28 5. HEMITELIA, § AMPHICOSMIA. 5. hemitelia, § AMPHICOSMIA. 2<J
apex pointing upwards ; sori minute, in 2 irregular lines between each pair ol
costules.—Kse. in D. Zeit. 1Í144, p. 296 ; Mett. F il. Lechl. p . 2.3.
ILib. Tropical America (Pacific side), Peru, Poeppig, n. 244 (pinnæ exactly lanceolate);
Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, n. 5365 (pinnæ 2 in. br., elliptical, lanceolate, “ caudex none’’);
Guatemala, Forest of Vera Paz, Salvin (pinnæ narrow, oblong, 1 in. w.).—This appears
to be a very distinct species. My specimen under this name from Lechler (Peru, n. 2172),"
quite corresponds with my other specimens from Spruce and Salvin.
3. H. (Euhemit.) granclifolia, Spr. ; arborescent ; St. aculeated ; f r . ample, sub-
coriaceous, pinnated ; pinnce aessWe, 1-1J ft. I., elongato-oblong, acuminated, 1-2
in. br., ¿ or | of the way to the costa pinnatifid ; lobes broad-oblong, obtusp,
serrated a t the apex, slightly falcate ; sori on the free veins in a continued line,
intermediate betw'eeii the costule and the margin, often nearer the latter.—Hk.
Sp. p. 30. t. 14. A. Cnemidaria Kohantiana, P r . G. speciosa, P r .—¡3 smaller
pinnæ, sori submarginal. H. obtusa, K lfs .—H k . Sp. l . p . 29. t. 14. B.
Hab. W. Indies and N. Granada, Guiana ; abundant. Ecuador, Spruce, n. 536.—
Best distinguished from H. hórrida by the smaller size, obtuse lobes, and non-marginal
sori. The anastomosing of the veins is very variable, present on some pinnæ, absent on
others.
4. H. (Euhemit.) hórrida, Br. ; arborescent ; St. strongly aculeated, deciduously
scaly, and often woolly near the base ; f r . very large, 7-10 ft. 1.’, pinnate ;
pinnæ sessile, 1-2 ft. 1., broad oblong-lanceolate, deeply' pinnatifid, lowest segm.
sometimes free ; Idbes 3 in. 1., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire or lubafo-
pinnatifid ; veins pinnated, subfascicled ; sori on the free veinlets, forming a
continued line ju s t within the margin.—H k . Sp. l . p . 30. t. 15, and Fil. F x . t. 69.
H. hórrida, et Hookeri, AImcí.—^ Imrayana ; veins less branched, anastomosing
a t the costa. H. Imrayana , H k . Sp. l . p . 33, and Ic. P I. t. 669.
Hab.
Jameson.
W. Indies, New Grenada. — ¡3 Dominica, Peru, Lechler, Spruce; Ecuador,
..—I am satisfied that my II. Imrayana is only a small form of iKlwrrida.
Bi-tripinnate. Sp. 5.
5. II. ( Euhemit. ) j 5efe'o?ato, H k . ; young f r . and base of the aculeated st. clothed
with large, glