. auct. Willdenow was only acquainted with the fructified state of the frond: but it is in the sterile fronds that the most striking differences are found to exist between this species and .D. a/ata and JD. elliptica. Some of the fronds which Mr. Guilding has sent us, including the stipes, measure not less than six feet in height, and almost a foot and a half in diameter in the widest part. The pinne are remarkable for their pale colour, their shining surface, and rigid texture. In drying, the knots at the insertion of the leaves, probably, in a certain degree, disappear, for they are by no means so visible in our specimens as in Plumier's figure. TAB. LII. C LAM IMME, M Lr f t TAB. LIII. GRAMMITIS INVOLUTA. FILICES.—Gvnarzx. Br. Porvropracrex. Kaulf. Firicrs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuan. GILAMMITIS, Sw. Sori oblongi, lineares, recti, sparsi. Zndusia nulla. JZ'uUld. GnAMMrTIS iuvoluta; breviter stipitata, fronde simplici lanceolata coriacea basi apiceque valde attenuata margine integerrima (siccitate involuta), soris obliquis prominentibus, capsulis pilis articulatis immixtis. Grammitis involuta. Don Prodr. FI. Nepal. p. 134. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 41. « Scolopendrium revolutum. | Hamilton MSS." Grammitis? plantaginea. — JZ'allich MSS. in. Herb. nostr. Grammitis flavescens. —. J'allich MSS. in Herb. nostr. Haz. In Nepalia. ZZamilton. Jf'allich. Radix fibrosa, fibris ramosis, nigris, tomento ferrugineo dense obsitis. Caudex, ut videtur, repens, crassus, squamis majusculis, imbricatis, ovatis, acuminatis, reticulatis, integerrimis tectus. Stipes vix unciam longus, hinc sulcatus, dorso convexus, duas lineas latus, nudus. - Frons ommino glabra, subpedalis, lanceolata, valde acuminata, inferne in stipitem sensim attenuata, coriacea, costata, costa subtus prominente, enervis, margine tenui integerrimo, siccitate involuto. Sori numerosi, unciam ad düas aut tres uncias longi, obliqui, paralleli, insigniter prominentes, fere semicylindrici, utrinque obtusi. Capsule pedicellatee, exacte sphzericz, flavescentes, annulo lato, fusco, fere integro cincte. Inter has capsulas pili numerosi, articulati, pellucidi, iis longiores. Semina oblonga, subangulata, pellucida. Fig. l. Capsule. f. 2. Semina. f.3. Pili e soris:— magn. auct. We cannot say whether in a living state the margin of this Fern is involute: to us it appears to be the effect of drying, as we know to be equally the case in the Polypodium pertusum. | 'There is too, on the surface of the present plant, as seen in the herbarium, a rugose or wrinkled appearance, the consequence of the drying and shrinking of the parenchymatous substance beneath the epi- dermis. - Our plants were gathered by Dr. Wallich in Nepal, and were sent to us with the name of Gram- mitis? plantaginea ; whilst Dr. Hamilton seems previously to have given the MSS. specific name of involutum, which is adopted by Mr. Don. Again, we have received specimens from the Honourable the East India Company, bearing the name * Grammitis flavescens. Wall." — 2D* Gxerbemege —— iw «2 e br uut pu p e TAB. LIV, TAB. LIV. SCHIZ/EA TRILATERALIS. FILICES.—OswvwDacEz. Br. Kaulf. ScuismarToPTERiDEs. Willd. GrrEiCcHENIEX. Spreng. GEN. Cnan. SCHIZE A, Sm. Capsule ovales, sessiles, apice radiatim striato, basi inserte, in appendice divisa terminali frondis dorsales. —Z»dusiwm e marginibus inflexis appendicis con- tinuum, intus liberum. Zr. SCHIZEA (rüateralis ; frondibus simplicissimis lineari-triquetris, appendicibus (6—10) linearibus digitatis falcato-secundis intus crinitis. Schizwa trilateralis. — 'Schkuhr Fl. p.137. 0.136. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 30. Schizea incurvata. Meyer FI. Esseq. p. 291. (excl. syn. Schkunrii.) Has. Locis udis Americze Meridionalis ; Nor gnepo. Schkuhr. Meyer. Demerara.. Parker. liadix e fibris plurimis, subsimplicibus, ferrugineo-pilosis. Caudex, ut videtur, repens, squamis fuscis, subulatis, nitidissimis dense obsitus. Frondes plurimse ex eadem caudice, csespitosse, erectee, pedales et ultra, basi teretes, fuscse, scabriusculz», superne compresso-triquetrae, angulis acutis, viridi-fuscse, glaberrimee, lineam late, versus apicem attenuatze. Appendices fructifícantes terminales, fasciculato-digitatee, per pariam approximatz, sesquiunciales ad biunciales, seX ad decem, lineares, primum virides, demum ferrugineo-fuscescentes, falcato-secundze, acutze, costatee, dorso convexze, vel semiteretes, intus canaliculatae, capsuliferee, atque medio (margineque rune) paleis lineari- clavatis, flexuosis, intense fulvis, capsulis longioribus, crinitae. Capsule in series quatuor dispositee, parvae, intense fusca, laxe reticulats, vertice His longitudinaliter de- hiscentes. Semina minutissima, oblonga, alba. Fig. 1. Portio frondis cum appendicibus fructificantibus, ex sicco. f. 2. Portio appendicis, cum capsulis paleisque. f. 3. Capsule. f 4. Semina. f. 5. Sete vel palese:—magn. auct. We are indebted for the superb specimens of this truly elegant Fern to our excellent friend C. S. Parker, Esq. of Liverpool, who gathered them in Demerara in 1824. The same plant had been previously found in the neighbouring district of the Essequebo in Dutch Guiana, and we be- lieve no where else. It certainly bears a very close affinity with the Schizea disitata of the East Indies (the 'Schizea marginata of JFall. MSS.): but that has broader, more compressed, almost winged fronds, and the capsules are not intermixed with the curious chaffy hairs which are so conspicuous in this species. s 77 que L7 Z7 — ^ * 7 AE. ^ fx -— — DT v2 Anota Z EM L — 7 — TAB. Lv. LYGODIUM DICHOTOMU M. FILICES.—Oswvxpacrx. Br., Kaulf. | ScuisuaToPTEnIDzEs. Jfilld. GrErCHENIEEX. Spreng. GEN. Cuan. LYGODIUM, Sw. HYDROGL OSSUM, Willd. Capsule sessiles, ovatcw, medio insertw, apice radiatim striato : in spiculis (simplicibus e margine pinnze, v. dichotomis in fronde mutata), dorsales, biseriatze. —Zmvolucrum : Squam«c capsulas distinguentes, e venis spicule ortz, supra liberz. stipes volubilis. Frondes conjugate, divise v. composite. Br. LvcopiuM dichotomum ; frondibus conjugatis dichotomis foliolis bi-tripartitis, laciniis sterilibus lan- ceolatis, fertilibus linearibus attenuatis, omnibus acutissimis integerrimis. Lygodium dichotomum. — Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 154. Spreng. Syst. P'eset. v. A. p. 29. -Hydroglossum dichotomum. — /Z/i/Id. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 82. Ugena dichotoma. —** Cav. Jc. v. 6. p. 74. t. 594. f. 2." Has. In Insulis Marianis et Philippinis. Cav. jSwaríz. In Insula Pulo Penang, seu * Prince of Wales's Island," dicta. (D. Sabine.) Stipes longissimus, volubilis, teres, flavo-fuscus, subnitidus, glaber, tactu scabriusculus. Frondes glabrae, geminate seu basi conjugate, petiolatee. Petiolus duas ad tres uncias longus, basi incrassatus, superne subalatus, dichotomus, et, ita, bi-foliolatus, foliolis profunde bi-tripartitis, basi in petiolum brevem, subalatum attenuatis, lobis serium duas ad tres uncias longis, lineari-lanceolatis, acutissimis, etiam subapicu- latis, apiculo hirsuto, fertilium duplo triplove longioribus, linearibus, valde attenuatis, omnibus integerrimis, costatis, furcato-parallelo-venosis, subnitidis. Spice numerose, parva, ad marginem loborum, venas terminantes, e squamis subdecem subtus Hn facie superiore coadunatis, valde concavis, singula capsulam unicam includente. Capsule ovatee, pulcherrime reticulate, vertice radiatim striatae. Semina parva, triangularia, pellucida. Fig. 1. Spica, a dorso visa. f. 2. Spica junior subtus visa. f. 3. Eadem magis matura. f. 4. Capsula (laesione, ut videtur, rupta). f 5. Capsula integra :—magn. auct. We regret that our not being able to have access to Cavanilles's [cones prevents us from deter- mining, by his figure, what we can now only conjecture from his descriptive character ; namely, that this is the Ugena dichotoma of that author. It is said by Willdenow to be similar to the Usena ma- crostachya of the same writer (Loygodium longifolium of Swartz) ; and our plant, we must confess, also comes very near to the Z. circinatum of Authors, figured in Vumph. z4mb. (.33.— Indeed, were the pairs of barren leaflets in our figure united by the membranaceous portion at their base (which is almost the case in some of our specimens), we should then have a plant perfectly corresponding with the figure of Rumphius, in which the fertile leaflets are actually compound. May not the three species therefore which we have just mentioned, be considered as mere varieties of each other? They are all inhabitants of the islands of the Indian Ocean ;' and, on account of their beauty, are employed by the natives of Amboyna for adorning the entrances of their houses on marriage festivals, whilst the larger stems are made into cordage for the purpose of binding different utensils. TAB. LVI. IU Grevize cet e Cet 6n 2 e Pm TAD. LVI. POLYPODIUM SCOULERIL FILICES.—GzrznATz. Br. PorrPoDiACER. Kaulf. Firiczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cnan. POL YPODIUM, Swartz. .Sori subrotundi (seriati, sparsi, v. conferti). —Znmvolu- crum nullum. Ar. PorvropruM /Scouleri ; fronde coriacea profunde pinnatifida, lobis subquinis oblongis obtusissimis obscure crenatis basi sublobulatis, terminali majore sorifera, soris approximatis biserialibus. Has. Prope flumen Columbiam, in plaga occidentali- Americze Septentrionalis. D. couler. Caudex repens, squamoso-setaceus, squamis subulatis, fuscis. Stipes uncialis, erectus, nudus, dorso semicylindraceo, superne canaliculatus. Frons, circumscriptione late ovata, profunde pinnatifida, coriacea, lobis plerumque quinque oblongis, obtusissimis, obscure crenatis, costatis, subnervosis, glaberrimis, basi sublobulatis, lateralibus sesquiuncialibus, terminali majori, biunciali et ultra, sorifero. Rachis fusca, glabra. Sori in duas lineas arcte dispositi, fusci, rotundati, prope costam vel rachin inserti. Capsule subrotundz, fuscse, longissime stipitatz, stipite articulato. Semina oblonga, vel subreniformia, sub summa lente reticulata, flava. Fig. 1. Capsule cum stipitibus. f. 2. Semina :—magn. auct. Among the interesting collection of plants which Dr. Scouler has recently brought from the Nofth-West coast of America is the present very distinct species of Fern. It may perhaps rank next to Polypodium vulgare, but is distinguished from that, as from every other of the same division, by the small number of lobes, their relative breadth and length, their bluntness, and the large terminal one with its distinct and prominent spots of fructification. T'AB. LV. n 0T» X AES : oh utt TL Ep ^ PD. o — — o/'"IWzL2L e 2^ TAD. LVII. LYCOPODIUM WILLDENOVIL LycoropiNzEm. Swartz., Dr., Kaulf. | SrAcuvorrznripzs. Willd. GrN. CHdag.. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles; a/e bivalves, farina replete; alie 2—3-valves, corpusculis 1—6, globosis. Zr. Lvcoropruw ZJZildenovii; folis bifariis horizontalibus oblongis subfalcatis costatis integerrimis, stipulis multoties minoribus subconformibus, spicis terminalibus elongatis, squamis lato- cordatis integerrimis uninervibus. Lycopodium Willdenovii. * Desvauz" Lycopodium levigatum. — J/illd. Sp. PI. v. 4. 3. 45. Haz. In India Orientali. /Z7;//d. Ex insula «Prince of Wales's Island" dicta, communicavit DD. Sabine. Caulis *scandens," filiformis, gracilis, sulcatus, subpaucifolius; rami distichi remoti bipinnatim divisi, ramulis subarcte insertis, foliosis. Folia bifaria, disticha, horizontalia, plana, oblonga, subfalcata, obtusa, integerrima, costa medio percurrente fere ad apicem attingente. | Stipule cum foliis alternantes et iis subconformes, sed quintuplo minores, erectze, appressse. Spice ad apices ramulorum, solitari;e, vix unciam longe, filiformes, flavee. —Squamce quadrifariam imbricatee, erecto-patentes, late ovato-cordats, acutze, integerrimae, concava. Capsule axillares, solitarise, majuscule, reniformes, bivalves, granulis vel seminibus minutis, sphaericis, marginatis repletze. Fig. 1. Caulis portio, cum folio stipulisque. f. 2. Apex ramuli spica terminatus. f. 8. Squama spice a dorso visa. f 4. Squama intus visa, cum capsula. f. 5. Granule vel Semina :—magn. auct. We have no authentic specimen of Willdenow's Z. levisatum ; but that author's description so Well accords with this plant, that we have no hesitation in considering it to be that species. La- marck had, however, previously given the name of lavigatum to a very different Lycopodium ; and hence Desvaux has changed the name to £L. JZ/illdenovii. In habit it is nearly allied to the /SzacAy- &ynandrum scandens, figured by Palisot de Beauvois in his ZT. d' Oware et de Benin ; but that plant has serrated leaves, whereas here both the leaves and stipules are quite entire. TAB.LVHI. "1 d dni SS QAAUA $i. V (ps ne ase Deu Ae CHE aea aes ?. : yt 2: / — P P : 7 9» "IL "rte De OwPevcdde. wat "y 7 TAB. LVIII. GLEICHENIA ALPIN A. FILICES.—Grzicnzwiía. Br., Kaulf. ScuiswaToPTEnIDzs. JVWilld. Gzw. Cuag. GLEICHENLA. | Capsule annulo completo striato subsessiles, in soris rotundatis dorsalibus szepius definite. — Zndusium nullum. — Frondes dichotomze vel furcatz. GLEICHENIA alpina ; frondibus dichotomis proliferis, ramis pinnatis, pinnis pinnatifidis, lobis orbicu- latis subtus fornicatis ; adultis denudatis, rachi communi tomentosa, partialibus squamosis. Zr. Gleichenia alpina. Br. Prod. p. 161. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 26. Has. In Insula Van Diemen (D. 7t. Brown) ; ubi in cacumine montis, * Wellington" dicto, legit D. Fraser. Stipes erectus, semicylindricus, flexuosus, 5- vel 6-pollicaris, inferne nudus, superne magis minusve tomentosus. Frondes ceespitosee, circumscriptione subdeltoides, primum, ut videtur, dichotomse, demum innovationibus e centro dichotomiarum ortis ramis pinnatis composite. Hi rami iterum pinnati, pinnis pinnatifidis, linearibus, viri- dibus, glabris, nitidis; Zob;s orbiculatis, approximatis, subtus insigniter fornicatis. Zachis communis tomen- tosa, subsquamosa, partialibus ramisque novellis insigniter paleaceo-squamosis, squamis subpeltatis pulcher- rime reticulatis fimbriatisque, fuscis. Capsule plerumque bine, in singulo lobo, pilis articulatis immixtze, orbiculari-hemisphzericze, oblique annulatee, annulo dilatato completo. Fig. 1. Pinna a dorso visa. f. 2. Pinnasubtus visa. f. 3. Portio pinnze fructiferee. f. 4. Sectio transversalis lobi et rachis. f. 5. Capsula pilis immersa. f. 6. Squamula:—magn. auct. d The dichotomous ramification of this plant is scarcely observable, except in the young shoots; for it is remarkably proliferous ; and, the young shoots originating from the centre of the dichoto- mies, the old branches then become pinnated in an opposite manner. In a young state too, we may observe, the whole plant is covered with a dense tomentum as well as with brown scales; but in age both disappear, except on the under side of the rachis of the ultimate pinnz. So closely are the lobes of the pinnz placed, and so remarkably convex on the upper side, that each pinna seems to be formed by two beaded lines. "The deep concavity of the under surface is scarcely less remarkable, and can only be accurately seen when the scales of the rachis are removed ; and if a transverse section be made through the rachis and lobes, the appearance is as if the lobes were jointed upon that rachis: indeed the whole structure of the plant is highly curious, and quite different from that of any Fern we are acquainted with. "The substance of the fronds is remarkably thick, rigid, and coriaceous ; and these are said by Mr. Fraser (to whom we are indebted for our specimens) to form large masses or beds on the summit of Mount Wellington. TAB. LIX. TAB. -LIX. ASPIDIUM RHIZOPHYLLUM. FILICES.—Grzarxz. Br. PorvropiAcrm. Kaulf. FiricEs verm. JWilld. Gr. Caag. J4SPIDIUM, Br. HYPOPELTIS, Mich. ASPIDII species, Sw., Willd. Sori rotundi dorsales. — Znvolucrum orbiculare, peltatum, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum, undique liberum. Zr. AsPrDIUM rhizophyllum ; frondibus pinnatis hirsutis decumbentibus, pinnis subovalibus terminali longissime caudata radicante. Aspidium rhizophyllum. |.Sw. Syn. FW. p. A4. IFilld. &. PI. v. 2. p. 219. Spreng. Syst. eset. v. 4. p. 100. Polypodium rhizophyllum. Sw. Prod. p. 132. Sw. Fil. Ind. Occ. p. 1657. Has. In umbrosis montosis Jamaice australis. Radix fibrosa, fibris tenuibus, ramosis, fuscis, subtomentosis. Frondes subcsespitosse, digitales et ultra, lanceolato-acuminatze, pinnatze, pilis brevibus fuscis undique obsitze. Stipes brevis, vix duas uncias longus, gracilis, fuscus, nitidus, paleaceo-squamosus ; vachis gracilis, hirta. Pinnc suboppositze, semiunciam longse, parum remotz, oblongse, obtuse, subintegerrimze, basi oblique cuneatze, terminali longissima, basi pinnatifida, lobis obtusis apice caudato—radicante, prolifera. Sori sparsi in pinnam terminalem, in serie longitudinali prope costam inserti, rotundati. Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, umbilicatum. Capsule numerosissimze, in singulo soro pedicellatze, fuscee, annulo latiusculo fere completo cinctae. Semina fusca, margine tuberculato, pellucido. Fig. 1. Portio pinnze fructificantis. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. This interesting and very distinct species of 44spidium appears to be confined to the island of Jamaica. The specimens here figured were gathered by Mr. Wiles in that country, and presented to us by A. B. Lambert, Esq. 2. x : Z s | AFrevit amt TE Pu Pari v aid V7. (CHILE LL "ur erar p. t I TAD. LX. HYMENOPHYLLUM DILATATUM. FILICES.—GvnaATzxz. Br. PorvPoDiACER. Kaulf. | Fiv1czs verz. JWilld. GEN. Cuag. HYMENOPHYLLUM, Sm. Sori marginales. ^ Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo inserte, intra Znvolucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius liberis. Br. HyMENoPnvLLUM d/atatum ; glabrum, frondibus bi-tripinnatifidis, pinnis ovatis dichotome divisis decurrentibus, laciniis linearibus obtusis integerrimis, involucris orbicularibus inflatis, stipite superne rachique alatis. Hymenophyllum dilatatum. | Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 149 et 373. Schkuhr. Fil. p. 131. 4. 135. Jf'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 533. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. A. p. 132. | Trichomanes dilatatum. | * Forst. Prodr." Has. In Insulis Maris Pacifici. Forster. In Nova Zealandia. D. Menzies. Brazil? (Sprengel.) Caudex repens, horizontalis, gracilis, fuscus; levis hic et illic radicans. Stipes digitalis, erectus, glaber, basi teres, superne subalata. Frons, circumscriptione oblongo-ovata, omnino glabra, pinnata, pinnis ovatis subattenuatis, basi in rachin alatam decurrentibus, bipinnatifidis, laciniis subdichotomis, linearibus, costatis, obtusis, integerrimis, terminali lon- giore; Substantia membranacea, sub. summo lente minutissime reticulata, siccitate fusca, costa prominente, pallida. Sori in laciniis terminales versus apicem frondis. Involucra orbicularia, pallide fusca, bivalvia, valvis hemisphzericis integerrimis. Receptaculum inclusum, clavatum. Capsule peltatee, sessiles, pulcherrime reticulatze, annulo completo dilatato cinctee. Semina subangulata, flavescentia. | Fig. 1. Lacinie cum soro. f. 2. Portio frondis. f. 3. Involucrum apertum cum receptaculo capsularum. f. 4. Capsule. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. We know not upon what authority Sprengel considers this to be a native of Brazil. The speci- mens here figured were gathered by Mr. Menzies in New Zealand. It was originally discovered during the first voyage of Captain Cook, by John Reynold Forster. '"'AD. LXI. y 222 9 CTI). p Le (7 TU TL, "COPI M? J. San fe DU Grerude Ded? TAD. LXL ACROSTICHUM VISCOSUM. FILICES.—GxrnATz. Br. PornvPopiaCEX. Kaulf. | Fir1czs vere. Willd. Ges. Cuan. Z4CROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam inferiorem frondis (interdum diverse) vel ad ejus partem sparse. Zndusium nullum (nisi squamule, v setze in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). 2. ACROSTICHUM ?viscosum ; squamoso-hirsutum, subviscidum, frondibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, basi in stipitem longiusculum squamosum attenuatis ; fertilibus linearibus. Acrostichum viscosum. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p.10 et 193. JF/illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 103. Spreng. Syst. leget. v. 4. p. 33. Acrostichum petiolatum. — Swartz. F1. Ind. Occ. p. 1588. Acrostichum salicifolium. — /7?/ld. Herb. .Kaulf.. Enum. Fil. p.58. Sieber. Syn. FW. n. 28. Spreng. Syst. leget. v. A. p. 33. Has. In truncos muscis repletos in montibus altis Jamaicz ; et in India Orientali. |Swartz. Insula Mauritii. Szeber. Bojer. Borboniwe. Jesfontaines. lnsula Sancti Vincentii Indize Occidentalis. Aev. L. Gwuilding. Caudex rey ens, crassiusculus, dense fusco-squamosus, fibrosus, fibris numerosis, filiformibus, flexuosis, ramosis. Stipites plurimi ex eodem caudice, subcongesti, graciles, castanei, hinc sulcati, inferne nigri, nitidi, squamis minutis lanceolatis, membranaceis, reticulatis, spinoso-ciliatis obsiti, demum nudi; serium duas ad tres uncias longi; X fertilium duplo triplove longiores. Frondes sex ad octo uncias longs, erectee, nunc subfalcatz, coriaceo-membranacese, lineari-lanceolatze, TET apiceque attenuate, integerrimee, utrinque, statu juniore precipue, squamuloso-viscidze, squamis minutissimis membranaceis reticulatis, magis minusve profunde ciliatis: cosa distincta; vence parallelae plerumque furcatze: frondes fertiles lineares, sterilibus plerumque longiores. Capsule totam paginam inferiorem frondis tegentes, fuscae, sphaericze, stipitatee ; annulo subcompleto cinctze. Semina flavo-fusca, limbo tuberculato. Fig. 1. Capsule. f. 2. Semina. f. 3. Squama stipitis. f. 4. Squama frondis :—magn. auct. o We have scarcely less pleasure in figuring a species of Fern which has been involved in obscurity, than in making known one which is altogether new. In the present instance we have, from the Island of St. Vincent, given what we believe to be the true z4crostichum viscosum of Swartz and Willdenow, of which no representation has hitherto been published. We think, however, that too much stress must not be laid upon the viscid nature of the plant, nor upon the scales of the frond ; both of which are liable to vary: and the latter in particular, we know almost entirely disappear with age, remaining on the midrib, and at the margin, and on the underside of the frond, the longest. 'l'he scales, too, vary in size and in the relative length of the cili&, which sometimes give the appearance of mere stellated hairs to the scales. "This kind abounds more on the upper surface of the frond of our specimens from the Mauritius, which can by no fixed character be distinguished from the species of the West Indies TAB.LXH. SE aro DENS iu oZ "TALIA fronte At Grerle De den Jc. TAD. LXII. GRAMMITIS FUÜURCATA. FILICES.—GrnArE. Br. PorvropraAcExm. Kaulf. |^ Fiviczs vere. JWilld. Gzx. Cuan. GRAMMI T'LS, Sw. Sori oblongi, lineares, recti, sparsi. Zndusia nulla. JZiid. . GnaMurrIS furcata ; fronde lineari glabra furcata, apice obtusa, stipite nullo, soris oblongis oblique parallelis. Has. Guiana. C. S. Parker. Radix parva, ceespitosa, e fibris plurimis fuscis descendentibus. Frondes plurimse ex eadem radice, erectze, lineares, quatuor ad quinque uncias longs, duas lineas late, medium versus simpliciter furcate, margine integerrimze, subsinuate, apicibus obtusis, inferne attenuatse, sed stipes nullus. Substantia coriacea, medio costata, nervis simplicibus obscuris, oblique parallelis, sorigeris. Sori, in laciniis furcarum, oblongi, tumidi, simplici serie, costa utrinque, dispositi. Capsule intense fuscee, annulo lato incompleto cinctze, longe stipitatae. Semina subrotunda, flavescentia. | Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soris. f. 2. Sorus. f. 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. We possess only the single specimen of this distinctly marked species of Grammitis, which was brought from Demerara by our valued friend C. S. Parker, Esq. It has the forked habit of some species of Ztenitis, especially of 7. furcata, and the divided state of 7. eramnifolia; but the fructi- fication is decidedly that of a Gramantis. T AB.LXHI. 5 REO HU MEER puta T t 2/74 A. — / "ww 2" Greruée Deut VARY 727A TAB. LXIII. T/ENITIS INTERRUPT A. FILICES.—Grnarx. Br. Porvropnracrz. Kaulf. —Firrczs verm. Willd. GEN. Cnan. ZTVENITIS, Sw. Sorus linearis, continuus, quandoque interruptus, longitudinalis, inter costam et marginem exteriorem frondis situs. — Zndusium nullum. JZ'i/id. TzeNrTIS inferrupta; fronde pinnata, pinnis lineari-ellipticis obtusiusculis, soris interruptis. Teenitis linearis. —. Z/a//. MSS. (non Kaulf-) Has. In India Orientali. J7/ai/. Stipes quatuor ad sex uncias longus, erectus, flavo-fuscus, hinc canaliculatus, basi subsquamosus, intense fuscus. Frons stipite brevior, circumscriptione late ovata, pinnata, pinnis alternis remotiusculis subpatentibus, lineari- . ellipticis, parum coriaceis, obscure reticulatim venosis, costatis, integerrimis, apice obtusiusculis, basi acutis, brevissime petiolatis, terminali petiolo sublongiore. Sor? longitudinales, interrupti, prope marginem frondis inserti, involucro nullo. Capsule sphaericee, annulo lato fere completo cinctze, pedicellate. ^ Capsule plurimse abortivze (f. 3.). Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soro. f. 2. Capsule. f.3. Pedicelli cum capsulis abortivis :—magn. auct. Received from the Honourable the Directors of the East India Company; but from what part of India is not mentioned. Its affinity is evidently with 7: Mechnoides Sw. (T. pteridioides of Schkuhr) ; but that is a vastly larger plant, with the pinnze remarkably attenuated. Of that species Swartz observes that the capsules are mixed with articulated setz, terminated by a torulose rounded club. These are doubtless analogous to what we here consider pedicels with abortive capsules— capsules indeed reduced to a portion of the annulus, which is all that is formed of them. TAB.LXIV. UI conia za 772 et, JJ. Sra e "7 «Det Dr Geri TAB. LXIV. HEMIONITIS CORDATA. FILICES.—GrnaATrxs. Br. PoLvPoDIACERX. Kaulf. Frricres vere. Willd. Gex. Cuan. HEMIONITIS, Kaulf. HEMI ONITIDIS pars, Linn., Sw., Willd. Capsule venis reticulatis frondis insidentes. — Zndusium nullum. Kaulf. / HEMioNrTIS cordata; frondibus sterilibus cordato-oblongis fertilibus sub-triangularibus, subtus stipitibusque paleaceo-hirsutis. Hemionitis cordata. Zoxb. MSS. Has. Ind. Orient. Ztozburgh. ID. Shuter. Ad loca depressa prope Calcuttam, Ind. Orient. Dr. IFalhch. Radix csspitosa, e fibris numerosissimis, gracilibus, valde ramosis, fuscis. Stipites, plurimi ex eadem radice, tres ad quatuor uncias longi, erecti, flexuosi, hinc canaliculati, atro-purpurei, nitidi, pilis membranaceis fuscis patentibus obsiti; fertiles reliquis duplo triplove longiores. Frondes tres uncias longze, fusco-virides, subcoriaces;e, obscure reticulatz, costatz, supra glabra, subtus margine j paleaceo-hirsutz; s/eriles oblongo-cordatse, obtuss ; fertiles magis triangulares, sinu lato, profundo. . Capsule numerosissimze in venas reticulatas, areolis oblongis, demum confluentes. Semina minutissima, fusca. Fig. 1. Portio frondis venas capsulasque exhibens. f. 2. Capsule. f. 39. Semina:—magn. auct. Desvaux first separated from the ZZemionitides of Swartz and Willdenow the genus Gymnogramma (Tab. xxv.), and Kaulfuss, more recently, that of z4ntrophyum (see Tab. xlvi.) ; thus reducing Zemio- niis to the single species 47. pa/mata, which certainly had little or no natural affinity with its former associates. With that, however, our present plant entirely agrees, both in general habit and in essential characters. It was discovered many years ago by Dr. Roxburgh ; and, in his unpub- lished Catalogue, is marked generally as an inhabitant of Bengal: and upon the ticket written by Dr. Wallich, which accompanied the specimens kindly communicated by the Honourable the Di- rectors of the East India Company, it is described as flourishing in the rainy season in the neigh- bourhood of Calcutta. "We find beautiful specimens of the same plant in a valuable botanical col- lection presented to us by the late excellent Dr. Shuter. These specimens, however, have the fronds more acute at the angles than is the case in our plant. C Lu e z ZI / d 3 P i : m HL Pd ( E ULT BEA La AZ b Ai cd P4 "4 t K Jdirgnmde. TAB. LXV. POLYPODIUM LONGIFRONS. FILICES.—GvnaATx. Br. PorvroprACEm. Kaulf. | Frirrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuag. POLYPODIUM, Sw. Sori subrotundi (seriati, sparsi v. conferti). Znvolucrum nullum. 5r. * PorvPoptuM /ongsifrons; stipite subnullo, frondibus lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis membrana- ceis reticulatis tenuissime marginatis, basi longe attenuatis, soris ubique sparsis, caudice lon- gissimo. Polypodium longifrons. 7Za//. MSS. Polypodium normale? — Don. Prodr. F7. INepal. p. 1. Has. India Orientali. /7a//. In Nepalià? Hamilton. Caudex longissime repens, crassus, flexuosus, lignosus, hispido-squamosus, radiculosus, fibris filiformibus, ramosis, fusco-tomentosis. Stipes subnullus, vel, si mavis, brevissimus, alatus, in frondem sensim superne dilatatus. Frondes, plurimse ex eodem caudice, ut videtur, pendentes, sesquipedales et ultra, lanceolatze, glabra, membra- naceze, subpellucidze, reticulata, in areolis uniglandulosze (fig. 1.), integerrimse, margine subundulatze, tenuiter incrassatee, apice acuminatze, inferne longe attenuate, costats; cos/a crassa, fusca. Sori numerosi, hemisphzerici, per totam inferiorem partem frondis sine ordine sparsi. Capsule flavo-fuscse, longe pedicellatze. Semina oblonga, subreniformia, pellucida vix colorata. Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soris. f. 2. Capsule. f 3. Semina:—magn. auct. For our knowledge of this fine species of Polypodium we are indebted to the Honourable the East India Company, from whom we have received it with the MS. name here adopted, but without. any particular habitat being given. ^It is, however, probably from Nepal, and is perhaps the same as the P. normale of Mr. Don; but the character in the Prodromus Flore lNVepalensis of that author is too short to enable us to determine that point satisfactorily. cam dE MA MINES Saas bem TAB. LXVI. POLYPODIUM CRINITUM. FILICES.—GvznzATzx. Br. PorveoDIiACEE. Kaulf. Frriczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GzN. Cuag. POLYPODIUM, Sw. Sori subrotundi, (seriati, sparsi v. conferti). nullum. Zr. Involucrum PoLvropiuM cerinitum ; fronde pinnata, pinnis lanceolatis pinnatifidis, laciniis oblongis obtusis sub- inzequilateralibus integerrimis subtus costa nervisque subpubescentibus, stipite rachique setosis, soris minutis. Polypodium crinitum. — Poiret in. Encycl. Bot. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 5T. Polypodium thelypteroides? Desv. in Berl. Mag. 1811. p.317. Spreng. Syst. 'eset. v. A. p. 56. (non Sieberi, Syn. FL. n. 50.) Polypodium fusco-setaceum. — Bojer. MSS. Has. In insula Mauritii: in montibus excelsis, locis umbrosis. Jojer. Caudex subpalmaris, erectus, teres, hinc canaliculatus, nitidus, insigniter setosus, setis longis membranaceis, subu- latis, fuscis. Jiachis etiam fusco-setaceus, versus apicem pubescens. Frons pedalis, circumscriptione ovato-subpyramidalis, pinnata, pinnis plerumque oppositis, subhorizontalibus quadri- ad sex-pollicaribus, lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, profunde pinnatifidis, fere omnino glabris, costa (setosa) nervisque pubescentibus, laciniis semiunciam longis, paululum falcatis, obtusis, oblongis v. lineari- oblongis, insequilateralibus, basi subaequalibus versus apicem sensim minoribus, penninervibus. Sori biseriales, nervis ultimis seu venulis prope medium utrinque inserti, parvi. Capsule sphaerico-subcompressse, annulo crasso cinctze, pedicellatze. Semina subreniformia, flavescentia, pellucida. Fig. 1. Pinne lacinia, a dorso visa, cum soris. f. 2. Capsule. f 3. Semina:—magn. auct. The difficulty of distinguishing many of the species of Fern by mere descriptions is, it must be acknowledged, very great. In looking simply at the short character of P. tAelypteroides given by Desvaux above quoted, it is quite indicative of our present plant; but then he describes it after- wards as having * very few leaves (pinnz), of two inches and a half in length, the frond only five inches long, and the stipes eight or nine inches in length :" in which respects, he tells us, it differs from the 2. crinitum of Poiret. Poiret's description, again, perfectly agrees with our plant in every thing except in not having the sori inserted upon the extremities of the veins: they are evidently inserted near the middle. | | Sieber's P. thelypteroides must not be confounded with our plant, similar as it is in the structure of its pinnze ; for it is pubescent on both sides, and the stipes, rachis, costa and nerves, are simply pubescent, quite destitute of setze. TAB. LXVII. PLEOPELTIS PERCUSSA. FILICES.—Gvzarz. Br. PorvropiACEZ. Kaulf. Firrcrs verc. Willd., Spreng. Gzwv. Cnan. PLEOPEL TIS, Humb. .Sori subrotundi, sparsi. Zzdusia numerosa, peltata, squa- mzeformia, subimbricata. Spreng. PLEOPELTIS percussa ; frondibus lanceolatis breviter stipitatis cuspidato-acuminatis margine inte- gerrimis revolutis squamulosis, supra foveis a soris adverso pagine ortis instructis, soris soli- tariis pulvinatis, caudice repenti. Polypodium percussum. * Cavan. Pralect. 1801. n. 594 — Swartz. /:Syn. FW. p. 27. IFilld. Sp. PL. v. 5. p. 151. Kaulf. Enum. Fl. p. 90. Langsd. et Fisch. Ic. Fil. p.8. 1.6. — Spreng. Syst. leget. v. A. p. A7. Polypodium avenium. — Desv. in Berl. Magaz. 1811. p.314. Desv. in Journ. de Bot. 1814. p. 259. t. A1. Polypodium cuspidatum. * Pres." (fide Spr.) Has. In insulis Marianis inque Para et insula Catharina, Brasilie. 7Z"i/id. Apud Rio Janeiro. D* Maria Graham. Raddi. Caudex repens, ramosus, flexuosus, arcte squamosus, crassitie pennze corvinge, hic illic fibroso-radiculosus. S/ipes duas ad tres uncias longus, subsquamosus. FFrondes spithamsesze fere ad pedalem, erectae, lanceolatz, coriacese, virides, costate, oculo nudo omnino avenise, sub lente venis reticulatis notatze, integerrims, minute squamulosze, marginibus revolutis, apicibus longe cuspidato-acuminatis, basi in stipitem sensim attenuatz: supra foveolats, foveis a soris in adversa facie positis. Squamulc frondis minutze, peltatze, reticulatze, margine dentatze. Involucra plurima in eodem soro, e squamulis peltatis dentatis. Sori, pro ratione plantze, magni, hemispheerici seriatim dispositi, solitarii. Capsule numerosissimze, longe pedicellate, spharicze, annulats, fasciis annulorum rufis. Cum his capsulis pedi- celli abortivi numerosi adsunt. Semina oblonga, intense flava. Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soris involucrisque. f 2. Portio frondis cum soris vetustis. f.3. Squamula. f.4. Cap- sule. f. 5. Pedicelli abortivi. f. 6. Semina :—magn. auct. No author appears to have noticed the scales which cover the younger state of the sori of this plant, constituting that kind of involucre which characterizes the genus Z/eopeltis of Humboldt. Raddi states it to be an inhabitant of old walls in Brasil. 1 'AB. LXVIII. * NN S . EXCITE. — uw anas v TAB. LXVIII. WOODSIA PERRINIANA. FILICES.—GvnATz. Br. PorvPopIACEX. Kaulf. Frirrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GreN. Cuan. JZOODSLA, Br. Sori dorsales, subrotundi. Znvolucrum calyciforme apertum laciniatum (margine crinitum r.): includens Capsulas pedicellatas: receptaculo communi elevato nullo. Br. (paucis verbis mutatis.) Woopnsta perriniana; minutissime glanduloso-pilosa, frondibus bipinnatis, pinnis ultimis pinna- | tifdis segmentis rotundatis bidentatis, soris submarginalibus, involucris subhemisphzericis demum laciniis patentibus dentatis, stipite subpaleaceo. Alsophila perriniana. Spreng. Syst. leget. v. A. p. 126. Woodsiasp.? Torrey MSS. Has. Insula Sancti Thomz. JPerrim. In America Septentrionali. 7: orrey (prope Novam Eboracensem). JD. Barratt. FHadix ? Stzpes digitalis et ultra, glaber, nitidus, paleaceo-squamosus, paleis sparsis non raro deciduis. Frons, circumscriptione lanceolata, ubique pilis minutissimis glandulosis subtus przecipue obsita, bipinnata, pinnis primariis deltoideo-lanceolatis, oppositis, remotiusculis, secundariis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, pinna- tifidis, laciniis rotundatis bidentatis, vel inferioribus rarissime iterum subpinnatifidis, laciniis ultimis bidentatis. Color pallide virens, pinnarum rachi glanduloso, frondium inferne paleaceo. Sori submarginales, solitarii, in singula lacinia ad dichotomiam venarum insidentes. Involucrum infra sorum insertum membranaceum album primum hemispheericum capsulas involvens, sed vertice : aperto, demum in lacinias inzequales, patentes, denticulatas dehiscentes, laciniis subovatis, reticulatis, concavis. Capsule spheericze, breviter pedicellatee, annulo incompleto. Heceptaculum commune nullum. Semina oblongo-rotundata. Fig. 1. Planta e D. Torrey. f.2. Eadem e D. Barratt recepta:—magn. nat. f. 3. Portio pinnule, cum soris. f. 4. Sorus immaturus, involucro nondum expanso. f. 5. Sorus maturus. Íf.6. Capsule. f. 7. Semina:— magn. auct. We had the good fortune to receive from our valuable correspondent Dr. Torrey, of New York, an authentic specimen of the 74/sopAila perriniana of Sprengel, gathered in the island of St. Thomas, and specimens of a Fern gathered near New York, which upon comparison prove to belong to the same species. Afterwards Dr. Barratt sent it to us also from the United States. Sprengel has in some degree altered the generic character of Mr. Brown's Zd/sop/ila, so as to include the present plant: but as the original species of 7/sopAi/a embrace a tribe of Ferns arbo- rescent and quite different from our plant, as well in aspect as in generic character, we have con- sidered it best to remove 74. perriniana from that genus altogether. It would be easy for us, seeing that it does not precisely accord with any described genus of the Filices, to have invented a new one. But as our design is rather by a series of well executed figures and descriptions to give a correct idea of the structure of the fructification of F'erns, which may be employed in future for the formation of genera, than too hastily to constitute new ones, we have preferred placing the present plant in the genus J/'oodsia. Its habit, we think, is sufficiently similar; and, except that the involucre is larger in proportion to the sorus, and that, in a young state, it covers more fully the capsules, and is not margined with hairs, there is not a difference even in the character of the fructification. And we are not without an idea, that had the learned Brown himself been acquainted with the present F'ern, he might have framed the character SO as to have included it also. : — i s jd E rtu Hg DA ^ MU A 4 E $m « | " : A LLLI «nm ^ e T7, 9 I —7 ^ Crereiue, dez? — ; TAB. LXIX. ASPIDIUM CARYOTIDEUM. FILICES.—GvnaTx. Br. PorvropiaCER. Kaulf. Frirrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuan. ZASPIDIUM, Br. HYPOPELT 15, Mich. :4SPIDII species, Sw. Sori ro- tundi, dorsales. Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum, undique liberum. Z». ASPIDIUM caryotideum; fronde pinnata glabra, pinnis subsessilibus rhombeo-lanceolatis valde acuminatis subfalcatis ciliato-serratis, infimis terminalique subtrilobis, intermediis basi supe- riore unidentato. Aspidium caryotideum. . JZ'a/l. MSS. Has. In India Orientali (Nepal?). 7Zaílich. | Caudex, ut videtur, repens, squamosus, hic illic radiculosus. Stipes pedalis et ultra, pallide fuscus, subteres, hinc sulcatus, basi parce paleaceo-squamosus, superne nudus, glaber. Frons, stipitis longitudine, circumscriptione oblongo-ovata, pinnata, pinnis remotis patentibus, inferioribus oppo- sitis, reliquis alternis, sex pollicaribus, glabris, rhombeo-lanceolatis, ingqualibus, longe acuminatis costatis, oblique venosis, venis, sub lente, reticulatis, marginibus tenuiter ciliato-serratis, basi cuneatis, brevissime petiolatis; zmfimis terminalique trilobis, lobis lateralibus brevioribus acuminatis, Zntermediis margine superiore versus basin dente unico instructo. Sori in duas lineas, inter venas laterales dispositi, parvi, rotundati. Involucrum exacte orbiculatum, primum orbiculatum, centro depressum, demum, marginibus recurvis, umbilicatum, peltatum. Capsule subsphaericee, annulatze, pedicellatze, pedicello longissimo, articulato. Semina minuta, sphaerica, marginata, margine tuberculato, flavo-viridia. Fig.1. Aspidium caryotideum, 4 diminutum. f 2. Pinna:—magn. nat. f. 3. Portio frondis ut vense reticulatze videantur. £f.4. Sorus immaturus involucro tectus. £f. 5. Sorus maturus, verticaliter sectus. f. 6. Capsule. f. 7. Semina. This is a very distinctly marked species of zZspidium, for which we are indebted to the Honour- able the East India Company. The fronds, when seen through a good magnifying lens, present a very beautiful appearance, from the nature of the reticulation. Each areola has a branch of a vein, sometimes simple, sometimes forked, passing upwards, through the centre, but not reaching to the top. "These veinlets, probably, though it is difficult to ascertain the fact, are what terminate in the SOrl. nm m 77 7) 4A CGr€Vie De ARA. S : y 2A Neve M "V AN N : & (à (^ St Y MN 222 E " ^r | SM Cres ^ NEST. NUN (RAP A375 vertu / 7 VE ZI. T AB. LXX. * JJ. S wen Se. TAB LXX NEPHRODIUM FRAGRANS. FILICES.—GrnArz. Br. PorvropnriaAcEx. Kaulf. Frirrcrs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEgN. Cuan. IVEPHRODIUM, Mich. Sori rotundi, dorsales. Zmvolucrum reniforme, sinu affixum, marginibus liberis. Jr. NEPHRODIUM fragrans ; frondibus bipinnatis, pinnulis oblongis obtusis pinnatifidis, segmentis sub- rotundatis eroso-crenatis, stipite rachique dense ferrugineo-paleaceis. Nephrodium fragrans. —Züchardson in Zdpp. to Frankl. Journ. p. 753. Aspidium fragrans. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 51. — JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 253. Hook. in Parry's Second Poy. pp. p... Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 105. Polypodium fragrans. nn. Sp. Pl. p. 1550. (excl. syn. Hudson.) * Dryopteris rubum idzum spirans. 24mm. Ruth. 251." Has. In Sibiria; Dahuria. Z?scher. Kamtschatka. Chamisso. In regionibus arcticis et sub- arcticis Americze Septentrionalis. Jtchardson. In insulis America arctice. Parry. Caudex brevis, crassus, lignosus, subrepens, radiculosus, frondes plurimas gerens. | St;pes unciam ad duas vel tres uncias longus, dense paleaceo-squamosus, squamis magnis, imbricatis, rufo-fuscis, membranaceis, pellucidis, integerrimis. Rachis (universalis partialisque) subtus precipue ferrugineo-squamosus, squamis densis, imbricatis. Frons, circumscriptione lanceolata, palmaris fere ad spithamseam, bipinnata, pinnis primariis subarcte dispositis, sessilibus, cordato-lanceolatis, obtusis; pinnulis oblongis obtusis, pinnatifidis, segpnentis subrotundis, eroso- crenatis. Color pulcherrime viridis, subtus pallidior. Sori contigui, in singulo segmento pinnularum solitarii, majusculi. Involucrum rotundato-reniforme, convexum. Capsule breviter pedicellatee, annulatze. Semina oblonga, pulcherrime flavo-fusca. Fig. 1. Pinnula. f. 2. Eadem subtus visa, cum soris. f. 3. Sorus, Involucrumque. f. 4. Capsula. f. 5. Semina: —magn. auct. Of this elegant and rare Northern species of Fern no figure has yet been published. "The name is given from the fragrant scent of the species yielding an odour, even in the dried state, not unlike that of the common Primrose. It is peculiarly an arctic plant; and our finest specimens, from which the accompanying figure is taken, are from the island of Igloolik, where they were gathered by Captain Parry. TAB. L XXL ' AMA A) J ) ». PS CARLMFIDIMB. "zm "2 MSNNM z "7 zw Y A X VITA L) 71 A AT NS " ( X NAA P2 SN, NN i; : 7 ; 7/7 4T Grevedée Del JA. wer de. PIS OLUXE ASPLENIUM ENSIFORME. FILICES.—GvraaArTzx. Br. Porvropraczz. Kaulf. Friricss vero. Willd., Spreng. / GzN. Cuan. ASPLENI UM, Linn. ori lineares, sparsi, dorsales. ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. 2. Involucrum e vena lateraliter ASPLENIUM ezsiforme; fronde simplici lineari-lanceolata acuminata integerrima, basi in stipitem attenuata, soris coste oblique parallelis, involucro denticulato reflexo. Asplenium ensiforme. —Zail. MSS. Asplenium Phyllitidis. Don, Prodr. FI. Nep. p. 7? Has. In arboribus Nepaliz. JZallich. Fadix cespitosa, e fibris numerosissimis, capillaribus, ramosis, nigro-fuscis. Frondes plurimsee ex eadem radice, erectz, magnitudine variantes, nunc 6—8 pollicares, nunc pedales sesqui- pedalesque, lineari-lanceolate, subcoriaceze, margine integerrimae, apice valde acuminatze, inferne in stipitem bi-quadriunciam longum, sensim attenuatze. Stipes fuscus, basi paleaceo-squamosus, squamis lanceolato- subulatis, intense fuscis. Cos/a frondis subtus prominens, nervis oblique parallelis, simplicibus furcatisve, obscuris. | Sori numerosi, frondis totum dorsum occupantes a basi fere ad apicem, coste oblique paralleli, zferiores fere omnino paralleli, lineares. | Involucrum membranaceum, pallide fuscum, margine denticulatum, cito reflexum atque persistens. —. Capsule numerosissimze, sublonge pedicellatze, intense fuscse, annulo lato intense flavo. Semina flavo-fusca, subovalia, nunc margine granulata. Fig. 1. Portio frondis cum soris. f. 2. Capsule. f. 9. Semina:—magn. auct. We have received specimens of this very distinct ZZsplenium both from Dr. Wallich and the Honourable the Directors of the East India Company. It is probably Mr. Don's 44. Phyllhitidis ; but we think ourselves bound to preserve the name given to the plant by its estimable discoverer, Dr. Wallich. "There are but few species of the genus with entirely simple fronds ; and those have all, E the present species, the sori arranged in a much more horizontal direction from the costa. Here they are in the lower part of the frond, at least, almost parallel with the midrib ; and the rest form a very acute angle with it. Another remarkable character is, that the involucrum (besides being denticulate), as soon as it opens, is reflected upon the frond, so as to expose the whole cluster of capsules; and it remains there even after the capsules are dispersed. TAB. LXXIL L^ Greville Det ZaS mar e. TAB. LXXII. ASPLENIUM DENTATUM. FILICES.—GrzATx. Br. PorvroprAczEx. Kaulf. Frirnrczs vere. JWilld., Spreng. Gzwv. Cuan. J4SPLENIUM, Linn. Sori lineares, sparsi, dorsales. Znvolucrum e vena lateraliter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. Zr. ASPLENIUM dentatum ; fronde lineari-oblonga glabra pinnata, pinnis rhombeo-ovatis dentatis crena- tisque deorsum attenuatis integris. Asplenium dentatum. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1540. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 80. /'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p.324. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 86. | Trichomanes latifolium dentatum. | Plum. Fil. p. 58. t. 101. f. C. Has. In Jamaica. Swartz. Hispaniola. P/wmier. D. 7Ziles et Bancroft. FHadix ceespitosa, fibrosa; fibris magis minusve longis, tortuosis, fuscis, plerumque hirsutis. Ex Insula Jamaice communicaverunt St;pites plurimi ex eadem radice, duas vel tres uncias longi, nonnunquam etiam palmares, fusco-virides, com- p ? eO? ? 3 pressi, glabri, superne marginati. Frondes, circumscriptione, oblongo-lineares, tri-quadripollicares et ultra, pinnatze, pinnis remotis, glabris, rhombeo- ovatis, obtusis, antice irregulariter crenato-dentatis, deorsum oblique cuneatis, attenuatis, integerrimis. Ztachis compressa, alata. Involucra in. venis lateralibus, lineari-oblongis. Capsule sphsericze, sublonge pedicellatze. Semina. ovali-rotundata, limbata, limbo crenato. Fig. 1. Pinna cum soris. f.2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina :—magn. auct. Plumier, who appeàrs to have first detected this Fern in the little island called ZL« 7ortu?, situated to the north of the Port de Paix in St. Domingo, tells us that this plant varies in size and luxuriance very much, according to its situation upon wet or dry rocks. It will rank near to the 4dsp/. viride and 44. Trichomanis of our country. TAB. LXXII. 4" Grevilie Det .J ^U mz. ate | Med NP TAD. LXXHE. ASPLENIUM GILLIESIANUM. FILICES.—GrzATz. Br. PorvsoDIACEX. Kaulf. Frriczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Gzx. Cnan. 4SPLENIUM, Linn. Sori lineares, sparsi, dorsales. Znvolucrum e vena lateraliter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. Br. ASsPLENIUM (Gliesianum ; frondibus anguste lanceolatis. pinnatis, pinnis flabelliformibus antice laciniatis dentatisque, rachi lzvi apice non radicante. Asplenium Gilliesii. — Hook. in Ex. Flora, p. 209. (sub descr. z4spl. flabellifolii, sine Ic.) Has. In fissuris rupium, apud Ceno Grande Uspallata, Andibus. D. Gillies. liadix parva, fibrosa, fibris subsimplicibus, tortuosis, filiformibus, magis minusve hirsutis. Stipes uncia ad duas uncias longus, gracilis, glaber, viridis, ad basin squamoso-hispidus. Frons angusto-lanceolata, pinnata, pinnis remotiusculis, alternis, flabelliformibus, tenuissime membranaceis, pallide viridibus, antice sublobatis, lobis subtribus, inciso-crenatis, pinnis ultimis sensim minoribus. —ZacAis levis, apice nunquam radicante. Involucra linearia, membranacea, pallide fusca, fere albida. Capsule spheericze, articulate, pedicellatee. Semina ovalia, fusca. Fig. 1. Pinna, cum soris. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina :—magn. auct. Discovered by our excellent friend Dr. Gillies on the eastern side of the Andes, looking towards Mendoza. "The species had been before noticed in Hooker's Zzotic Flora under the description of "Asplenium flabellifolium, a native of New Holland, and which has many points in common with the present. 24spl. Gilliesianum may, however, always be distinguished by its much smaller size, more slender and delicate habit, never throwing out roots from the extremity of a leafless rachis. J.owem e E 4 : : TAB. LXXIV. ANTROPHYUM BORYANUM. FILICES.—GvnaTz. Br. PorvropiACER. Kaulf. | Firrczs verge. Willd., Spreng. Gzw. Cuag. ZANTROPHYUM *, Kaulf. Sori lineares, continui, venis frondis reticulatis mmmersi. Zndusium geminatum medio dehiscens. Kaulf. ANTROPHYUM Joryanum ; frondibus oblongo-ellipticis obovatisve acutis, basi in stipitem: longum attenuatis, * venis fructificantibus elevatis." Antrophyum Boryanum. Spreng. Syst. Veset. v. 4. p.67. Hemionitis Boryana. — JZ'illd. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 128. Hemionitis reticulata? Bory, Foy. v. 1. p.214. Sieber, Syn. Fil. n.64. Has. Insula Mauritii, ad arborum radices, (.Bory, Sieber, Carmichael ,) et in campis sylvestribus locis umbrosis in monte Pouce dicta. DBojer. FHadia fibroso-ramosa, fibris densissime villosis fuscis, longe repentibus descendentibusque. Caudex, ut videtur, nullus. Stipes digitalis ad palmarem, compressus, basi paleaceo-setosus. Frons palmaris ad pedalem, coriaceo-membranacea, oblongo-elliptica, non raro superne latior, margine ubique integerrimo, apice acuto, basi in stipitem attenuata, ecostata, pulcherrime venis elevatis reticulata, areolis oblongis angulatis 4—5 lineas longis. . * Venze fructificantes prominentes." JVilld. We possess specimens of this noble Fern, of which we have only represented here some of the smaller states, from the late Captain Carmichael, from M. Bojer, and Dr. Sieber, all of them desti- tute of the fructification. In some parts of the frond, indeed, the veins are darker than in others ; but on the most careful dissection, they contain no sori. Willdenow describes the fructification as elevated, not immersed, as it is in zZntr. pumilum and 24. reticulatum. All the species scem to possess very thickly downy roots. e * Nomen e Greco ayrgov antrum, et uw nascor.— Kaulf. TAB. LXX V. ZF Cree D TAB. LXXV. LINDS/AEA POLYMORPH A. FILICES.—GvnATz. Br. PorvPoDIiACEX. Kaulf. Frirrcrs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuang. LINDS/E A, Dryand. ;Sori lineares, margine paralleli s&piusque approximati. Involucrum ex apicibus venarum (rima plurium) ortum ducens, exterius liberum. jr. Liwpsza polymorpha ; fronde lineari-lanceolata pinnata, pinnis ovato-oblongis basi oblique cuneatis flabelliformibusque margine superiore serratis, infimis nonnunquam pinnulatis, involucris den- ticulatis. Lindsza polymorpha. JZail. MSS. Has. In India Orientali. 7Zallich. Caudex repens, squamulosus, pennse corvinzee crassitie, radiculoso-fibrosus, fibris flexuosis, subramosis, rigidis, fuscis. Stipes, exemplaribus fructificantibus, digitalis ad palmarem, sterilibus multo brevior, erectus, glaber, nitidus, hinc canaliculatus, inferne atro-fuscus. Frondes quadri-quinquepollicares, circumscriptione, angusto- vel lineari-lanceolatze, nunc apice attenuatse, pinnatze, pinnis inferioribus, statu adultiore, iterum pinnate. Pnnce vel pinnulc forma variantes, sterilium plerumque ovato-oblonga, margine superiore denticulatze, inferiore truncatze, integerrimse, basi cuneata; fertilium flabel- liformes; omnes radiato-nervoss, nervis dichotomis, soris terminatis, glabris, nitidis. Sori lineares, ad marginem superiorem pinnarum continui, exterius dehiscentes, pallide fusci, membranacei, sub lente reticulati, margine denticulati. Capsule sphsericee, annulo fere integro insequali crasso cinctez, longe pedicellatee. Semina opaca, subrotundo-angulata, flavescentia. Fig. 1. Pinna cum soro. f. 2. Portio involucri cum capsulis. f. 3. Ejusdem portio, magis aucta. f. 4. Semina; —nan. auct. - So sportive are the forms of the pinnz in many of the species of this genus, that it is difficult to characterize them in words. We have given the present plant under the name by which we received it from the Honourable the East India Company: at the same time we must observe that it comes very near to the Zindsea flabellata of Dryander, in the third volume of the 7*ansactions of the Linnean Society, p. A1. t. 8. f£. 2. That species, however, differs from ours, in being more decidedly bipinnate, in having most of the pinnze larger, regularly flabelliform, and in the apices of the fronds and compound pinnz being obtuse. TAB. LXXVI. pe e m a D Grerzz 7 : DP rere De) Me c TAB. LXXVI. HYMENOPHYLLUM BADIUM.. EHRUUES —Ornatk. Br. | PorrPODIACEZX. Kaulf. | Frir1czs verae. Willd. Grw. CHaz. HYMENOPH YLLUM, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo insertz, intra involucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius liberis. Jr. HvMENoPHYLLUM Padium ; fronde lanceolata bipinnatifida, laciniis lineari-oblongis obtusis integer- rimis glabris, inferioribus bifidis, soris raris in lacinia inferiori, involucris rotundatis. Has. In India Orientali. 7Za/icA. Caudex repens, filiformis, gracilis, ramosus, intricatus, fibroso-radiculosus. Stipes etiam filiformis, bi-triuncialis, superne alatus. Frons, circumscriptione, ovato-lanceolata, 4—5 pollicaris, bipinnatifida, segmentis primariis ovato-lanceolatis, laciniis lineari-oblongis, obtusis vel emarginatis, non raro inferioribus bifidis. T'ztura frondis ex areolis parvis. Color, siccitate, fusco-badius. Costa fusca. | - Jnvolucra rara, prsecipue versus apicem frondium, in lacinia inferiore ad superiorem partem segmentorum, solitaria, terminalia, rotundata, bivalvia, valvis concavis, integerrimis. Sori inclusi. | Capsule paucae, breviter pedicellatze, sphaerico-compresss, columellam brevem terminantes, annulo integro, ob- liquo. Semina angulata, et, ut videtur, ternatim congesta. Fig. 1. Pars frondis cum involucro f. 2. Portio laciniz;. f. 3. Sorus. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. Presented to us by the Honourable the East India Company, as discovered by Dr. Wallich in the "Company's possessions, but sent without any specific name. We have named it from the singular colour of the frond, which is common to all our dried specimens. TAB.LXXVII. WI IM UR VN » ^ 2227 27222 e era JJ. A repn. So P. 7 N 1 TAB. LXXVII. HYMENOPHYLLUM CRISPATUM. FILICES.—Gvnarz. Br. PorvropracEx. Kaulf. —FriricrEs vere. Willd. Gr. Cuag. HYMENOPHYLLUAM, Sn. Sori marginales. | Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo insertz, intra involucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis exterius liberis. B». HyMENOPHYLLUM crispatum fronde ovato-acuminata bi-tripinnatifida integerrima glabra, laciniis lato-linearibus obtusiusculis, involucris ovatis, stipite rachique alatis undulato-crispatis. Has. In Nepalia. 7Zallich. Caudex repens, filiformis, radiculoso-fibrosus, fibris hirsutis. Stipes biuncialis, basi teres, filiformis, superne alatus, alis insigniter crispatis. Frons digitalis fere ad palmarem, ovata, acuminata, nunc lato-lanceolata, superne simpliciter pinnatifida, versus medium bipinnatifida, basi tripinnatifida, segmentis primariis circumscriptione lanceolata, ubique integerrima, atro-viridis, glabra, laciniis lato-linearibus, obtusiusculis, rachi late alata, ala undulata. Involucra, prsecipue versus apicem frondis, ovata, valvis concavis, integerrimis. Columella (vel receptaculum capsularum) perbrevis, ad apicem capsulas gerens. Capsule orbiculares, vix pedicellatee, annulo integro subobliquo cinctze. Semina angulata, pellucida, subreticulata. Fig. 1. Portio frondis cum involucris. f. 2. Valva involucri cum soro. f. 3. Semina :—nmagn. auct. Allied to the West Indian ZZymenophyllum undulatum of Swartz and Willdenow; but that has the laciniz: undulated, and the stipes destitute of wings. DT Grerue De SACO 22222 222.3, eT ZCC IU. TAB. LXX V n JL Swen Se. ———— TAB. LXXVIII. TRICHOMANES VENOSUM. FILICES.—GvnArzx. Br. PorrroDriC3m. Kaulf. jisoxs verga. JVilld. GzN. Cuag. TRICHOMANES, Sm. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo insert», intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, muBnrcoa ha ore hiante, textura . frondis. Br. TRicHOMANES venosum ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis linearibus venosis crenato-repandis: inferioribus basi lobatis v. pinnatifidis intusque unifloris. Zr. Trichomanes venosum. — Jr. Prodr. FI. Nov. Holl. p.159. Spreng. Syst. l'eset. v. 4. p. 129. Has. Apud Port Jackson Nove Hollandize: et insulam Van Dieman. Jrowz. In Nova Zealandia. 744. Menzies. Caudicem non vidimus. Stipes gracillimus, capillaris, subflexuosus, nudus, compressus, hinc canaliculatus. Fiachis filiformis, superne solummodo alatus. Frons, circumscriptione, ovata vel lanceolata, pinnata, pinnis linearibus obtusis, glabris, pulcherrime reticulatis, crenato-repandis, inferioribus remotis basi superiore auriculatis, superioribus confluentibus, terminali elon- gata. Costa flexuosa, nervis dichotome ramosis. Involucra solitaria, in singula pinna prope basin marginis superioris inserta, oblonga, margine alata, ore aperto, subdilatato. . Columella longa, inserta, basi capsulifera. Capsule rotundate, compressse, peltatee, annulo crasso integro. Semina subglobosa, fusca. Fig. 1. Pinna cum soro. f. 2. Portio frondis. f. 3. Columella pars inferior cum capsulis. f. 4. Capsule. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. A very distinct species of Zrichomanes, belonging to a small tribe of the genus, having truly pin- nated fronds. D Grerie Del Z^ rete aot " rd ; TM M ATIUM sd JL 9a Se. TAB. LXXIX: BOTRYCHIUM LANUGINOSUM. FILICES.—O»nurocrosszrzx. Br., Kaulf., Spreng. | SrAcuvoprEnipDzs. JVilld. Gzw. Cuag. BOTRYCHIUM, Sw. Capsule distincte, in spica disticha composita, respectu cujus transversim quoad insertionem longitudinaliter dehiscens. £5. BornvcnuruM /anuginosum ; scapo superne unifrondoso, fronde ovato-deltoidea bipinnatifida, pinnis ovatis inciso-pinnatifidis dentatis, bulbo lanigero. Botrychium lanuginosum. —JZa/l. MSS. Has. In India Orientali (Nepalia?). 7Z/lich. FHadix e fibris plurimis, longis, simplicibus, carnosis, crassis, superne bulbifera. Bulbus ovatus, subsquamosus, apice lanigerus. Scapus 4—6 uncialis, erectus, teres, flavo-viridis, basi nigro-fuscus, frondem infra apicem gerens. Frons, circumscriptione, late ovata fere deltoidea, 3—4 uncias longa, bipinnatifida, glabra; pinnis inferioribus remotis segmentis iterum pinnatifidis, superioribus coadunatis, omnibus ovatis inciso-dentatis, dentibus acutis. Spica composita, pinnata, pinnis distichis vel secundis. Capsule plurimze, sessiles, flavo-fuscze, ad unum latus spectantes, sphaericee, glabrae, demum transversim dehis- centes. Semina pallide flavescentia, viridi-punctata. Fig. 1. Portio frondis. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina :—magn. auct. The name of /azuginosum appears to have been given to this species by Dr. Wallich in conse- quence of a woolly substance which is attached to the upper part of the bulb;'but this does not appear very distinctly on our specimens, which have been communicated by the Honourable the East India Company. In general aspect, the plant has much afhnity with the North American D. dissectum ; but there the frond is placed much lower down upon the stem or scape, and the foliage is much more compound or divided. . - TAB.LXXX. (* "4 P, : 7 am i : E Tet LM ML WTPAMTERI P de aei ; » 7 Jl. den fe. 2 €rerite De* LAB. LXXX. OPHIOGLOSSUM LUSITANICUM. FILICES.—O»nurocrosszz. Br., Kaulf., Spreng. | SrAcuvorrzn1ipzs. JWilld. GEN. CHag.. OPHIOGLOSSUM, Linn. Capsule nud: in spicam articulatam, disticham con- natz, uniloculares, transverse dehiscentes, bivalves. 77/i/ld. OrnroceLossuM /usitanicum; spica caulina sublonge pedunculata, fronde lanceolata in petiolum attenuata. Ophioglossum lusitanicum. — ZZzz. Sp. Pi. p. 1518. *JBrot. Lusit. v. 2. p. 401." Lam. Ill. t. 864. f.3..— IF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 59. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 169. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 22. . Ophioglossum angustifolium minimum. — « Barr. rar. 1280. 7. 252. f. 2." Has. In Lusitania, Corsica. Circa Neapolim. JD. JZ. H. PF. Taíbot. In agro Tingitano. Salsman. | In Insula Madeirz. ev. E. 7. Lowe. Radix, tuber oblongus, solitarius, fibrosus, fibris crassiusculis, simplicibus ramosisque. Frondes plerumque dus ex eadem radice, unciam vel duas uncias longze, lanceolatz, vel lineari-lanceolatze, inte- gerrimze, virides, enerves, sub lente reticulate, inferne in stipitem subseque longum, flexuosum, flavum, ad basin squama membranacea, fusca, lanceolata instructum, attenuatee. Pedunculus ad basin frondis insertus, fronde plerumque longior, erectus, teres. Spica parva, linearis, semiunciam longa, e capsulis sex vel octo, arcte connatis, flavis, composita. Semina minuta, flava. Fig. 1. Plantee:—magn. nat. f. 2. Spica. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. LI A small, and we believe very distinct species, which was. supposed for a long time to be an inha- bitant of Spain only. We have lately received specimens from Naples (the smaller specimen here figured), gathered near that city by Mr. Talbot ; and from Tangiers (the larger specimen represented), collected by M. Salzman. Since our figure was engraved, we have received excellent specimens from the Rev. R. T. Lowe, gathered in the Island of Madeira. ET A LL WEM TAB. LXXXI. POLYBOTRYA CERVIN A. FILICES.—GvnATzx. Br. PorLvropnrACERX. Kaulf. Frirrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GrzN. Cuan. POLYBOTRYA, Humb. Capsule pinnulas frondis disparis lineares undique dense tegentes. Zndusium nullum. Kawlf. | PoLvBorRvA cervina; frondibus sterilibus pinnatis, pinnis ovato-lanceolatis inzquilateralibus in- tegerrimis marginatis, fertilibus bipinnatis, pinnis linearibus, pinnulis oblongis planiusculis. Polybotrya cervina. — Aau/f. Enum. Fil. p.55. — Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. A. p. 33. Olfersia cervina. — Pres/. in. Relig. Henk. p. 14. | Acrostichum cervinum. Syn. Fil. p. 14. & 200. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 120. Osmunda cervina. — Ln. Sp. PI. p. 1521. | Osmunda, Linguze Cervinz folis. — Plum. £F. pi 133.4. 104. 3. Foliis lanceolatis. e Has. In India Occidentali, Jamaica, Martinica, locis umbrosis. Swartz. Insula Sancti Vin- centii. Ztev. L. Guiding. f. In sylvis Jamaice. D. Bancroft. Caudex repens, brevis, densissime fusco-squamosus, radiculosus, fibris ramosis, hirsutis. Stipites plurimi ex eodem caudice, pedales vel bipedales erecti, semiteretes, facie anteriore sulcati, inferne squa- mosi, flavo-fusci. Frondes sub-bipedales; steriles et fertiles distinctae. Steriles simpliciter pinnatze (juniores lanceolatz, simplices). Pince, 11—18, fere sessiles, alternze, spithamsese et ultra, ovato-lanceolatz, coriaceze, acuminate, marginate, integerrima; Óasi superiore gibbose; inferiore oblique cuneata costate; nervis numerosis parallelis, basi ramosis. Color leete viridis. Fertiles bipinnatee: Pinne lineari-lanceolatz, fere horizontales, alterne, 3 ad 6 uncias longe: PZnnule sub- opposite, semiunciam longze, patentes, planiuscule, capsulis undique tectae. Capsule numerosa, fuscee, annulo fere completo cinctze, pedicellatee, sphsericee. Fig.!. Frons juvenis. f. 2. Frondis adulte sterilis portio. f.3. Frondis fertilis portio. f. 4. Pinnz cum cap- sulis. f.5. Capsula. The genus Po/lybotrya was founded by Humboldt and Kunth upon the species P. osmundacea : and the character was made to depend upon the capsules occupying the whole circumference of the fertile pinnules. We possess, from Jamaica, a Fern that we can in no point distinguish from this of Humboldt ; but in which the young fertile pinnz have the capsules only on one side, while in their more advanced state the capsules appear on all sides of them. — This difference in appearance, in all probability, arises from the revolution or reflexion of the margin of these pinnz: and it perfectly accords with what Dr. Swartz says of the present plant, which he has seen in a growing state, and of which he observes, that «in an old state the fructification appears to be on both sides, in con- sequence of the revolution of the margin of the pinnz." If such be really the case, and if it exists in all the species of Polybotrya, then the genus is scarcely distinguishable from "Acrostichum. No author, as far as we know, has noticed the young, quite simple, fronds of this species. The Rev. Mr. Guilding has sent them to us in that state. TAB. LXXX. ' I / N CUM MedMAZACTUMTWE t n 2? Grerzlede e. : Brera zm H ; werde: TAB. EXX SIE BOTRYCHIUM SIMPLEX. FILICES.—O»mnurocrosszz. Br., Kaulf., Spreng. | SrAcuxorrznipzs. JWilld. Gzw. CHax. BOTRYCHIUM, Swartz. Capsule distinctze, in spica disticha composita, respectu cujus transversim quoad insertionem longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 2. BornvcuruM simpler; scapo unifrondoso, fronde ternata pinnatifidave, segmentis cuneato-obovatis incisis. Botrychium simplex. —ZZitchc. in Silliman's Journ. of Sc. v. 6. p. 103. (Eaton). .Eatoms Manual of Botany, p. 237. Has! Prope Deerfield, Massachusetts, America Septentrionali. Torrey. In Canada. Pursh. (fide specim. in Herb. Lambert.) | Radix e fibris paucis, simplicibus, brevibus, crassiusculis. Scapus unciam ad tres uncias longus, erectus, subteres, basi subbulbosus, infra medium, vel nonnunquam versus apicem, frondem gerens. Frons uncialis ad triuncialem, exemplaribus mznoribus ternata vel trifida, majoribus pinnatifida, segmentis obovato- cuneatis, ramis integris, plerumque bifidis vel magis minusve incisis. .Fachs compressa, lata. Spica composita, pinnata, pedunculata, pedunculo magis minusve elongata, pinnis distichis vel subsecundis. Capsule secundze, rotundate, compresse, bifidze, fere bipartitee, flavo-fuscse. Semina sphzerica, parva, pellucida, flava. Fig. 1l. Capsule. f. 2. Semina. DBotrychium simpler seems to be a plant liable to much variation in regard to size. The smaller specimen here figured, which we received from our zealous friend Dr. Torrey, seems to be the state which gave rise to the specific name and character in Silliman's Journal :—but we have received a plant through the kindness of Mr. Lambert, gathered by Pursh in Canada, which we can by no means distinguish from that just mentioned, except that it is twice the size, has the frond decidedly pinnatifid, and the segments much cut. "This is the larger specimen here represented. — Both va- rieties are abundantly distinguished from any species with which we are acquainted. " Grevace Del* TAB.LXXXIHL A ETT pur. CIMA umet uTeeC. AL ren Se. TAB. LXXXIII. HYMENOPHYLLUM SEMIBIVALVE. FILICES.—GrnArvx. Br. PorvronracEz. Kaulf. FriLrCEs verw. Willd. Gzx. Cuag. HYMENOPHYLL UM, Smith, Sori marginales. | Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo insertz, intra Znvolucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius liberis. Br. HyMENoPHYLLUM semibivalve ; frondibus bipinnatifidis lanceolatis glabris, laciniis linearibus obtusis glabris i immmarginatis, involucris rotundato-urceolatis semi-immersis, parte superiore solummodo bivalvi. Has. In Insula Nova Zeelandiz. D. Mensies. Planta omnino glabra. / Caudez gracillimus, repens, filiformis, hic illic fibris minutis fuscis radicans. St?pes longitudine variat, duas vel tres lineas longus ad bipollicarem, filiformis, fuscus. Frons, circumscriptione, lanceolatà, duas ad tres uncias longa, unciam lata, statu Juniore simpliciter pinnatifida, adulta bipinnatifida, laciniis paucis subunilateralibus, linearibus, obtusis, omnino integerrimis. Cosa distincta. Reticulationis areole parvae, rotundatze. Color, siccitate, olivaceo-fuscus. Sori in laciniis precipue versus apicem, vix infra medium, frondis, terminales, suburceolati, parte inferiore immersi, superiore solummodo bivalvi, valvis semiorbicularibus. Capsule paucse, fuscse, peltatze, rotundatze, compresse, annulo integro cincta. Receptaculum breve, inclusum. | Semina oblonga, subangulata, obscure reticulata, flavescentia, semipellucida. Fig. 1. Portiofrondis cum soris. f. 2. Involucrum. f. 3. Portio receptaculi, cum capsulis duabus. f.4. Semina:— magn. auct. We are indebted to Mr. Menzies for specimens of this New Zealand Hiymenophyllum. | 'The name of * Hym. asplenioides" was upon the label which accompanied them, written probably by mistake, since that is a West Indian species, and described amongst those which have simple fronds. The present individual is remarkable for the structure of its involucre, which may be reckoned. almost intermediate between that of Zrichomanes and Hiymenophyllum ; the lower half, or even more, being sunk into the extremity of the frond, and the upper portion forming two short almost semi- circular lips or valves. TAB. LXXX4V. Pi SL ah at "T | z PEE 7, e d o 27 P a L7 LM. ZA P Z TM ; WAY 722A P TAB. LXXXIV. HYMENOPHYLLUM HIRSUTUM. FILICES.—Grnarz. Br. PorvropnriacEm. Kaulf. Finiczs verm. Willd. Gzx. Cnuan. HYMENOPHYLLUM, Smith. Sori marginales. | Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo inserte, intra Znvolucrum bivalve, textura frondis, valvis planis, exterius liberis. 2». . HyuENoPHYLLUM rsutum; (stellatim hirsutum) ; fronde pinnata, pinnis Nicoribus obtusis nunc bifidis digitatisve, stipite hirsuto. . Hymenophyllum hirsutum. | Swartz. FI. Znd. Occ. v. 3. p. 1746. Syn. Fl. p.146. JF illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 517. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 134. Relig. Henk. p. 69. Haddi, Fil. Brasil. p. 66. 1,79. f. 3. Trichomanes hirsutum. | Lnn. Sp. PI. p. 1561. Trichomanes rigidum. | * ZZedw. FL. (in icone 7. fragile est nuncupatum.)" Filicula digitata. JP/um. FW. p. 73. t. 5o. B? Has. In Hispaniola? Z/wmier. Ad truncos arborum in umbrosis montium altissimorum Jamaics. JSwarts., D. Lunan. In Insula Trinitatis. JD. Lockhart. Brasil. Zaddi. In montanis Peruvize ad Huanocco. 77enke. Caudex gracillimus, filiformis, repens, radiculis fibrosis pilosis hic illic descendentibus. Stipes quoque gracillimus, duas lineas etiam ad duas vel tres uncias longus, fuscus, superne subalatus, paululum hirsutus. » Frons forma variat, nunc, circumscriptione, ovata, et unciam vel sesquiunciam longa, nunc bi-tripollicaris, circum- scriptione lanceolata, pinnata, pinnis infimis solummodo liberis, reliquis decurrentibus, coadunatis, (et ita pinnatifida est frons,) linearibus, obtusis, inferioribus bifidis, palmatisve (Swaríz.), vel etiam pinnatifidis (Henke), omnibus costatis, costa tenui aterrima, et undique pulcherrime stellatim villosis. Sori prsecipue in pinnis laciniisve superioribus frondis, solitarii, terminales. Involucrum, ad margines przecipue, stellato-pilosum ; parte inferiore cuneata, immersa, superiore libera, bivalvi, valvis semiorbicularibus. - Receptaculum parvum, inclusum. Capsule parvse, fusce, peltatze, annulo integro cinctze. Semina ovalia, subpellucida, pallide fusco-flavescentia. Fig. 1. Pinne vel lacinize frondis. f. 2. Portio apicis pinnze fertilis cum soro. f. 3. Capsulae.. f. 4. Semina:— magn. auct. Much as this plant is liable to vary in the length of the stipes and shape of the frond, we can still scarcely satisfy ourselves that the reference of authors to Plumier is correct. Elis plant is thrice the size of ours, every where deeply bipinnatifid, and having a distinctly winged stipes. Yet that is probably the original uma of Linnzeus. Raddi is disposed to refer it to his ZIymeno- phyllum Boryanum. In our specimens the fronds might ios be called pinnatifid than pinnate ; and the. segments are never more than bifid, more frequently/quite entire. TAB. LXXXV. UT Tl "h LAPTWMTPMPMAETEABAMMAM MALE Ar &reville. Del? ^ 5 o man e TAB. LXXXV. TRICHOMANES HUMILE. FILICES.—GvnATzx. Br. PoLvPoDiACEZX. Kaulf. Frriczs verz. Willd., Spreng. Grw. Cuan. ZRICH OMANES, Smith. Sori marginales. muni cylindraceo inserte, intra Zgvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Jr. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo coin- TRicHOMANES /nmile; fronde lanceolata bipinnatifida glabra marginata, laciniis linearibus obtusis integerrimis, involucris oblongo-cylindraceis, ore bilabiato. Trichomanes humile. * Forst. Prodr. n. 464. Hedw. Fil. Lc. Jasc. 3.^ Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 143. et p. 371. JP'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 507. Spreng. Syst. Veset. v. A. p. 129. Has. In Societatis Insuiis. Forster. Insula Otaheite. Mensis. Caudex repens, gracilis, filiformis, tomentosus, hic illic radiculosus, radicibus capillaribus ramosis. Stipes duas ad tres uncias longus, glaber, filiformis. Frondes tri-, rarius quadri-pollicares, circumscriptione, lato-lanceolatze, bipinnatifidee, elabrze, atro-vir ides, pul- cherrime reticulatz (areolis suborbicularibus majusculis), costatee, marginatze, laciniis Bücdeibus obtusis, nunc apice bifidis. Sori marginales, subaxillares, solitarii. Involucra oblongo-cylindracea, marginata, ore bilabiato. Fieceptaculum filiforme, sublonge exsertum, basi incrassatum. Capsule intra involucrum inclusze, peltatze, annulo magno, articulato, subplicato cinctze. Semina sub summo lente reticulata, subsphzerica, pallide flava, hyalina. Fig. 1. Portio frondis cum soris. f. 2. Portio frondis ut reticulationes et margo videantur. f. 3. Involucrum verticaliter sectum. f. 4. 4. Capsule. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. Hedwig and Willdenow describe the margin of this rare species of Zichomanes as serrated or serrulated. We find no such appearance in our specimens, gathered by Mr. Menzies in Otaheite ; nor does its original discoverer Forster, nor Swartz (who seems to have described it from authentic specimens), notice such a peculiarity. The margined appearance of the frond arises not from a thickening of the very edge, but from a nerve running along, parallel with, but at a little distance from, the margin, and which is connected with the margin by means of transverse veins or bars. AB. LXXXV4. qu AEST oom CR MAH TI D" Grerille Det J. "ware. JAB. LXXAXUVE ACROSTICHUM JAMESONL FILICES.—GrnaTx. Br. PorvropiACER. Kaulf. Firrczs vere. Jilld., Spreng. GrzN. Cran. 4CROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam infe- riorem frondis (interdum diversa) vel ejus partem sparse. Znvolucrum nullum (nisi squamulze vel setze in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). 2. ACROSTICHUM J4amesoni ; piloso-squamosum, frondibus simplicibus costatis, sterilibus oblongo- spathulatis, fertilibus ellipticis marginatis demum conduplicatis. Has. Rupibus prope basin montis Pichincha regno Quitensi. JD. Jameson. Planta csespitosa. Stipes duas ad tres uncias longus, erectus, paululum flexuosus, gracilis, squamosus, squamis lanceolatis, membra- naceis, serratis, nervoso-reticulatis, fuscis. Frondes vix unciam longe, costate, enerves. Steriles oblonga, obtuss, virides, utrinque margineque squamosse squamis brevioribus latioribusque quam in stipite. Fertiles sterili breviores, ellipticze, fuscescentes, pellucido-marginatse, dorso margineque fusco-squamosis: primum explanatz, demum, capsulis maturis, longitudinaliter conduplicatee. Capsule numerosissimze, intense fuscee, globosse, annulo lato cinctee, breviter pedicellatae. Semina fusca, subrotundata, tuberculata. Fig. l. Squama e stipite. f. 9. Squama e fronde. f. 3. Capsule. f.4. Semina:—magn. auct. Communicated, with several other rarities of this family, from South America by William Jameson, Esq., resident at Guayaquil. "The species is unquestionably very nearly allied to z4erostichum obtu- satum, figured at Tab. 22. of this work: but that, besides its widely different geographical situation (the Island of Tristan da Cunha), has fewer and narrower scales upon the frond and stipes, a longer pedicel to the capsules, and a much less distinct costa or midrib; and it wants the pellucid margin to the fertile fronds, which is so distinct in this. Mr. Jameson has remarked a curious property in the fertile fronds. « When the plant," he says, *is in a young and tender state, their fronds are invariably expanded; but as soon as the seeds begin to ripen, they co//apse, as in the specimens sent ; and as the generality of those here figured. | | | The z4crostichum | piloselloides of Presl. (Jelig. Henk.), 74. Pilosella, Spreng., a Peruvian plant, differs from this in its almost sessile and spathulate sterile fronds; and the Z4erostichum . spathulatum of Bory (from the Isle de Bourbon), by its much larger size and differently-shaped fronds. "They should, however, all together, with our z4crost. Ftaddianum, rank next to each other in a natural system. N J^, NUN ASA DU Grerate DeL. í j Lu mese e. TAB. LXXXVIII. LINDS/£A SAGITTATA. FILICES.—GxzaArTz. Br. PorvropraAczz. Kaulf. Frunicrs vere. Willd. Gzs.Cnmag. LINDS/EA, Dryand. .;Sori lineares, margine paralleli szpiusque approximati. Involucrum ex apicibus venarum (una plurium) ortum ducens, exterius liberum. . Br. LiNDsza sagittata; fronde simplici sagittata cordatave acuminata. JDryand. Lindsza sagittata. JDryand. in. Linn. Trans. v. 3. p. 40. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 118. JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 520. Spreng. Syst. leget. v. A. p. 79. | Adiantum sagittatum. | 4ubl. PI. de Guian. p. 964. 1t. 366. Has. In sylvis Guianz, et in fissuris rupium. 74u//. In insula Guadaloupe. (Sprengel.) Caudez repens, inferne radiculosus. .Stipes erectus, semiteres, aterrimus, nitidissimus. Frondes $—4 uncias longse, cordatz vel sagittate, apice acuminate, basi sinu profundo, angulis acutis, submem- branacez, virides, radiato nervosee, nervis dichotome ramosis, infra marginem terminantibus. Sori dorsales, intramarginales, lineares, hic illic interrupti. Involucrum membranaceum, extus liberum. Capsule sphaericze, sublonge pedicellatae. Semina minutissima, flava, semipellucida, ternatim congesta. Fig. 1. Portio frondis marginis cum soro. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. The only specimens of this rare Fern that we have seen, were kindly communicated to us by the Baron Delessert, and they were gathered in French Guiana. Sprengel has given Guadaloupe as an additional station for the plant. (2 JP 4^ Tro 72, B, dem agent" yr GrevihL Det Ao Sw2n Se. / RE TAD. LXXXVIII. ASPLENIUM TRIPHYLLUM. FILICES.—GynaTz. Br. PorvroprACEX. Kaulf. Frrrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Gr. Cuan. ASPLENI UM, Linn. Sori lineares, dorsales, sparsi. Znvolucrum e vena late- raliter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. Zr. AsPLENIUM /friphyllum; frondibus (non raro bulbiferis) linearibus bipinnatis, pinnulis binis vel ternis cuneatis obtusis costatis pellucidis integris vel bifidis, rachi discolori, soris subsolitariis. Asplenium triphyllum. — Pres. iz Fielig. Hank. p. A8. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 88. Has. In rupibus umbrosis prope verticem montis Pichincha (regno Quitensi). D. Jameson. In Cordilleris Peruvie ? Pres/. Plante subsolitarise. ! Stipes brevis, una cum rachi filiformis, nitidus, fuscus. Frons plerumque simplex, nunc apice dichotome ramosa, nonnunquam bulbifera et prolifera, 4—6 uncias longa, circumscriptione linearis vel lineari-lanceolata, bipinnata, pinnis vix semiunciam longis, inferioribus ternatis, superioribus simplicibus, versus medium binis, pinnulis oblongo-cuneatis obtusis, costatis, pellucidis, teneris, integerrimis, apice emarginato vel bifido. Sorus in singula pinnula solitarius, majusculus. Involucrum membranaceum, pallide fuscum, lineari-oblongum. Capsule minute, longe pedicellatee, annulo crasso cinctze. Semina subovalia, rugosa, intense fusca. Fig. 1. Plante:—;magn. nat. f. 2. Planta bulbifera :—magn. nat. f. 3. Pinna, cum soro. f. 4. Capsula. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. In habit the present very delicate species of Z4splenium is allied to our ZAspl. Gilliesianum, to the "spl. stoloniferum, tenue and ternatum, of Presl. in Relig. Hank.: but besides the different shape of the pinnz, those species have the stipes and rachis of the same colour with the frond. Here it 1s dark-brown, almost black. CMT MT LM / 3 JZwan oc "e E DERE qu -— a piam i dpa n -— TAB. LXXXIX. GYMNOGRAMMA LOVEII. FILICES.—GrnArz. Br. Porvropiacrzm. Kaulf. Firiczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Gzw. Cuag.. GYMNOGRAMMA, Desv. Sori oblongi, venis frondis simplicibus furcatisve : inserti. Zndusium nullum.—Frondes pinnata, bipinnate decompositeque. Desv. GyMNoGRAMMA Zovéii; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis oblongo-lanceolatis pinnatifidis summis con- fluentibus undique pilosis, laciniis ovalibus obtusis integerrimis, stipite rachique pubescen- tibus. Has. In rupibus madidis Insul Madeire ; montibus, ad alt. 2000 ped. legit Ztev. R. T. Lowe. Caudex longe repens, teres, glaber, nigro-fuscus, hic illic fibras ramosas tomentosas emittens. ; Stipites plurimi ex eodem caudice, spithamsei et ultra, semiteretes, hinc sulcati, basi dilatati, undique pubescentes, fusci. Frondes, circumscriptione, ovato-lanceolatze,. spithamaes, fere ad pedales, pinnate, pinnis lato-lanceolatis, acutis, sessilibus, pinnatifidis, utrinque hirsutis, inferioribus remotiusculis alternis, superioribus confluentibus, costatis, pinnatim nervosis, laciniis ovalibus obtusis integerrimis, ciliatis, pilis ad marginem sape basi unitis. — Rachis pube fusco obtecta. Sor: numerosi, lineari-oblongi, in singulo nervo, simplices, omnino nudi. Capsule globosze, fuscze, reticulatze, annulo articulato lato, fere completo cinctee, breviter pedicellatee. Semina subglobosa oblongaque, levia, fusca. Fig. 1l. Porfio pinnze, cum soris. f 2. Pili e margine laciniarum. f. 3. Capsule. f.4. Semina:—magn. auct. In the autumn of last year (1827), together with many other excellent plants we were favoured with specimens of this Fern by the Rev. Mr. Lowe, gathered in the Island of Madeira, * near P'" Pargo, in a narrow ravine, and in other places in the interior, growing at an elevation upon the mountains of more than 2000 feet*, upon rocks, and steep and moist banks, where there is but a thin stratum of vegetable mould :—the root or caudex creeping extensively just beneath the surface." The plant is assuredly not described in any work to which I have had access: but Mr. Lowe suggests, that it may probably be the z4erostichum pilosum of Von Buch's List of Plants of the Canary Isles ; and that the same name (but equally without description or character) likewise exists in a manu- script catalogue of Madeira Plants, which he has seen in the island, purporting to be taken from the Banksian Library, and probably left there by Masson: but the identity of the two plants we have no means of determining. An Z4erostichum the plant assuredly is not; and though we have placed it in the genus Gymnogramma, it seems to form a connecting link between it and Grammitis, having the habit of the former, and the constantly simple sori of the latter. The species we have named in compliment to the gentleman who sent us such fine specimens, and who has accompanied them by some valuable observations : and we feel that he is justly entitled to this honour, not merely because he has brought so interesting a plant under our notice, but because, still resident in Madeira, he is furthering the cause of science by collecting materials, which he will soon be enabled to give to the world, for a Zlora and Fauna of the island. Already he possesses many novelties in the different departments of natural history; and perhaps no spot could be pointed out, whether its geographical situation or its geological features and structure be considered, which better deserves to have its productions described, than that island. We have only very recently received Schlechtendal's "Adumbrationes Plantarum, in which we find a species of Cryptogramma from the Cape of Good Hope, represented and described, which has a very near affinity with this, Gymnogrammoa totta, Schlecht. "That, however, has very much longer and narrower pinnz, and the lower laciniz erose; whereas they are quite entire in our plant. * Since the above was written, we have received more specimens of the same plant, gathered in the Ribeiro d'Ametade, at an elevation of 3000 feet above the level of the-sea. 1t scarcely descends below 2000 feet, —D7 GrePI D ect ue "2, CZ dir Li MO A E 2 TAB. XC. — JL Wu, Se TAB. XC. GYMNOGRAMMA RUT/EFOLIA. FILICES.—GrnaATEz. Br. Porvropraczz. Kaulf. Firicrs verw. JWilld. Gzw. Cuag. GYMNOGRAMMA, Desv. Sori oblongi, venis frondis simplicibus furcatisve inserti. — Zndusium nullum.—Frondes pinnate, bipinnate decompositeque; radices cespitosc. Desv. GYMNOGRAMMA 7utafolia; fronde pinnata pubescente, pinnis cuneiformibus integris incicisve. Dr. Grammitis rutzfolia. Br. Prodr. FI. Nov. Holl. p. 146. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. A1. Has. Insula Van Dieman. Zrown. D. Fraser. Radix nigro-fusca, csespitosa, e fibris plurimis ramosis. Tota planta, subtus stipes rachisque prsecipue, hirsuto-pubescens, pilis pellucidis, rigidiusculis, acutis. Stipites breves, vix unciam longi, flexuosi. Frondes pinnatz, vix duas uncias longe, pinnis 6—9, alternis, remotiusculis, ovato-cuneatis, rigidiusculis, integris vel inciso-lobatis, summis confluentibus. Sori venis furcatis inserti, demum in unam massam, pinnarum dorsum omnino tegentes, congesti. Capsula spheericze, fuscee, sublonge pedicellatae. Semina intense fusca, limbo semipellucido. Fig. 1. Portio stipitis, f.2. Pili. f£. 3. Capsule. f.4. Semina:—magn. auct. As Grammitis now stands in the recently published Systema P'egetabilium of Professor Sprengel, it contains none but species with simple fronds. At Tab. 6. of our Zcones Fiicum we have, however, given a species which has the fronds pinnatifid; and at Tab. 89. one with the fronds bipinnatifid. In those species which have compound fronds, we find the nerves to be more rami- fied; and by the union of two sori at the forking of a nerve, the sori themselves appear to be divided. 'This at least is the character of M. Desvaux's Gymnogramma; and hence it may be considered as intermediate between Grammitis and Hemionitis, where the nerves are much branched and reticulated, and the sori form a continued series. If the genus should prove permanently distinct from Grammitis, we think that this and the following species Gymn. subelandulosa will be rightly placed in it. TAB. XC. —— A A, rr. VITIA AES 7 nV — — mar, eo - e. DT (Grerz. TAB. XCI. GYMNOGRAMMA SUBGLANDULOS A. FILICES.—GvnaATE. Br. PorYPoDIACER. Kaulf. | FiricEs vere. JWilld. GEN. CnaR. GYMNOGRAMMA, Desv. Sori oblongi, venis frondis simplicibus furcatisve inserti. — /2dusium nullum.—Frondes pinnata, bipinnate, decompositeque ; radices ciespitosae. GvMNocRAMMA subglandulosa; fronde pinnata pubescenti-subglandulosa, pinnis pinnatifidis, lobis rotundatis integris vel incisis. Has. In Nova Hollandia. JD. Fraser. Radicem nondum vidimus. Tota planta pilis succulentis, pellucidis, pallide fuscis ubique tecta. Hi pil semper obtusi sunt, et, ad apicem, glandula abortiva vel imperfecta terminati: infra apicem, etiam, non raro constricti. (f. 2.) Stipes unciam vel duas uncias longus. Frons, circumscriptione, lanceolata, 4, fere ad 6 uncias longa, pinnata, pinnis oppositis remotis submembranaceis, plerisque ovatis (basi apiceque subcuneatis, minus divisis) breviter petiolatis, pinnatifidis, lobis rotundatis sub- incisis. Sori pallide fusci, simplices vel furcati. Capsule sublonge pedicellatze. Semina parva, obscure limbata. Fig. 1. Portio stipitis. f£.2. Pili. f£.3. Capsule. f 4. Semina:—magn. auct. In what part of New South Wales this curious species of. Gymnogramma was found we are not informed. "We at first took the specimens for very luxuriant states of Gymn. rutafolia: but a . more careful examination soon convinced us of our error. "The plant is more than twice the size of that species, the pinne are distinctly pinnatifid, of a more membranaceous texture, and (what will afford a still better character,) the nature of the pubescence, although it may appear to the naked eye the same in both, is here not composed of short setiform hairs, but of obtuse linear ones, having what appears an abortive gland at the extremity ; that is, irregular in its shape, and not filled with any secreting fluid. Below the apex, too, are not unfrequently a contraction and a brown mark. | M rne ene AMA - TABCXCIT ASPLENIUM F(ENICULACEUM. FILICES.—GvnATx. Br. Porvroptraczz. Kaulf. Firrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuan. ZA4SPLENIUM, Linn. Sori lineares, sparsi, dorsales. Znvolucrum e vena lateraliter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. 2. ASPLENIUM femiculaceum ; frondibus triplicato-pinnatis, pinnulis anguste linearibus acutissimis, soris solitariis. Asplenium foeniculaceum. — Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 1. p. 13. — Ejusd. Syn. PI. 4Eq. p. 80. Spreng. Syst. l'eset. v. 4. p. 90. Asplenium delicatulatum. | Pres. Relig. Henk. p. AT. t. T. FAST. Has. In umbrosis Nova Andalusiz, locis temperatis. Zumboldt. In Cordilleris Quitensibus ? Heanke. Intruncis arborum locis sylvestribus ad declivitatem occidentalem montis Pichincha, regno Quitensi. D. Jameson. Caudex repens, filiformis, pilosus, hic illic radiculosus, fibris capillaribus ramosis hirtis. Stipites plurimi, ex eodem puncto, digitales et ultra, erecti, graciles, glabri, basi fuscescentes, subteretes, dein virides, hinc canaliculati, superne marginati. F'rondes, circumscriptione ovato-acuminate, basi truncatze, triplicato-pinnatze, glabra, pallide virides, segmentis ultimis seu pinnulis angustis, linearibus, acutissimis, superne bipinnatz. Zachis universalis partialisque ubique glabrz, margine alatze. Sori oblongo-lineares, solitarii, et, ob angustatem laciniarum, non raro prope marginem siti, ut in subgenere | Darec, Sm. (Cenopteridis, Swartz.) Involucrum membranaceum, albidum. Capsule sphaericze, longe pedicellatae. Semina subangulata, intense fusca. Fig. 1. Portio pinng cum soris. f.2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. . Sent to us by our valued correspondent Mr. Jameson, who gathered the specimen on the western declivity of the mountain Pichincha, where Humboldt and Bonpland discovered some of their most valuable plants. We find it to agree entirely with the 24spl. feniculaceum of Humboldt and Kunth; and we scarcely know whether to consider the 245p/. delicatulum of Presl. in. Keliquie Hankeane, to be otherwise than a starved variety of it. It is also nearly allied to Z4splenium fragrans of Swartz (a Jamaica plant), and to the East Indian 74splenium concinnum of Wallich, but has narrower and more distantly placed pinnae. The sori are almost exactly as in the Darea of Smith, ( Cenopteris. of Swartz). DT Grerii- DeL. D "nti LP A ee IA UMP A TE ATP T A. TAB. XCZ7H. dut TAB. XCIII. NIPHOBOLUS RUPESTRIS. FILICES.—Gvnarx. Br. Porvroprackxm. Kaulf. Firrczs vere. Jfilld., Spreng. GEN. Cuan. NIPHOBOLUS, Kaulf. .Sori subrotundi, congesti, terminales, pilis stellatis obtecti. Spreng. NieHoBoLus rupestris; frondibus integerrimis tomentosis subtus incanis, sterilibus obovatis ob- longisve, fertilibus linearibus, soris sparsis parum confluentibus, surculo squamoso radicante ramosissimo. Ar. Niphobolus rupestris. Spreng. Syst. leget. v. 4. p. 44. Polypodium rupestre. Jr. Prodr. Fl. INov. Holl. v. 1. p. 146. Has. Apud Port Jackson, Nov. Holl. Br., D. Fraser. In Nova Zeelandia. Curr. in Hort. Bot. Glasg. Radix e fibris numerosis nigro-fuscis ramosis. Caudex repens, * ramosissimus," squamis minutis dense obsitus. Stipes biuncialis, basi squamosus, dein nudus. Frondes coriaces, ubique densissime piloso-stellate, tomentosse, dorso virides, subtus incans; sferiles, nostris speciminibus, nunc fere exacte ovales, obovataee vel oblongze, integerrimze, vix sesquiunciam longs; fertiles lineares, vel lineari-lanceolatz, sterilibus duplo longiores, integerrimae, basi attenuate, apice obtusiusculs; omnes costatz, costa subtus prominente. Sori praecipue versus extremitatem frondis prominentes, fusci, approximati et subconfluentes. Capsule, pili stellati stipitati et semina fere omnino ut in N. bicolore. Fig. 1. Pili frondis. f. 2. Pilie soris. f. 3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. Mr. Brown has already observed, that this plant is allied to Polypodium stellatum (AN. bicolor of this work) and to P.adnascens ; and all are downy with the same curiously stellated pubescence. We are indebted to Mr. Lindley for some of our specimens of this plant, and which are marked as coming from New Zealand; but we know not by whom gathered. tr P AM ^ Grerute DeL. I] LL M 79 9» "AA. XL XS A: more Sx Pon Y 12720205 TAD. XCIV. NIPHOBOLUS SPHEROCEPHALUS. FILICES.—GnATm. Br. PorvPopIACEX. Kaulf. | Firt1czs verz. Willd., Spreng. Gr. Cuag. J[VIPHOBOLUS, Kaulf. ;Sori subrotundi, congesti, terminales, pilis stellatis obtecti. Spreng. NiPHOBOLUS spharocephalus ; frondibus simplicibus coriaceis, sterilibus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, basi subrotundatis petiolatis glabris, fertilibus linearibus acuminatis basi in petiolum attenuatis subtus stellatim tomentosis, soris ovalibus distinctis. Polypodium sphaerocephalum. —JZallich MSS. Has. Ex India Orientali (e Nepalia?) misit ID. 7Z'allich. | In arboribus, ut videtur, crescit. Caudex longus, flexuosus, ramosus, crassitie pennze corvinz, squamis ovatis, acutis, imbricatis, scariosis tectus, hic illic radiculosus. Frondes steriles fertilibus dissimiles, coriacese. Steriles breviter stipitatee, 4—45 uncias longs, lato- vel oblongo-lanceolate, integerrimze, utrinque glabrze, sicci- tate margine revolutze, costatee, penninervize, nervis obscuris, apice acute, basi rotundata. Fertiles pedales, lineares vel lineari-lanceolats, integerrimze, margine subrevolute, superne glabre, subtus (costa prominente excepta) lana compacta alba e pilis pulcherrime stellatis, ubique tecte, apice acuminatee, basi in petiolum bi-triuncialem sensim attenuatee. Sori numerosi, magni, convexi, oblongi, lineatim dispositi, primum pilis stellatis pedicellatis albis omnino tecti. Capsule longe pedicellatze. | Semina oblonga, subreniformia, non raro, ad utramque extremitatem, appendiculo aucta, flava. Fig. 1. Portio frondis cum soro statu juniore, atque pilis stellatis tectee. f. 2. Eadem cum soro, capsulis maturis. .£ 3. Pilistellati e soro. f 4. Pili stellati e frondis pagina inferiore. f. 5. Capsule. f. 6. Semina:—magn. auct. Whether or not the sterile fronds of this plant are in a young state clothed on the underside, like the fertile frond, with pubescence, I am not able to say. In our specimens they are quite glabrous. 'The species is, in any case, abundantly distinct from all of the genus with which we are acquainted, and the texture is remarkably thick and coriaceous. TAB. XCV. — — meg as — ar DIDIT ol tam e. Am con EE 3:0 kin, N t! AS n^ m ^ t TON a NN NNNWAA A b/oy UA UN 3 CUL QRERRRR - RUNE rA SN » "n7 P ANSCTNAS UV ^ 6 72 Zu A " zu ABEST zt e T d Wwe z , P Det /7T£Y1l pr JL Sw. c B IAB. XLV. ACROSTICHUM VILLOSUM. FILICES.—Gyvnarx. Br. PorvronracEx. Kaulf. —Firicks verw. JWilld. GEN. Cuan. 4CROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam infe- riorem frondis (interdum diversz) vel ad ejus partem sparse. — Znvolucrum nullum (nisi squa- mulz, vel set: in quibusdam capsulis interstinctze). Jr. AcnosricHUM villosum ; ubique ferrugineo-villosis, frondibus simplicibus oblongo-lanceolatis acu- minatis membranaceis, fertilibus multo minoribus villosissimis. Acrostichum villosum. |. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 10. FI. nd. Occ. p. 1592. — JF'illd. Sp. PI. v. 5. p.103. Lam. Il. t. 865. f. 4. (mala.) Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. A. p. 34. Lingua cervina villosa. minor. —P/um. FU. p. 110. 1. 127. (vix bona quoad marginem et hir- sutiem.) Has. Ad latera muscosa depressa montium Jamaice Australis. Swartz. Ex Jamaica etiam D. Bancroft et JF iles communicaverunt. In Hispaniola. Z/um. Caudex brevis, subrepens, piloso-squamosus. —Kadices plurim:e, filiformes, ramosse, fuscae, hirsutze. Stipites aggregati, 4—6 uncias longi, ferrugineo-villosi, pilis longis horizontalibus. Frondes oblongo-lanceolate, membranaces, acuminatze, utrinque margineque pilis numerosis longis patentibus rufo-ferrugineis vestitze, costate, penninervie, nervis ad marginem attingentibus, in nostris exemplaribus omnino integerrimse (margine subcrenulats» ]l. fere integra, leviter undulatze. Sw.) Pili, sub lente visi, subulati, membranacei, concavi, reticulati, apice serrulati. Co/or fusco-viridis. rondes fertiles sterilibus duplo minores, utrinque, superne prsecipue, pilis numerosis ferrugineis villosissimae. Capsule fuscee, pedicellatze. Semina. parva, ovalia, reticulata. Fig. 1. Portio frondis sterilis. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina. f.4. Pilus:—magn. auct. We are the more anxious to figure this species of Fern, because it has, by Dr. Sieber, been con- founded with an East Indian species of the same genus, namely z4erostichum Aybridum (Ic. Fi. 1.21.); but from that it is distinguished by its much smaller size, more acuminated apex ; and espe- cially by the numerous reddish hairs, which spring not only from the margin, midrib, nerves, and Bos but also from the whole superficies of the frond, both above and below, giving the entire plant a very singular appearance. | The Plumierian figure, which Dr. Swartz mentions with approbation, is by no means good as to the margin of the fronds and in the glabrous upper sides ; nor is the representation given by Lamarck at all more satisfactory. ZTAÀ4ABD.XCVAI. — — Pn a " 7 e VUAMAMC s | z e M ATA E d d nor Y ca TAB XCVE ASPIDIUM PROLIFER UM. FILICES.—GxvnATzx. Br. PorvropraCEzm. Kaulf. Fir1czs vere. Willd., Spreng. GreN. Cuan. J4SPIDIUM, Br. HYPOPELTIS, Mich. A4SPIDII $pecies, Sw., Willd. Sori rotundi, dorsales. — Zuvolucrum orbiculare, peltatum, stipitatum, in medio sori insertum, undique liberum. Zr. AsPrDIUM proliferum ; frondibus simplicibus, glabris, sterilibus lanceolatis longe acuminatis radi- cantibus, fertilibus linearibus obtusis. Has. In Insula Jamaice ? Fiadix csespitosa, fibrosa, fibris ramosis hirsutis fuscis. Stipes perbrevis, vix semiunciam longus, sensim in frondem dilatatus. Frondes plurimsee ex eadem radice, digitales ad spithamseam, simplices, decumbentes, lanceolatz, basi attenuatze, apice longissime acuminate, radicantes, prolifere, utrinque glabre, medio costate, margine integerrimo : Fertiles sterilibus angustiores, erectze, lineares, apice obtusze. Sori serie simplici ad utrumque latus costse dispositi, magni; venis obscuris inserti. Involucrum orbiculare, peltatum, medio umbilicatum. Capsule fuscse, sublonge pedicellatz. Semina intense fusca, oblonga, rugosa, margine limbo pellucido flavescente cincta. Fig. 1. Portio frondis fertilis. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. We regret that we are not able to say what is the native country of this plant. It was given to us some time ago by our friend Mr. Lindley, with several West India Ferns, which had formed part of the Herbarium of the late Mr. Donn, of Cambridge. "The Fern to which it is most nearly allied in the mode of growth and proliferous habit, and in the structure of the sori and seeds, is the 74spi- dium rhizophyllum, figured at 'Tab. 59. of this work: but that has, except in the very youngest. state of the plant, decidedly pinnated fronds; whereas here, both in the sterile and fertile fronds, there is not the slightest approach to a compound, or even to a divided appearance. "The whole plant, too, is quite glabrous. rui Swe TL es — TAB. XCVII. PARKERIA PTERIDOIDES. FILICES.—Div. PARKERIACEZ. (Capsule sparse, omnino sessiles, annulo lato brevissimo fere obsoleto, nonnunquam distincto subcompleto, notate. Semina . magna, trigona, striata.) GrzrcuzwEx. Bory, Spreng. Grzw. Cuag. PARKERLA, Hook. Capsule irregulariter dehiscentes, annulo, vel disco, striato, minuto, fere obsoleto. PankEn1A pteridoides ; frondibus sterilibus pinnatifidis, laciniis subternis late ovatis incisis, fertilibus tripinnatifidis laciniis linearibus, stipite inferne tumido. Parkeria pteridoides. — 700. i Exot. FI. t. 147. (ubi capsule: seminaque male reprzesentantur,) et £. 231. Has. In aquis stagnantibus Guianz, apud Demerara. DD. Parker. Hadix e fibris longis, descendentibus, numerosissimis, fusco-purpureis, villosis. Stipites plurimi ex eadem radice, crassi, teretes, inferne tumidi, et quasi inflati, venosi, subsquamosi, virides, dein fusci, valde cellulosi; frondium szeri/ium horizontales, breves; fertilium erecti, 4—85-pollicares. Frondes steriles et fertiles dissimiles. Steriles natantes, stellatim disposite, tres ad quinque uncias longze, circumscriptione deltoideo-ovats, carnoso- membranaceze, pallide virides, costate, costa ramosa, reticulate, pinnatifide, laciniis late ovatis, subternis, fere trilobis atque incisis; sinubus proliferis. Fertiles semipedales et ultra, erectee, circumscriptione subtriangulares, tripinnatifidee, sinubus proliferis, laciniis linearibus, attenuatis, tereti-compressis, ultimis furcatis, primum viridibus dein flavo-fuscis, costatis, venis utrinque parallelis, capsuliferis, reticulatim connexis. — Zachis hinc sulcata. Involucrum e margine lato frondis, tenui, membranaceo, subdiaphano, reticulatim venoso, replicato, totum dorsum - tegens. Capsule venis coste parallelis insidentes, pro ratione plante majuscule, pallide fuscse, omnino sessiles, sphzericze, quasi tuberculatee (ob seminum pressuram), tenuissime membranacezs, diaphanz, irregulariter dehiscentes, sub summo lente reticulatim venosse, (venis flexuosis,) et hinc, prope basin, obsoletissime annulate, annulo lato, paululum gibboso, transversim striato, striis subquinque. Semina pauca (15—20) in singula capsula, magna, trigona, pallide fusco-flavescentia, subpellucida, angulis striis concentricis pulcherrime notatis; intus materie oleosa repleta. Fig. 1. Frondes steriles. f. 2. Frons fertilisz—magn. nat. f. 3. Portio lacinise frondis fertilis a^ dorso visa. f 4. Eadem, facie anteriore visa. f. 5. Eadem, involucro aperto, ut receptacula capsularum videantur. f. 6. Ejusdem pars:—magis aucta. f. '7. Capsule cum annulo obsoleto, seu disco striato. f. 8. Portio mem- brans capsule cum annulo:—zmagis aucta. f. 9. Capsula dehiscens. f. 10. Semina. f.11. Eadem:—magis aucta. f. 12. Integumentum seminis, cum ejus materie oleosa (f. 13.) :—omnes magis minusve magnitudine aucta. 'The kindness of our friend C. S. Parker, Esq. (after whom this singular and beautiful genus had previously been named in the Zaotic Flora), by putting into our possession numerous specimens in all stages of growth, and the opportunity we have enjoyed of seeing the noble individual here figured flourishing in the stove of the Liverpool Botanic Garden under the skilful management of the Messrs. Shepherds,—have enabled us to correct some very important errors which appear in the work just mentioned, and to lay before the public, we trust, a complete analysis of the plant. The Figure above referred to at Tab. 231. of the JEvotic Flora, represents the sterile fronds of the plant, of the very existence of which we were not aware, when the first Figure in that work (t. 147.) appeared. But the point that needs most correction is, where it is said that the capsule is alto- gether destitute of a ring. Itis so minute, however, as to have wholly escaped the notice not only of the author of Exotic Flora, but also of that of other and very acute botanists, who examined the specimens. An ámaulus indeed does exist; but so small, and so unlike that part in other Ferns, that we may well be pardoned for having overlooked it: nor should we now probably have detected it, were we not led to suspect its presence by knowing that some other F'erns now in our pos- session, most JE alied to this, are furnished in their capsules with a remarkably large, very broad, and almost complete ring. The Ferns we allude to are the Ceratopteris thalictroides of Brongniart (Jfebocarpus oleraceus of Kaulf.), from the East Indies ;—what we take for Cerato- pteris Gaudichaudii of Brongn., said to be from St. Vincent ;—and one, if not two, nearly allied plants, from New Holland. "There could not be a question of all these belonging to the same natural group; and upon examining with the high power of the microscope the capsules of our Parkeria, we find on one side, near the point of insertion, a small oblong transversely striated spot or disk, which may indeed be compared with a very reduced annulus of Ceratopteris, but which can on no account be assimilated to that of the Z?/ices Gyrate of Mr. Brown. Since we have now ascertained an annulus to be present, or something analogous to it, we can no longer allow the genus to be separated from the F/ices: but it becomes à question, to which of the Divisions it should belong. Brongniart (see Diet. Classique, v. 3. p. 350.) and Bory de St. Vincent have ranked the Ceratopteris with the G/eichenee ; the former indeed, doubtfully,—and he expressly points out a difference in the nature of the annulus ; broad and flat and incomplete* in Ceratopteris, narrow and projecting and complete in the GZeichenee. Yndeed the whole nature of the capsules is different in the two, though that difference is not easily expréssed in words. They are large in Ceratopteris and Parkeria, quite sessile, of so thin and membranous and pellucid a texture, that the seeds are visible through the coat; and, even in Ceratopteris, the ring does not appear to have any elastic property, nor are these capsules arranged in sor, but scattered upon longitudinal veins beneath the involucre. The seeds (incorrectly given in the Zzozic Flora, but well defined by Mr. Brown) are large, and when seen under the high power of a microscope exhibit a most beautifully striated appearance. "heir integument is comparatively thick and tough; and, when broken, it is found to contain a transparent oily substance, which floats upon the table of the microscope. In short, the whole habit of the plant, its place of growth, the situation of the capsules, their structure and that of the seeds, —all point out a group or tribe which cannot well be associated with any hitherto esta- blished. On this account we have formed a new one. The PaRKERIACEZ are exclusively tropical plants, inhabiting Asia, Africa and America ; and we are at present acquainted with but two genera,— Ceratopteris, distinguished by its very large and distinct annulus; and our Parkeria. Of the latter we possess two species, Parkeria pteridoides and P. Lockharti4-. M. Brongniart attributes a double covering to the capsule of Ceratopteris ; but such a structure we have never found to exist in any of our specimens. * We are aware that Mr, Brown attributes to his Teleozoma (Brongniart's Ceratopteris) a complete annulus : found it to be so in any of our specimens. T P. Lockharti ; frondibus fertilibus pinnatis, pinnis pinnatifidis incisis, stipite aequali cylindraceo. Has. In lacubus prope Arima, Insula Trinitatis. D. Lockhart. but we have not P E d S RE j » 7z 2 orYYI pp, V. ro e. TAB. XCVIII. ADIANTUM PENTADACTYLONYN. FILICES.—GvrnArTx. Br. PorvropiACEX. Kaulf. Frirrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Gzw. Cuan. A4DLANTUM, Linn. Sori marginales, punctiformes vel lineares. Jmvolucrum e margine frondis replicato, disco venoso capsulifero, limbo membranaceo, libero. Br. ApIANTUM pentadactylon ; fronde tripinnata, pinnulis petiolatis teneris ovato-rhombeis acuminatis inciso-lobatis, lobis serratis, basi oblique cuneatis, soris oblongis solitariis ad apicem loborum. Adiantum pentadactylon. * Langsd. et Fischer, Ic. Fil. t. 25." Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p.206. JV illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 448. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 114. Adiantum, 2n. 1817. Burchell Mss. Has. In Insula St. Catherine Brasilie. Langsdorf. Chamisso. Prope Rio de Janeiro. D. Burchell. ID*. Maria Graham. Stipes spithamseus et ultra, aterrimus, nitidissimus. Frons fere longitudine stipitis, cireumscriptione deltoidea, bipinnata, pinnis inferioribus longis iterum divisis, pin- nulis alternis remotiusculis, petiolatis, petiolo gracillimo, sesquiunciam ad duas uncias longis, teneris, opacis, ovato-rhombeis, acuminatis, inciso-lobatis, lobis oblongis serratis, basi inzequali et oblique cuneatis, integris. Nervi numerosi, repetitim dichotome divisi, e basi radiatim expansi. Color intense viridis. Züchis universalis partialisque aterrimze, nitidae. Sori ad apicem loborum, solitarii. Involucrum transverse oblongum, subtus capsuliferum. Capsule fuscae, sphaericze, sublonge pedicellatz. Semina triangularia, pellucida, pallida. Fig. 1. Pinna cum soris. f. 2. Apex lobi fertilis. f.3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—nmagn. auct. Our friend Mr. Burchell, as well as Mrs. Graham, have been so obliging as to communicate this very handsome species of Fern to us. Willdenow, correctly enough, compares it with the "Ad. trapeziforme : but that has shorter, less acuminated pinnules, never deeply inciso-lobate at the margin as in our plant, which appears to be truly distinct from that and every other of the genus, and confined to the neighbourhood of Rio, in Brazil. i tro p Noris PIS d RS MS E. VN NEL Enc c NE i. Gm I D 7m Im : — E D RES — Ad Ware Xe .— D' Grevtlle del TAB. XCIX. ACROSTICHUM APODUM. FILICES.—GvnarTz. Br. PorvropnraAcEz. Kaulf. Firicrs vere. Willd., Spreng. GrN. Cnan. 4ACROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam infe- riorem frondis (interdum diversa) vel ad ejus partem sparse. Zmvolucrum nullum (nisi squa- mule, vel setze in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). Br. AcnosricHUM apodum; frondibus simplicibus oblongo-lanceolatis teneris sessilibus, basi longe attenuatis apice acuminatis, utrinque margineque (praecipue) squamuloso-pilosis, fertilibus multo minoribus. Acrostichum apodum. — Kaul/f. Enum. Fil. p. 60. Spreng. Syst. leget. v. A. p. 34. Has. In Insula Montserrat. * Ziyan in Herb. Pa." — Insula Sancti Vincentii. Rev. L. Guilding. Caudex brevis, crassus, horizontalis, superne squamis numerosissimis, fulvis, lineari-lanceolatis, serratis obsitus, inferne radiculis filiformibus ramosis pilosis obtectus. Stipes nullus. Frondes plurimse fere ex eodem puncto caudicis, subpedales, erecte, oblongo-lanceolatee, tenere, membranacez, costatze atque furcatim parallelo-nervosze, apice breviter acuminatz, basi longe attenuate, utrinque sed mar- gine costaque przecipue squamuloso-pilosze, squamulis subulatis fuscis. Color leete viridis. Frons fertilis sterili duplo triplove minor. | Capsule numerosissimze, dorsum frondis totum tegentes; fusca, sphaericae, pedicellatze. Semina pallida, fusca, pellucido-reticulata, ovali-oblonga, vel subreniformia. Fig. 1l. Squamula e caudice. f. 2. Squamula e fronde. f.3. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:—magn. auct. This very beautiful and distinct species of z4erostichum seems to have been described only by Kaulfuss from specimens gathered at Montserrat. We are indebted for our plants to our most liberal friend the Rev. L. Guilding, who has so sedulously collected the Ferns as well as other plants of St. Vincent. One of our specimens has the upper half contracted, and clothed on the underside with capsules ; whilst the lower half is of the usual breadth, and sterile. "n. ZAB.C. LIT ITHHTETLULTTTI nt E A D Z )2 7 Mariner l J. Swan. e TAB. C. ASPLENIUM MENZIESII. FILICES.—GYnATA. Br. PorvPopriaACcEx. Kauf. FriLiczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GreN. Cuan. J4S$PLENIUM, Linn. Sori lineares, sparsi, dorsales. ^Znvolucrum e vena late- raliter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. Zr. AsPLENIUM JMenziesii; fronde lineari pinnata, pinnis rhombeo-oblongis obtusissimis coriaceis glabris, margine superiore dentatis, soris inferioribus solitariis horizontalibus, superioribus valde obliquis. Has. Insula Owhyhee. D. Menzies. Caudex brevis, subrepens, basi radicibus paucis ramosis donatus, paleaceo-setaceis, setis atro-fuscis. Stipes duas ad tres uncias longus, atro-purpureus, nitidus, glaber, inferne teres, superne hinc leviter canaliculatus. FRachis huic similis. Frondes spithamzeze, fere ad pedales, erects;e, circumscriptione lineares, pinnate, pinnis approximatis horizontaliter patentibus, inferioribus rhomboideis, superioribus oblongis vel oblongo-quadrangularibus, angulo inferiore affixis, basi superiore truncata, una cum latere inferiore integerrimis, margine superiore, apiceque obtusissimo crenato-serratis, obscure costatis penninerviis; costa prope marginem inferiorem, ubi nervo solitario parallelo, soro unico, gerente, ad latus superius nervi plurimi, obliqui, fere horizontales, soriferi. | Sori lineari-oblongi. Involucra albo-fuscescentia, membranacea. Capsule fuscae, longe pedicellate, annulo fere completo cincta. Semina oblonga angulata sub summo lente subreticulata. Fig. 1. Pinna, e medio frondis, fertilis. f. 2. Capsula. f 3. Semina. Communicated by our good friend Archibald Menzies, Esq., who found it in the Island of Owyhee. It was marked by that gentleman, *splenium, nova species ;" and we entirely agree with him in its being so. [Its near ally is, unquestionably, "Asplenium monanthemum of Linnzus, and of Smith Zcones, Tab. 73, an inhabitant of the Cape of Good Hope; and as we know, from spe- cimens we have received from the Rev. R. T. Lowe, of Madeira also. "That plant is always much broader in its circumscription near the middle, more attenuated at the base and at the extremity, having the pinnz of a more delicate texture, much longer and narrower, more disposed to be caniculated in the upper margin at the base, and with fewer sori, and those (mostly indeed solitary) confined to the lower side of the pinna. Sprengel Beds the Z4spl. monanthemum as an inhabitant of New Spain, Martinique, Peru, &c.; and he makes the "Asplenium nanum of Willdenow to be synonymous with it. Now this latter plant is indeed an inhabitant of Martinique, and is figured in Plumier; but, as that figure shows, it is quite a different species from 4A. monanthemum. — 7 /À "Grevilte De EA ) » em C Ib e i" d JJ wen de. TAB. CI. TODEA FRASERI. FILICES.—OswuwDaAcEz. Br., Kaulf. OswuNDacEz. Spreng. | ScuiswATOo- PTERIDES. Willd. GrzN. Cuan.. TODE A, Willd. OSMUND.E, Pars., Thunb., $m., Br. 4CROSTICHI spe- cies, Linn. Capsule globosz, pedicellate, reticulatew, gibbere (vel annulo) dorsali pellucido, lateraliter dehiscentes, venulis frondis infer. insidentes. Spreng. TopkaA Zaseri; frondibus bipinnatis membranaceis glabris, pinnulis oblongis profunde serratis, pinnarum rachi alata. Has. In rupibus madidis apud * Bougainville Cataract," in montibus cxruleis Nove Hol- landie. JD. Fraser. Caudex erectus, brevis? crassus, subsquamosus, vestigiis frondium vetustarum cicatricatus, ad apicem frondosus. Stipites subquadripollicares, semiteretes, glabri, hinc sulcati, inferne squamis fuscis latis membranaceis instructi. Frondes, circumscriptione, ovato-lanceolate, bipinnate, pinnis patentibus lanceolato-acuminatis, sessilibus, iterum pinnatis, pinnulis oblongis, obtusis, pellucido-membranaceis, (siccitate) olivaceo-fuscis, minute reticulatis, costatis, parallelo-venosis, venis simplicibus rarissime furcatis. Ztachis primaria nuda, nisi extremitatem versus frondis, ubi, secundaria vel pinnarum, membranaceo-alata. Capsule in venas pinnularum, prsecipue basin versus, in parte inferiori frondis sparsse, pallide fuscse, sphericze, pedicellatee, reticulatee, rima verticali a basi ad gibberem dorsalem vel annulum reticulatum, albido-pellucidum dehiscens. Semina parva, subglobosa, pellucida. Fig. 1. Pinnula cum capsulis. f. 2. Portio pinnule. f.3.4.4. Capsule. £f 5. Semina:—magn. auct. We have here followed Swartz, Willdenow, Kaulfuss, and Sprengel, in retaining the genus 7odea, as distinguished from Osmunda, with which Brown, as Thunberg has done, unites it. There is a difference of habit in the two genera, mainly however arising, we must confess, from the circumstance of the fructifications being placed on the back of the unchanged frond in. Todea ; whilst in Osmunda they are situated on the altered and contracted pinnules. In Osmunda regalis, however, we find the ring or gibbous portion distinctly striated ; in 7Zodea it is reticulated. 'The very interesting species here represented,—the second only of the genus now described,—was communicated to us by Mr. Fraser, who observes, that he found it but in one spot, below moist rocks, at Bougainville's Cataract, in the Blue Mountains of New Holland. It differs remarkably from 7. africana, which is equally a native of New Holland, by the delicate and subpellucid texture of its frond. A third species of 7odea, but not probably an Australasian plant, is known to Mr. Brown, having a frond of a similar habit with that of 7. Fraseri, as may be inferred from his observations, under the genus Osmunda, Prodr. p. 163: * Quoniam in Todeà 7Z';//d. capsule vere pedicellate, et cum porro alia species existit, isdem pariter dorsalibus, at fronde pellucidá Tricho- manis instar donata, consultius duxi ambas ad Osmundam amandare." rerille Del! ó i A rn 5774/25295 d TlAD. CL. NEPHRODIUM GOLDIANUM. FILICES.—GrnATz. Br. PoLYPODIACEE. Kaulf. VFiricxs verz. Willd., Spreng. Grw. CHagn. NEPHRODIUM, Br. NEPHRODII species, Mich. 44SP1DII species, Sw. Sori rotundi, dorsales. — Znvolucrum reniforme, sinu affixum, marginibus liberis. Zr. NEPHRODIUM Goldianum ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis profunde pinnatifidis breviter petiolatis, laci- niis oblongis acutiusculis subfalcatis, mucronato-serratis, soris centralibus intra marginem et costam. Aspidium Goldianum. ZJooker im Goldie's zc. of' rare Canad. Pl. in Edin. Phil. Journ. v. 6. p. 333. Has. America Septentrionali. In Canada precipue. JD. Go/die. .D. Holmes. D" Percival. D. Sheppard. Prope Novam Eboracensem. Torrey. Stzpes pedalis, erectus, semiteres, hinc sulcatus, pallide fuscus, nitidus, squamis deciduis paleaceus. Frons pedalis ad sesquipedalem et forsitan ultra, circumscriptione ovato-oblonga, pinnata, pinnis remotiusculis breviter petiolatis, inferioribus prsecipue, lanceolato-acuminatis, profunde pinnatifidis, laciniis subuncialibus, oblongis, acutiusculis, paululum falcatis, serratis, serraturis obtusis, mucrone vel spinula minutissima ter- minatis. Color totius frondis, statu sicco, flavo-virescens, subtus pallidior. Sorz in lineis duabus dispositi, singula costam intra et marginem quasi intermedia, disposita. Zmvolucrum rotundato-reniforme, sinu pro- fundo affixum. Capsule longe pedicellatze, fusce. Semina subangulata, reniformi-rotundata, fusco-flavescentia, limbo pallidiore cincta. Fig. 1. Lacinia pinnz cum soris. f.2. Capsule. f.3. Semina:—magn. auct. That this species must have been known to the writers on American Botany, I cannot for a moment doubt: but if it be included in any of their Floras, it is confounded with some other species, perhaps with /Vephrodium cristatum by Michaux, or with IN. Filiv Mas by Pursh, judging from a specimen sent me by Professor 'Torrey from New York ; and it is very certain that both these authors consider their respective plants to be different from those of the same name in Europe. The present is indeed a very handsome and a very decidedly marked species, coming, perhaps, nearest to the North American JVephrodium marginale, Àn which, as the name implies, the fructifica- tions are altogether marginal. / TADB.CII.- ó LI LITT 72/7777 DNLPPLLC uf : - - - - San à * EAT ees , P. zin " P. A D* Grerille Def J..Pwao c. TAB. CIII. ADIANTUM AM(QENUM. FILICES.—GvnarTz. Br. PorvPoprACEZ. Kaulf. | Firrczs vere. JWilld Gzw. Cnam. ;Sori marginales, punctiformes vellineares. —Znvolucrum e margine frondis replicato, disco venoso capsulifero, limbo membranaceo libero. Zr. ADIANTUM anum; fronde triplicato-pinnata, foliolis rigidis lato-cuneatis breve petiolatis apice serratis (frondium sterilium ovatis obtusis basi oblique cuneatis), stipite rachique glaberrimis hinc solummodo piloso-scabris. Adiantum amcenum. 7Zallich MSS. Has. In India Orientali (e Nepalià?). JZallich. Radix, ut videtur, omnino fibrosa, fibris flexuosis, ramosis, fuscis. Stpites plurimi ex eadem radice, palmares, erecti, flexuosi, aterrimi, nitidi, hinc sulcati et piloso-scabri, pilis fuscis, ad basin paleaceo-squamosi. Frondes digitales et ultra, circumscriptione suborbiculares, triplicato-pinnate, pinnis elongatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusis. | Jachis subgracilis, atra, nitida. Foliola semiunciam longa, brevi-pedicellata, pedicello hinc superne piloso-scabro; frondium sterium ovata, obtusa, basi oblique cuneata, fertiljum late cuneata, apice lobata, lobis plerumque tribus, dentato-serrata, coriacea, rigida, glabra. Sor transversim oblongi, in singulo lobo folioli. Involucra membranaceo-coriacea, fusca, arcte inflexa, majuscula, approximata. Capsule sublonge pedicellatze, annulo lato donatae. Semina angulata, subreticulata, pellucida, flava. Fig. 1l. Pinna sterilis e fronde fertili. f. 2. Foliolum fertile, subtus visum. f. 3. Involucrum, subtus visum, cum capsulis. f. 4. Capsule. f. 5. Semina:—magn. auct. Communicated by the Hionourable the East India Company as a native of the East Indies ; but of which particular district of the Indian possessions is not stated :—probably Nepaul. It differs from every species hitherto described, in many points; yet in the decidedly cuneate form of the foliola, it approaches the tribe with the membranaceous leaflets, to which 24. CapWlis Feneris DHoues. Here, however, the foliage is remarkably rigid and coriaceous; and on looking at the upper side of a frond, the stipes, rachis, and pedicels will be found to be rough with short close- set harsh brown hairs, whilst the rest of the plant is quite glabrous. "TAB..CEV, l T m d 257 AI T À 1 , AA LAE TA UT dA, : e P Za e NIIS H 2 » S | Y 1 E £ - | pP HA e Lo ITI d D" Grerille Del! . | : 5s | 1AB. CIV. ADIANTUM LUNULATUM. FILICES.—GvnArx. Br. PorvropriacEEX. Kaulf. Finices vere. Willd. GEN. Cnanm. |Sori marginales, punctiformes vel lineares. — Zpvolucrum e margine frondis replicato, disco venoso capsulifero, limbo membranaceo, libero. 5r. AbDIANTUM /unulatum, glabrum; fronde pinnata, pinnis sublonge petiolatis lunulato-oblongis obtu- sissimis, suprema cuneata, margine superiore lobato. Adiantum lunulatum. Burm. F!. Ind. p. 235. Sw. Syn. FW. p. 121. JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 430. Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 16. Kaulf-. Enum. Fi. p.205. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 110. Reliq. Hank. p. 62. Pteris lunata. « Aletz. Obs. 2. p. 28. t. A." Adiantum lunatum. — Cavan. Pralect. 1801. n. 676. Adiantum arcuatum. Swartz. Syn. FW. p. 122. JF'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 431. Capillaris malabarica non ramosa, folio rotundato dentato. Petiv. Gazoph. t. 54. f. 10. Avenka. Zort. Malab. v. 12. p. 73. t. 40. Has. In India Orientali :—arenosis humidis in Malabaria. ZtAeede. | Brasilia. Swartz. Insula Java. Burman. ln Nepalia legerunt Zamilton et JPallich. Ynsulis Philippinis, Marianis, et ad Acapulco. Cavan. JF'illd. Chamisso. ln Mexico. Henke. Radix ceespitosa, fibrosa, fibris tenuibus, valde ramosis, flexuosis, tomentosis. Stipites plurimi ex eadem radice, graciles, paululum, ut videtur, decumbentes, atro-fusci, nitidi, compressi, glabri. Frons digitalis ad spithameeam, circumscriptione oblonga, obtusa, simpliciter pinnata, pinnis alternis, remotius- culis, petiolatis, petiolo semiunciam longo, tenui, gracillimo, unciam longis, lunulato-oblongis, obtusissimis, radiato-venosis, basi truncatis membranaceis, pallide viridibus, suprema cuneata, margine superiore semicir- culari, lobato, lobis contiguis non raro confluentibus, fructiferis. —.Fachis gracilis, aterrima, nitida, quandoque (fide Kaulfuss) apice radicans. Sori lineares, marginem loborum occupantes, nunc confluentes. Capsule numerose, longe stipitatee. Semina triangularia, pallida. Fig.1. Pinna. f.2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. * Adiantum lunulatum appears to have a very extended geographical range, being found both upon the continent* and the islands of India, as well as in Mexico. The editor of the Zteliquie Henkeane, on the authority of specimens in Willdenow's herbarium, has referred the 44. arcuatum of that author and Swartz (the ZA. lunatum of Cavanilles) to our plant, as a very trifling variety with the lobes of the pinnz more deeply cut than usual. * As far north as Nepaul, where the specimen here figured was gathered by Dr. Wallich. | e wem penmde J. Kwan t. -— - "ta ; * ovv, ]] , L D'Grere Del - TAB. CV. DAVALLIA EMERSONI. FILICES.—GvznATz. Br. PorvropiACER. Kaulf. F1r1czs vere. Willd., Spreng. GEN. CHag. DA ALLIA, Sm. Sori subrotundi (vel in lineola verticali) margini plerumque approximati. Znvolucrum superficiarum, ex apice ven: unice ortum, lateribus vel latá basi ad- natum, exterius et verticaliter liberum. 2. DavarLiA Zmersoni; fronde parce pilosa simplici pinnatifida, segmentis oblongis obtusis integer- rimis, soris in apicem loborum. Has. In Zeylona. Emerson, M.D. Fiadix fibrosus, fibris ramosis, nigris, pilosis. Frondes aggregatee, pedales, subcoriaceze, lanceolatze, sessiles, simplices, superficie margineque remote pilosis, pilis brevibus rigidis, atro-fuscis, basi apiceque attenuata et integerrimee, reliquae pinnatifidee, pinnatim ramos, laciniis oblongis obtusis, integerrimis. Involucra oblongo-cucullata, coriacea, extus dehiscentia. Capsule subduodecim in singulo soro, pedicellate, pedicellis longitudine involucri, et in ejus fundo insertis. Semina sphaerica, reticulata, flavo-fusca. Fig. l1. Lacinia frondis superne visa. f. 2. Portio frondis, cum soris. f. 9. Portio lacinie fructificantis, epidermide in partem sublata, ut venze capsularum in conspectum veniant. f. 4. Capsule. f. 5. Semina:— magn. auct. This very curious species of Davallia is evidently allied to the D. pectinata of Smith, and the D. contigua of Hedwig, as far as can be judged from the very imperfect account we have of the latter; both being natives of the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and both differing from ours in the shape and structure of the laciniz of the frond. | The only specimens we have were gathered by Dr. Emerson in Ceylon; an island which, were it properly investigated, would perhaps yield as abundant a harvest of interesting Ferns as any spot of the like extent on the surface of the globe. D' Greville Det | / uera "$5 p. sc : A2 43 7 AMA 27 LL ^ 2 TAB. CVI. X. dabis "ow |o TAB CVL CYATHEA SINUATA. FILICES.—GvnaArx. Br. PorvPoDIACEX. Kaulf. Firiczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Grs. CHan. CYAATHEA, Sw. — Sori globosi dorsales distincti, divisura vel medio ven: insidentes. Znvolucrum infra sorum insertum, transversim zequaliter vel laceratim dehiscens. CvarHEA s?nuata ; frondibus simplicibus lanceolatis sinuatis costatis venosis, soris in medio venarum lateralium. Has. In Zeylona, ubi Pas-dum- Karle dicta. Emerson, M.D. Caudex ? erectus. Stipites breves, versus apicem caudicis inserti, sparsi, nigro-fusci, nitidi, glabri, paululum muricati, inferne dilatati. FFrondes plurimsee, versus apicem caudicis congeste, pedales, sesquipedales, coriaceo-membranaces, glabrs, lanceolatee, basi apiceque attenuatz, margine sinuato-lobatz, lobis superioribus obsoletis, ad summum apicem serratz;, costatze, venoss, venis pinnatim ramosis, ramis soriferis. Sori, semper in venis lateralibus et medium versus, inserti. Involucrum infra sorum insertum, exacte globosum, membranaceum, reticulatum, transversim sed irregulariter dehiscens, parte inferiore persistente pateriformi, margine magis minusve lacerato. Receptaculum capsuliferum, hemisphazricum. Capsule sphericee, annulo fere completo cinctze, pedicellatze. Fig. 1. Portio fructificans frondis. f. 2. Sorus dehiscens. f. 3. Pars inferior persistens pateriformis involucri, cum receptaculo capsulisque. f. 4. Capsule :—magn. auct. The old genus Cyathea of Sir J. E. Smith has been divided by Mr. Brown ; and the true CyatAec are by him considered to be C. arborea, dealbata, medullaris, affinis, &c., in all of which, as well as in four other undescribed species, there is a spherical involucre, bursting transversely and equally, in a lacerated manner, inserted upon the forking of a vein ;——but, observes Mr. Brown, in a fifth species from the Molucca Isles, the involucre arises from the middle of a vein, * at quoniam hzc a congeneribus differt pinnis integerrimis subensiformibus sorisque sparsis, legem insertionis haud multum infirmat." To this CyatAea from the Molucca Isles, alluded to by Mr. Brown, our C. sinuata is, in all probability, closely allied, if it be not ihe same species. 1t is quite unlike any hitherto described one; and we regret not to have seen more perfect specimens than those here figured, which give no idea of the height of the caudex, or the thickness to which it may be supposed to arrive. TAB. CVII. PTERIS CHRYSOCARP A. FILICES.—GvnarTz. Br. Porveopraczzm. Kaulf. Fririczs verme. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuan. PTERILS,Linn. Sori lineares, marginales, continui, capsulis sinu involucri insertis. Involucrum marginale, continuum, scariosum, intus liberum. Br. PrERIs chrysocarpa; fronde tri-quadripinnata, foliolis linearibus acutis petiolatis, subtus aureo- flavis. : Lomaria aurea. 7Zaillich MSS. : Has. In Nepalia (ZZamilton) ; ubi etiam. in montibus prope Katmandu legit CI. JZailich. Nomen vernac. /Mousaga Mounoza Nepalensibus. Caudex, ut videtur, repens, radiculas fibrosas emittens. Stipes spithamaeus ad pedalem, erectus, teres, glaber, fuscus, subnitidus, hinc sulcatus. Frons, circumscriptione, ovato-lanceolata, plerumque triplicato-pinnata, pinnis alternis, primariis subremotis, pin- nulis subunciam longis, breve petiolatis, linearibus, acutis, superne convexis, medio canaliculatis, viridibus, - subtus omnino pulcherrime aureo-flavis, inferioribus pinnarum non raro iterum pinnulatis. Kachis univer- salis partialisque glabrze, pallide flavo-fuscs. ^ Frondes steriles nondum vidimus. Sori marginales, in sinu involucri inserti, demum pedicellorum elongatione pinnarum totum dorsum tegentes. Involucrum continuum, marginale, membranaceum, flavum, primum capsulas omnino tegens, interius dehiscens. Capsule numerosissimze, flavee, longe stipitatze. Semina minuta, spharica, subreticulata. Fig.1. Pinna fertilis. f. 2. Portio ejusdem ut capsularum insertio appareat. f. 9. Capsule. f. 4. Semina:— magn. auct. Although in many particulars this agrees with the Lomaria decomposita of Don, yet I am in- clined to think that, were it the same, so close an observer could not have failed to have remarked and described the singular and very beautiful colour of the whole underside of the frond ; on which account Dr. Wallich, so long ago as 1816, when he gathered the plant in its native soil, named it Lomaria aurea. Yt is an extremely beautiful species, and no less remarkable in the striking con- trast of colour which it exhibits, than in the much divided pinnam. The first aspect of. the fruc- tification might have indeed well led Dr. Wallich to consider it as belonging to the genus Zomaria: but if the capsules be carefully traced to their insertion, they will be found to be placed in the sinus itself of the involucre, where a longitudinal vein passes, which may be looked upon as the recep- tacle. ! There is a. teris aurea of Poiret from Chili; so that, however unwillingly, we are obliged to change the specific as well as the generic name which Dr. Wallich had given to this plant. V. JMmRn de. TADB.CVIII. 2 OIIALFIMA P EA AA b ebur end W- — nm ND e N NO ". "C EE L1 ro. E na Á T f P s q D? Grerille Det 7 f PAD. CVILD POLYPODIUM HETEROMORPHUM. FILICES.—GvnaArz. Br. PorvroniACEZ. Kaulf. Firiczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Grw. Cmag. POLYPODIUAM, Swartz. Sori subrotundi (seriati, sparsi vel conferti). Znvo- lucrum nullum. Zr. PoLvPopiUM JAeteromorphum, simplex vel ramosum, hirsutum, pinnatum ; pinnis breviter petiolatis ovalibus subintegris vel oblongis pinnatifidis, soris in singula vena solitariis. Has. In rupibus humidis prope verticem montis Pichinchz, Andium Peruvianarum. A). Prof. Gul. Jameson. Planta valde polymorpha, ubique hirsuta. Sipes ut et rachis, filiformis, hirsutus. Frons, circumscriptione, linearis, palmaris ad spithamseam, nunc simplex, flexuosa, nunc bis terve dichotoma, ramis pinnatis, pinnis remotiusculis semiunciam fere ad unciam longis, brevissime petiolatis, ovalibus, et tunc marginibus integris vel subintegris, vel oblongis pinnatifidis vel sinuato-pinnatifidis, lobis obtusissimis, ubique hirsutis, pilis longis versus basin ramosis, nunc stellatim divisis. Color fusco-viridis. Sori in singula vena solitarii, rotundati. Capsule annulo fere completo cincte, pedicellatee. Semina subtriangularia flavescenti-fusca. Fig. 1. Polypodium heteromorphum statu simpliciter pinnata. f. 2. Idem, rachi dichotome divisa, pinnisque ova- libus integris. f. 2. Idem, pinnis sinuato-pinnatifidis et pinnatifidis!—zmagn. naf. f. 3. Pinna, cum soris. f. 4. Pili. f.5. Capsule. f. 6. Semina:—magn. auct. This is a very singular and interesting species of Po/ypodium, like none of the genus with which we are acquainted, or which we can find described in books. Indeed, so variable are the specimens from the same tuft, as gathered by Professor W. Jameson * upon the top of the mountain Pichincha, : growing in large patches, straggling or hanging over the face of the dripping rocks," that if several of them were seen separately, they might well be supposed to constitute disunct species. "The simple-fronded specimens have some affinity in their mode of growth with z4splenium T'richomanes and viridis, but those with the divided fronds have the ramifications as regularly dichotomous as in the Gleichenie : were this not the case, we might have supposed that the ramification depended upon innovations, or proliferous shoots. TAB. CIX. "MI " / 4 N [ WW N XY, | Y wal JW/ , N r 4 y , j/ f j u | INP/ , A N !) l » | E I | y | Ny / | NJ qunm / apo LM ZA d uns D" Grevze IDelt Jdem de TAB. CIX. LYCOPODIUM TETRAGONUM. FILICES.—LvcoropiwEx. Swartz, Br., Kaulf. SrTAcuvorrERripzs. Willd. | Gzw. CHag. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles; alic bivalves, farina repletz; aliz bi-trivalves, corpusculis 1—6, globosis. Zr. LycoPopruM 'etragonum; folis quadrifariam arcte imbricatis ovatis subacutis concavis carinatis ciliatis, capsulis axillaribus, caule adscendente dichotomo ramoso. | Has. Prope verticem montis Pichincha, Andium Peruvianarum. 2. Prof. Gul. Jameson. Caulis basi decumbens, demum erectus, ramosus, ramis dichotomis, ubique foliosus. Folia arcte quadrifariam imbricata, erecta, ovata, sessilia, subbreviter acuminata, intus concava, dorso convexa, carinata, flavo-virescentia, rubedine tincta, margine ciliata: fructifera paululum magis acuminata. Capsule axillares, versus apicem ramorum, reniformes, bivalves, flavsc. Semina minuta, trigona, semper ternatim in unum corpus congesta, demum libera. Fig. 1. Folium caulinum. f. 2. Folium fructiferum. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. No less than 140 species of Lycopodium are enumerated in Sprengel's edition of the Species Plantarum, with none of which will the plant here described accord. It inhabits almost the highest summits of Pichincha, and was communicated to us, along with many other rarities from the same mountain, by Professor W. Jameson. "A " (FP oppstteeetam unde pp D? €reville Delt Ja X». TAB. CX. ACROSTICHUM .SUBCRENATU M. FILICES.—GrnaTx. Br. PoryPoDIAGER. Kaulf. Frrrczs vere. Willd., Spreng. GzN. Cuag. ACROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam infe- riorem frondis (interdum diversze) vel ad ejus partem sparse. Znvolucrum nullum (nisi squa- mule, vel sete in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). Br. ACROSTICHUM subcrenatum frondibus pinnatis, pinnis brevi-petiolatis subcrenatis lanceolatis acu- minatis, sterilibus (septenis) basi cuneato-attenuatis, fertilibus (novenis) multo minoribus, basi, inferioribusque apice, obtusiusculis, rachi subalata. Has. E Zeylona, ubi in rupibus, prope Saffragan, provenit, communicavit JD. Emerson, M. D. Caudex, ut videtur, brevis, subrepens, squamoso-paleaceus. SZzpes erectus, in fronde sterili digitalis, fertili spithamzeus, gracilis, subnitidus, hic illic paleaceus, hinc sulcatus. Frons sterilis palmaris, pinnata, pinnis lanceolatis longe acuminatis, basi suboblique cuneato-attenuatis, ultima majori, margine subcrenata, utrinque glabra, venis pinnatis, venulis reticulatim connexis. Ztachis subalata;— Jertilis pinnis quadruplo minoribus, inferioribus basi apiceque minus attenuatis obscure crenatis. Capsule totam inferiorem partem pinnarum tegentes, flavo-fuscse, pedicellatze. Semina subovalia, paululum angulata, pellucida. Fig.1. Portio pinne sterilis. f. 2. Capsule. f. 9. Semina :—magn. auct. Communicated by Dr. Emerson, who received it from Ceylon, with the native name */4/e Kowila" attached to it. We can find nothing corresponding with it to be described in any publication. / AD'cGreville Det* - AAT CeOSnMcf 7 TAB. CXI. J.X"man e. TAB. CXE LINDS/EA ENSIFOLIA. FILICES.—GvnArzx. Br. PorvropraAczz. Kaulf. Firiczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Gzw. Cnmag. LINDSZEA, Dryand. ;Sori lineares, margine paralleli sepiusque aproximati. Involucrum ex apicibus venarum (unà plurium) ortum ducens, exteriüs liberum. LiNps;EA ensifolia; glabra, frondibus pinnatis, pinnis (paucis) petiolatis alternis lineari-ensifor- mibus obtusis integerrimis basi attenuatis, soris marginalibus continuis. Lindsza ensifolia. — Swartz. yn. Pi. p. 118 & 137. JFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 420. Enum. Fil. p. 919. Spreng. Syst. F'eoget. v. 4. p. 79. Pteris stricta. Lam. Encycl. Bot. v. 5. p. 713. Swarts. Syn. Fil. p.96. JFilld. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 9370. | Adiantum ensifolium. — Poir. i» Encycl. Bot. Suppl. v. 1. p. 139. Kaulf. Has. Insula Mauritii et in Madagascaria.. Swartz; NVéraud; Carmichael. Caudex brevis, vix repens, squamoso-hirsutus, radiculas filiformes flexuosas ramosas fuscas emittens. Stipes spithamzeus et ultra, erectus, strictus, fusco-viridis, nitidus, inferne badius, hinc canaliculatus. Frons, in nostris exemplaribus, digitalis ad palmarem, circumscriptione oblonga, pinnata, pinnis paucis (5 ad 7), alternis, remotis, 3—4-unciam longis, lineari-ensiformibus, costatis, venisque obscuris reticulatis omnino glabris, integerrimis, obtusis, basi in stipitem vel petiolum brevem attenuatis. Sori intra-marginales. Iwvolucrum lineare, continuum, membranaceum, pallidum extus dehiscens. Capsule sphericee, pedicellatae. Semina obtuse triangularia, subpellucida intense flava. Fig. 1. Portio fructificans pinnz. f. 2. Sorus et involucrum. f. 3. Semina :—magn. auct. We are indebted to the Baron de Lessert for the opportunity of figuring this rare Fern, which was gathered by Mons. Néraud in the Mauritius, the same country in which it was first discovered, we believe, by Commerson. Ps z D4Grerille Del! / TAB.CXI. JJ. dh owan- e. Liners n CETTE RT tg n^ TAB. CXII. LYCOPODIUM VARIUM. FILICES.—LvcoropniwEE. Swartz., Br., Kaulf. STAcnvorrEnriDrs. JWilld. G£zN. Cuan. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles ; ale bivalves, farina repletz: aliz bi-trivalves, corpusculis 1—6, globosis. Zr. LvcoroprUM varium; caule ramoso, foliis sparsis linearibus decurrentibus integerrimis imbricatis vel patentibus, spicis terminalibus dichotomis simplicibusve, squamis obtusis integerrimis. Br. Lycopodium varium. — Br. Prodr. FI. INov. Holl. p. 165. — Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 12. Haz. In insula Otaheite. 74enzies. In insula Van Diemen. Brown; ubiin monte Wellington legit D. Fraser et communicavit. Jadix nobis ignota. Caulis subpedalis, erectus vel decumbens repetitim dichotome ramosus, basi nudiusculus, dein foliosus. Folia numerosa, erecto-patentia, unguiculata, linearia, obtusiuscula, integerrima obscure costata, basi decurrentia, coriacea, glabra; suprema infra spicam ovato-lanceolata, costa dorso magis prominente. Color, siccitate, luteo- viridis. Spice terminales, sessiles, lineares, acute tetragonze, duas vel tres uncias longze, nunc solitarize, plerumque geminz. Squamce arcte imbricate, quaternse cordate, obtuse, breves, concava, dorso obtuse carinate (nunc lineari- oblongze). Capsule majusculze, reniformes, glabrae, bivalves. Semina pellucida, triangularia. Fig. 1l. Folium. f. 2. Folium e summitate caulis. f 3. Squama spice, cum capsula. f. 4. Squama, a dorso visa. f. 5. Squama, intus visa. f. 6. Semina:—magn. auct. The learned author of the Prodromus Flore Nove Hollandie has cited two varieties of this plant; the one, *« umbrosum, caulis debilis, folia patentia, spicze filiformes, simplices vel divise, flaccide, laxiusculee ; squamee oblongo-lineares, capsulis multoties longiores;" and the other, * 8 alpinum, caulis erectus: folia arcte imbricata, opaca, ecostata ; spice dichotome, tetragons, squamxze ovatze, capsulas vix superantes." We find the plant, indeed, to be very variable in its fructi- fication: some of our specimens, received since the plate was engraved, have the extremity of the spike running out into a shoot, with sterile scales or leaves, exactly resembling those of the stem and branches; in others, the part bearing the fructification scarcely forms a spike at all: but the fructification appears axillary; and then the species comes very near the Luycopod. enidioides, Ic. Fil. 7. 30. TAB. CXII. 9 - d 9 35 NY D'Greville Del! —7 A up Tony un E TT x —— a : JJAWoen Jc "TAB. CXIII. LYCOPODIUM HETEROPHYLLU M. FILICES.—LvcoroprNu. Smartz., Br., Kaulf. SrAcnvorrznipzrs. Willd. Grw. CHax. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles; aliz bivalves, farina replete: aliz bi-trivalves, corpusculis 1—6-globosis. Jr. LvcoropruM Aeterophyllum ; caule erecto dichotomo, foliis quadrifariis subulatis planis patulis incurvis, caulinis integerrimis nudis, in pedunculo denticulato-serratis piliferis, spicis peduncu- latis subternis cylindraceis, squamis squarrosis ovatis acuminatis piliferis denticulato-serratis. Has. In insula Owyhee. 74. Mensies. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra, repetitim dichotome ramosus, ubique foliosus. Folia quadrifariam inserta, patentia, incurva, subulata, plana, obscure costata, omnino integerrima, apice con- colora. Spice subternze, longe pedunculatze, cylindraceze, erectze, subrobustze, insigniter squamosse. Pedunculus terminalis, foliosus, foliis quadrifariis, caulinis similibus, sed magis distantibus, marginibus spinuloso- denticulatis in pilum longum diaphanum flexuosum attenuatis. Squame ovatze, acuminatze, pilifersee, margine spinuloso-denticulatze. Capsule reniformes, bivalves. Semina pallido-flava, minutissima, subreticulata. Fig. 1. Folium caulinum. f. 2. Portio pedunculi cum ejus foliis. f. 3. Squama cum capsula. f. 4. Semina:— magn, auct. Á Discovered by A. Menzies, Esq. at Owyhee, during his voyage with Captain Vancouver. It is remarkable for the two Kinds of leaves which it bears; those of the stem being perfectly destitute of a diaphanous hair point; while those of the peduncle, which in fact is but a prolongation of a branch, are singularly toothed, somewhat spinous at the margins, and terminated with a waved hair-like point. It will rank near Z. aristatum of Humboldt. TAB, CXIV. J 4 AMAA EAE a D' Greville Del* —-—— J. Kwon de. TAB. CXIV. ASPLENIUM RESECTUYM. FILICES.—GvnATz. Br. PorvPobiACEZX. Kaulf. Fririczs vere. Willd., Spreng. Grzw. Cnuag. JASPLENIUM, Linn. Sor lineares, sparsi, dorsales. | Z74volucrum e vená late- raliter ortum ducens, margine superiore libero. D. ASPLENIUM 7esectum ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis membranaceis oblongo-lanceolatis dentato-serratis, basi superiore truncatis, inferiore abscisso-cuneatis integerrimis, stipite rachique gracilibus glabris nudis. Asplenium resectum. | Sith. Dcon. t. 72. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 80. JV'illd. Sp. Pl. v. 5. p. 322. I:Spreng. Syst. V'eset. v. A. p. 84. Asplenium inzquilaterale. — JZ/il/d. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 322. Has. In insula Borbonie. Commerson. Inter saxos ad marginem rivulorum, in sylvis mon- tosis insule Mauritii... Doer. Caudex repens, squamosus, radiculas plures, fibrosas, fuscas, ramosas emittens. SZpes digitalis, erectus, gracilis, atro-purpureus, nitidus, hinc sulcatus, basi subsquamosus. Frons palmaris fere ad pedalem, circumscriptione lato-lanceolata, basi truncata, apice argute acuminata, pinnata, pinnis approximatis, plerumque alternis, subhorizontalibus, patentibus, tenuibus, membranaceis, oblongo- lanceolatis, obtuse acuminatis, unciam ad duas uncias longis, inzequaliter dentato-serratis, costatis, furcato- venosis, inzequilateralibus, basi superiore truncatis, inferiore abscisso-cuneatis, integerrimis. Sori in venis lateralibus siti, oblongo-lineares. Involucrum membranaceum, fuscum, costam versus dehiscens. Capsule, annulo lato fere completo, cinctze, pedicellatze. Semina intense flavo-fusca, subrotunda, tuberculata. Fig. 1. Pinna fructificans. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. "This, we believe, is certainly the 24sp/. resectum of Smith in the Zcones above quoted; but it must be confessed that it belongs to a group of the simply pinnated zfsp/enia, which are liable to much variation, and consequently to be determined with difficulty; on which account we are the more anxious to represent the present plant from perfect specimens, sent us by the excellent Bojer, through the kindness of Charles Telfair, Esq., from the Mauritius. It 1s indeed very nearly allied to the West Indian zsp/. abscissum, the pinnz being almost exactly the same in shape, but that has the rachis winged. TAB,CXV. ' EIE M. D? €rerille Det v, MAII perm? J. Jan de. IAE CXYV.. TRICHOMANES QUERCIFOLIUM. FILICES.—GvnaTz. Br. PorvropiACEA. dau Firiczs vere. JWilld., Spreng. Gzw. CHag. TRICHOMANES, Sm., Sw. Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo commun: cylindraceo insertz, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Jr. | TnicHoMaNESs quercifolium; frondibus obovato-cuneatis in stipitem brevem attenuatis, profunde pinnatifidis, laciniis lineari-oblongis obtusis sinuatis apice soriferis, involucris exsertis. Has. In arboribus, in sylvis apud Esmeraldas, ab urbe Quito iter diei distantem. Amer. Merid. alt. 8000 ped. D. Prof. Gul. Jameson. Caudex filiformis, repens, hic illic radicans, squamoso-tomentosus, fuscus. Frondes 3—4 uncias longse, unciam ad duas uncias latze, obovato-cuneatze, basi in stipitem brevem subtomentosum attenuate, membranacez, pulcherrime reticulatee, profunde pinnatifidee, laciniis lineari-oblongis, obtusis, sinuatis, penninerviis, superioribus apice soriferis. P; pauci, furcati vel stellati ad marginem laciniarum. Sori terminales, solitarii vel bini ternive in singula lacinia superiore. Involucra omnino exserta, libera, subcylindracea, inferne attenuata, superne bilabiata, labiis erectis subrotundis. Fieceptaculum longissimum, exsertum, ad basin solummodo, intra involucrum, capsuliferum. Capsule orbiculares, compresse, peltatee, transversim complete annulatze. Semina parva, oblonga vel triangularia, flavo-fusca. | Fig.1. Portiolacinie cum soris. f 2. Portio frondis:—magn. auct. f. 9. Pars inferior receptaculi cum capsulis. f. 4. Semina:—mag?, auct. Allied to 7* reptans of Swartz and Willdenow; but distinguished by its much greater size, and the deeper and narrower segments of the frond. TAB.CXVI, Dt Gr£ville Delt AJ man. .í TAB. CXVI. PTERIS AURICULATA. FILICES.—GvnArTzx. Br. PorvronpriaAcEzx. Kaulf. Frirricrs vere. Willd., Spreng. Grw. CHan. P'TTERIS, Linn. ori lineares, marginales, continui; capsulis sinu involucri in- sertis. — Znvolucrum marginale, continuum, scariosum, intus liberum. PrEnis auriculata; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis brevissime petiolatis triangulari-ovatis subtrilobis, vel basi sursum auriculatis inferioribus subrotundis, stipite rachique lzvissimis nitidis. Pteris auriculata. ZAunb. FL Cap. ed. Schultes. v. 9. p. 733. IFilld. Sp. PI. v. 5. p. 365. Swartz. Syn. Fil. p. 103. Spreng. Syst. Peset. v. 4. p. 71. Sieber Syn. Fi. no.8. ScAMentend. "dumb. Pl. t. 22. | Adiantum auriculatum. — ZAunb. Prodr. FI. Cap. p. 173. Haz. Ad Promontorium Bonz Spei. ZAunberg ; Flette; "Thom; Mund ; Carmichael. Radix csespitosa, e fibris numerosis ramosis subpilosis. Stipes brevis, vix duas uncias longus, erectus, flexuosus, atro-purpureus, longissimus, nitidus. Frons palmaris usque ad spithamzeam, circumscriptione lanceolata, pinnata. JP/nnme alterne, plerumque sub- remotze, forma mire variantes; émferiores subrotundse, integerrimse, obtusissimze, relique magis minusve ovatze vel triangulares, basi utrinque vel sursum solummodo auriculate, nunc obtuss, nunc acute; superiores magis anguste ; omnes brevissime petiolatze, subcoriaceze, glabrae, supra intense virides, inferne pallidze, costatze, vix, nisi oculo bene armato, venose. — HacAis glaberrima, atro-purpurea. Sori marginales, continui. | Involucrum e margine membranaceo formatum, pallide fuscum, apice inzequaliter crenulatum, subundulatum. Capsule numerosze, pedicellatze, annulo lato donatae. Semina parva, globosa. Fig. 1. Portio pinnze cum soro. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina :—dmagn. auct. At the time that our drawing was made, no figure existed of this species of Pferis; but since the engraving.was executed, we find it represented in the last number of Schlentendal's excellent "Adumbrationes Plantarum ; of which, however, the descriptions have not yet reached us. (The four numbers that we have seen are admirably illustrative of the Ferns of the Cape of Good Hope. TAB. CXVII. -. ac v ; oe 2062 aon? ar" ; D? Grevile Delt / J. wa» d. TAB. CXVII. TRICHOMANES APODUM. FILICES.—GvnaTrz. Br. PorvroDIACEX. Kaulf. Firicss vere. Willd., Spreng. Gr. CHuag. TZRICH OMANES, Sm., Sw. .Sori marginales. Capsule sessiles, receptaculo communi cylindraceo inserte, intra Znvolucrum monophyllum, suburceolatum, ore hiante, textura frondis. Jr. TnicHoMANES apodum; frondibus minutis (plerumque) sessilibus cordato-rotundatis profunde lobatis minutissime reticulatis patenti-nervosis, lobis obtusis sinuatis, involucris exsertis sub- marginatis bilabiatis, caudice longe repente tomentoso. Has. In insula, Barbadoes dicta. C..S. Parker. Caudex repens, longus, ramosus, tomentoso-radiculosus. Stipes vix ullus, plerumque sessilis. Frondes plurimae, parvae, semiunciam longse, imbricatim decumbentes, cordata, rotundatz, obtuse, profunde lobatee, sinubus obtusis, lobisque obtusis, sinuatis, submembranaceis, pellucide virentes, minutissime sub lente reticulatze, nervosse, nervis divaricatis in medio singuli lobi (nunquam radiatim vel parallelo-venosz), ad marginem hic illic pilosze, pilis stellatim ramosis. Involucrum (an semper?) solitarium, in singula fronde, liberum, oblongum, basi attenuatum, utrinque marginatum, apice bilabiatum, labiis margine rubris. Receptaculum longissime exsertum, filiforme, basi ubi capsulee, paululum incrassatum. Capsule peltatee, annulo completo, ut in omnibus speciebus hujusce generis. Semina subglobosa, limbo pellucido, circumscripta. Fig. 1. Frons fertilis. f. 2. Pars inferior receptaculi, cum capsulis. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. Closely as this species may appear at first sight to be allied to 77ich. reptans (Ic. Fil. t. 32.) and 77 muscoides, yet a more careful examination will prove it to be abundantly distinct. It is much smaller, has the fronds almost entirely sessile, more rounded and approaching to cordate, deeply and constantly lobed at the margin. "The texture of the frond, too, is very different; here it approaches nearer to that of many frondose J'ungermannie, the reticulation is small, and the nerves much less frequent, the main branches from the midrib or central nerve always following the direction of one of the lobes. | We are not aware that it has been found by any botanist but our friend C. S. Parker, Esq., in the island of Barbadoes. TAB. CXVIII. EL bos MUSS JP ee" / . : p e x Ce? A a TreeTrtanf D" Grerilte Dez? ) ; . ^T y J'Wwan J£, TAB "CXVIL ACROSTICHUM TRIPARTITU M. . | FILICES.—GvnaTz. Br. PoryPoDIACEX. Kaulf. Firiczs vere. JWilld., Spreng: GezN. Cuan. A4ACROSTICH UM, Linn. .;Sori amorphi, seu Capsule per totam paginam in- feriorem frondis (interdum diverse) vel ad ejus partem sparss. Zmvolucrum nullum (nisi squamule, vel setze in quibusdam capsulis interstinctz). Zr. ACROSTICHUM /ripartitum ; frondibus longe petiolatis, sterilibus reniformibus tripartitis, laciniis cuneatis trilobis, fertili trilobo valde squamoso. Has. In sylvis provincie Esmeraldas, Am. Merid. arborum truncis, legit ID. Prof. Gul. Jame- son, ad alt. 5000 ped. Caudex repens, hic illic radiculosus, undique ferrugineo-squamosus. Stpites erecti, frondium sterilium vix unciam, fertilium duas ad tres uncias longi, flavo-fusci, squamosi, squamis fuscis lanceolato-acuminatis membranaceis sparsis. Frondes simplices, steriles, reniformes, subcoriacee, squamoss, squamis demum deciduis, tripartitee, laciniis cuneatis basi attenuatis, trilobis, lobis obtusis plerumque integris: fertiles circumscriptione cordate, primum valde fusco-squamosze, dein nudiusculz, trilobze, lobis rotundatis, integris vel subsinuatis. Capsule totam inferiorem partem frondis tegentes, squamis interspersse, sphericse, intense fuscae, annulo lato fere completo cinctze. Semina ovalia, vel subrotunda, laevia. Fig. 1. Capsule. f. 2. Semina:—magn. auct. The nearest affinity with this plant is unquestionably the 74. /fabellatum of Humboldt, a native of rocky places in Venezuela ; but that is much larger, has the sterile fronds in the first instance bipartite, the segments multifid; whilst the fertile ones are orbicular and peltate, (according to the figure, but reniform in the description,) quite glabrous, or free from scales, and surrounded by a diaphanous and crenated margin. "That species appears, as it were, intermediate between our plant and Z4. peltatum of Swartz. TAB.CXIX. Dar ie) 2 E^ ! PA / * VA : 1 2. mS 77 gene vL TCHLImA. p D" Greville Det 2 RES TAB. CXIX. ACROSTICHUM F(ENICULACEU M. FILICES.—GvzaArz. Br. Porvr»opiACEEX. Kaulf. Frrrczs verz. Willd., Spreng. GEN. Cuag.. ZJCROSTICHUM, Linn. Sori amorphi, seu. Capsule per totam paginam in- feriorem frondis (interdum diverse) vel ad ejus partem sparse. Znvolucrum nullum (nisi squamule, vel set? in quibusdam capsulis interstincte). Zr. AcRosrICHUM feniculaceum ; frondibus sterilibus reniformi-multifidis, laciniis repetitim dichotomis lineari-filiformibus fertilibus bilobis supra nudis, margine diaphano duplicato-crenato. Has. Supra truncos putridos arborum, in sylvis apud Esmeraldas, Amer. Sept. altit. 3000 ped. D. Prof. Gul. Jameson. Caudex longe repens, gracilis, squamosus, subtus radices plures, tenues, filiformes ramosas emittens. Stipites 58—4 uncias longi, frondium sterilium et fertilium subzeque longi, erecti, graciles, squamosi. Frondes steriles, circumscriptione reniformes, duas ad tres uncias late, repetitim dichotome ramosse, laciniis divari- catis, tenuissime linearibus, planis, obscure costatis, glabris, apicibus furcatis, acutis : fertiles vix unciam latze, bilobze, lobis rotundatis, facie superiore nudo, margine diaphano duplicato-crenato, subtus vix squamulosis. Capsule numerose, brevi-pedicellatze, globosse. Semina subglobosa. Fig. 1. Frons fertilis, subtus visa. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. Received, along with our 244. tripartitum, from W. Jameson, Esq., whose love of science has justly entitled him to the honour which has lately been conferred upon him, of the appointment to the Professorship of Natural History and Chemistry in the University of Quito. "We trust that this situation will give him still greater opportunities for exploring the botanical riches of the magnificent country in which his residence is now fixed. The success which has already recom- pensed his exertions in pursuit of plants, is a sufficient proof of how much yet remains undis- - covered. —— MÀ GGrTeVtlle Deli | b P / emp ""LHIACHU MA 2 a - Jara de. "TAB. CXIII. LYCOPODIUM HETEROPHYLLU M. FILICES.—LvcoroprNu. Smartz., Br., Kaulf. SrAcnvorrznipzrs. Willd. Grw. CHax. LYCOPODIUM, Linn. Capsule uniloculares, axillares, sessiles; aliz bivalves, farina replete: aliz bi-trivalves, corpusculis 1—6-globosis. Jr. LvcoropruM Aeterophyllum ; caule erecto dichotomo, foliis quadrifariis subulatis planis patulis incurvis, caulinis integerrimis nudis, in pedunculo denticulato-serratis piliferis, spicis peduncu- latis subternis cylindraceis, squamis squarrosis ovatis acuminatis piliferis denticulato-serratis. Has. In insula Owyhee. 74. Mensies. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra, repetitim dichotome ramosus, ubique foliosus. Folia quadrifariam inserta, patentia, incurva, subulata, plana, obscure costata, omnino integerrima, apice con- colora. Spice subternze, longe pedunculatze, cylindraceze, erectze, subrobustze, insigniter squamosse. Pedunculus terminalis, foliosus, foliis quadrifariis, caulinis similibus, sed magis distantibus, marginibus spinuloso- denticulatis in pilum longum diaphanum flexuosum attenuatis. Squame ovatze, acuminatze, pilifersee, margine spinuloso-denticulatze. Capsule reniformes, bivalves. Semina pallido-flava, minutissima, subreticulata. Fig. 1. Folium caulinum. f. 2. Portio pedunculi cum ejus foliis. f. 3. Squama cum capsula. f. 4. Semina:— magn, auct. Á Discovered by A. Menzies, Esq. at Owyhee, during his voyage with Captain Vancouver. It is remarkable for the two Kinds of leaves which it bears; those of the stem being perfectly destitute of a diaphanous hair point; while those of the peduncle, which in fact is but a prolongation of a branch, are singularly toothed, somewhat spinous at the margins, and terminated with a waved hair-like point. It will rank near Z. aristatum of Humboldt. ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE FIRST FOLUME (Fascic. L—VI.) OF ICONES Kk LLI GA... Acnosricnuw apoduii KaulE ius ev Vo 99 Merostichum australe L. ... elus i 8 Acrostichum ceroinum Sw... Lecce... 81 Acrostichum ciliare Pet. Th... ....... PEN 21 Acrostichum crinitum L. ........ oio 1 Acrostichum dichotomum L. . ... 6 3X duran 17 Acrostichum fceniculaceum HH. & Gy. ; 119 Acrostichum flagelliferum Wall. ....... i 23 Acrostichum glandulosum Carm 3 Acrostichum hybridum Bor. ........... 91 Acrostichum Jamesoni H. & Gr. .. .... bxc 85 Acrostichum leptophyllum DeC. ........... 25 Acrostichum oblongum? Desv. ........... 9 Acrostichum obtusatum Carm. ........... 22 Acrostichum petiolatum Sw... ...... ees 61 Acrostichun Raddianum H. & Gr. ........ 4 Acrostichum salicifolium Willd. ........... 61 Acrostichum spathulinum Radd.. .......... 4 Acrostichum subcrenatum H. & Gr. .... wa vl Acrostichum succisefolium Pe. 75. ........ 2 Acrostichum tripartitum H. & Gr... ....... 118 Acrostichum villosun Sieb... ..... ... pu ng Acrostichum villosum $9.. ............. 95 Acsnchum viscosum- Sw. ..... Tere 61 Adiantum amoenum. Wall. . ..... X $599 D. 103 Adiantum arcuatum Sw. ... eee es . . 104 Adiantum auriculatum 'Thunb. ........... 116 Adiantum cuneatum ZLangsd. ........... 30 Adiantum ensifolium Poir... ... es 111 Adiantum lunatum Cav... . 2... eee 104 Adiantum lunulatum Burm.. ...... 2... .. 104 Adiantum pentadactylon LLangsd. & Fisch. . . . . . 98 Adiantum sagittatum Aubl. ........ e 87 Alsophila Perriniana Spreng. ..... 68 Anemia adiantifolia Q. H.& Gr. ......... dos Anemia adiantifolia Sw. ... ern 16 Anemia asplenifolia Sw... . «eren 16 Angiopteris erecta Hoffm. ... «e j0*85 Angiopteris vulvae Dosu - e 2 15 IUS S2 36 Antrophyum Boryanum Spreng. ..«« «ee rL Antrophyum pumilum Kauf... . i 46 Aspidium caryotideum Jal. .... «s d Aspidium fragrans Sw. « «eene : TO Aspidium Goldianum Hooki^ 52120925 .7. 00459 Aspidium proliferum . & gno V vL PoPveg Aspidium rhizophyllum 89. . . .. «.« « « «**** 59 Aspidium Singaporianum Wall»: 290091 29959 26 Asplenium cusrale Hw. ..... ttm nnn 8 Asplenium delicatulum Presl. ....--.-* 92 Asplenium dentatum CI PRDAURCHESR S LM CN Her) Py de 72 Asplenium ensiforme JWall. ....-.-.«««««5* 71 Asplenium feeniculaceum Humb. .... e 92 Tas. Asplenium félipendulefolium Pet. Th... . ... $53 98 Asplenium Gilliesianum H.& Gr. ......... 78 Asplenium inequilaterale Wild. .......... 114 Asplenium leptophyllum Cav... ........... 25 Asplenium Menziesi H. & Gr... ..... 2$ e.Vv100 Visplenium nodosum IL. ... Sw shIitóeie, vibe 52 Zsplenium .Phyllitidis. Don 0277 je rores 71 Asplenium plantagineum B. Lam. .......... 48 Asplenium resectum Sm. ........ es 114 Vsplenium rigidum Wall. . 3 2550 5 nulo 27 Asplenium subsinuatum H. & Gr. ......... 27 Ásplenium triphyllum Pres t£. 9 reo 88 Botrychium lanuginosum JWall. .......... 19 Botrychium simplex £k. sov 0959 82 Ceterach pedunculata HJ. & Gr. .......... 5 Clementea palmiformis Cav. . .. .. VILE Wurdiors 36 Cryptogramma acrostichoides Br. ......... 29 Cyathea sinuata- H..& Gr, — 1 evi voor. eas . 106 Déànea alata/Sm. «« «4... .-58 Quliulant ade Jig Dànsa.elliptica* Sm.. . . . oi nv vies 51 Danza nodosa $m... «4 V Pu , 52 Dssvallia Fanersoni FE. & Gs y... RE 105 Dicranopteris Bernh... . x edu /nelbos 14 Filiz-Calnaria Ramplh, - , 4, «v^, visis sulode 14 Gleichenia alpina Br. ....... i1956021$ S11908 58 Gleichema Hermanni Br... ....2 V uum 14 Gleichenia immersa. FH. & Gr... 21 vvv XX 15 Grammitis cheilanthoides Sw. ............ 24 Grammitis decurrens-Wall; 53.1: vuuseolga 6 Grammitis flavescens Wall... vA 53 Grammitis furcata H; & Gr... op uu ( 62 Grammitis involuta-Don - . 4. VIS MI 53 Grammitis lanceolata Sw. . .. ... Ji tigsaphan 48 Grammitis leptophylla Sw. ............. 25 Grammitis? plantaginea Wal. .......... 53 Grgmmitis-rutefoha Br. 1... PRUUS JIDu 90 Gymnogramma chaerophylla Desv. . ........ 45 Gymnogramma cheilanthoides Kauf. ....... 24 Gymnogramma, fllipendulefolia Desv. . . . .... . 24 Gymnogramma leptophylla Des. ......... 25 Gymnogramma Loveii H. & Gr. .......... 89 Gymnogramma rutefolia H. & Gr. ........ 90 Gymnogramma subglandulosa H. & Gr... .... 91 Hemionitis Boryana Willd. 7 $us quise. 74 Hemionitis cherophylla Poir. ............ 45 Hemionitis cicutaria Ylerb. Banks. ......... 45 * The Plate to this is by mistake marked 52; and the D, nodosa, by mistake 51. 'TAr. Heinionitis éordata Kozb. . . 7. 77. oin 64 Heontonitt immersa Doiy 2.2. 94s 46 Hemonitis leptophylla Lag... «4 ve y 26 Hemionitis reticulata? Bory .. .(.1. 4. 1085 14 Hydroglossum dtchotomtüm Wk .. 7:2. 1s 55 Hymenophyllum badigth WE & EN iu vA 16 Hymenophyllum ciliatum St. ........... 35 Hymenophyllum crispatüm HJ& Gi .& 3, 5 73 Hymenophyllum dilatatum Sw. .......... 60 Hymenophyllum hirsutum Sv. ........... 84 Hymenophyllum marginatum H. & Gr. ...... 34 Hymenophyllum semibivalve H. & Gr. ...... 83 Fándssea ensifolia. Sw... :4 V. o disceles iA ccena 111 Lindss;ea polymorpha Jall.............. 15 Lindsza sagittata Dryand. .. ..... 4... 87 dGodmaria, aurea Wall. . 4:3 152 diecexeolA ettiiata 10^ Lycopodium atro-viride JFall.. . X. woe talit 39 Luycopodium cuspidatum Hook... ......... 39 Luycopodium flagelliforme Schrad. . . .. ...... 50 Lucopodium funiculosum Lam... .. e. 50 Lycopodium gnidiides L., . .. 4. se 50 Lycopodium heterophyllum H. & Gr. ....... 113 Luycopodium levigatum Willd... ...... 5" Lucopodium pinifolium Kaul.. . .......... 50 Lycopodium pulcherrimum Wallcociouel iid 38 Lycopodium serratum TüunlX axsoilcatd o. raté toss 8" Lycopodium subulifolium H. & L5 REPE PE UrQE EI AQUE 49 Lycopodium tetragonum H.& Gr. ........ 109 Lycopodium varium Br... 112 Lycopodium Willdenoui Desv.. .. . . . . . . . . "7 Lygodium dichotomum, &w, 4 d. nimiis nog 55 Meniscium triphyllum $9... .... . «es sus 120 Mertensia dichotoma Wild.............. 14 Mertensia immersa Kaulf. ...... 4.2... .s. 15 Nephrodium fragrans Rich, ............ 7O Nephrodium Goldianum H. & Gr... ....... 102 Niphobolus bicolor Kauf... ............ 44 Niphobolus rupestris Spreng. ............ 93 Niphobolus spherocephalus H. & Gr. ....... 94 Ojfersia cervina .Presl. |... «i2 4 icem hib 81 Ophioglossum cordifolium Rob. ........... 20 Ophioglossum ellipticum H. & Gr... ...... 40 A. Ophioglossum lusitanieum L.. ......... s. 80 Ophioglossum opacum Carm. .......... 40 B. Ophioglossum pendulum Z. ............ 19 Ophioglossum reticulatum Z.. ........... 20 Ornunida adiantifolia. Y, |. «o1 or ees een 16 Osmunda asplenifolia Lam. ............. 16 Oumunda cersina I4. «44-6 ovx oW .81 Osmunda leptophylla Lam. ............. 25 Parkeria pteridoides H00k.. ..... 2. 5. es 9*7 Eieopeltis percussa JH. St Gr 1o diiod5le in icervene 67 Belybotrya cervina Kaglfo s XX. iviece Liv rerervoor 81 Polypodium avenium Desv. . .. eee 67 Pelypodium,crinitbumt Poit. uelim cereo 66 Polypodium cuspidatum Pres... .......... 67 Polypodium dichotomum 'Yhunb. .......... 14 PPolypodium erectum, Forst. 4 ue oes 36 Polypodium fragrans ài «i E vie eiue 170 : 'TAB. Polypodium fusco-setaceum Bojer . .... e. 66 Polypodium heteromorphum H. & Gr. ...... 108 Polypodium? leptophyllum L. .... -... 4. «e 25 Polypodium longifrons Wall. ............ 65 Polypodium normale? Don, ..—. 2 DE 65 Polypodium ovatum Halh ..... 9. 1E 41. Polynodium percussum, Qv, 5. e «4 o eR 6'7 Polypodium-rhizoplhuyllum BW I...) ca 59 Polypodium rupestre Br. 2... 1l COS 98 Polypodium scolopendrioides L. .......... 42 Polypodium Scouleri H. & Gr. .......... 56 JIéityypodium serpens Forst... 09 8. 44 Polypodium spherocephalum Wall. ......... 94 Polypodium stellatum Vahl. ............. 44 Polypodium stolonjferum Gmel. .. ......... 44 Polypodium thelypteroides? Desv. ......... 66 Pteris auriculata TZunb. ........5. insid19 (991 116 Pteris australis H. & Gr.. .. ...I sesvoecododt uote 8 iPteris brasiliensis Radd; X. .0,05 siad sid d 28 Pteris chrysocarpa H. &v G8 i: 0290 219109198 107 Pteris denticulata.Sm. .::233 o:ucoloLualg ptos 28 Pteris furcatü. L. . ck. raudend ut COUR fri PPferis lunata. Retz. .... 352 22.5. inus rud . 104 Pteris quadrifála Presl.. 91 L see qud 28 iPteris stridia Lam... . 2: 1. c eososoo Qu 111 Pteris tristicila .Radd. |. 52 subido sudgR 28 Füpidium dichotomumn Bernh. ............ 17 Schizea dichotoma Sw. ... 1... lll. 17 Schizea incuroata Meyer. ........... «54 Bchizzea pusilla* Purik. 4 suileslister rate de 4T Schizeea rupestris Hr. X 4 ziniiicus dud 48 Schizea trilateralis ShE..... 2. «054 Scolopendrium recolutum Ham. ........... 58. Vemitis furcota Jlld, ...... Mu Auges EUR 7 Tezenitis interrupta Wall. ........ ay t9 M 63 Todea. Fraseri H, & Gr. dad d s uEuE NUN 101 Trichomanes alatum Sv. ....... «i451. GRIS 11 Trichomanes apodum H.& Gr. .......... 117 Trichomanes ciliatum Hedw. ............ 35 Trichomanes crispum, Z.. . «uotis ntutulutmil HIBIE 19 Trichomanes digitatum Sw... .... scel. 33 Trichomanes dilatatum Forst. |... .......L. 60 Trichomanes floribundum Humb. ......... 9 drichomanes hirsufum. Lo. 3$: X mI IERUR RR 84 Trichomanes humile Forst, |... eri els 85 Trichomanes lanceum Bory. ......... LL. 33 Trichomanes lucens S. ........ y19. aPLOd«1G L0 dichomanes pinnatum Sw... sw ean VV 9 Trichomanes quercifolium Desv. .......... 13 Trichomanes quercifollum H. & Gr... ...... 115 Trichomanes reniforme Forst. ........... 31 d'richomanes reptans Sw, |... 5 ec S em 32 "Trichomanes rhizophyllum Sys $ «iot ANI 9 T'richomanes rigidum Hedw5 4 XS ieuiuldonm m.tu 84 'Trichomanes sinuosum Zick. .......... LL 13 Trchomanes venosum Bri oso LV 78 Usena dichotona Cav, 4. 4 . a M. RARE NIRE 55 Woodsia Perriniang. H, & Gs o. subo DEL 68 * The Plate to this 1s by mistake marked 48; and that to S. rupesiris, by mistake 47.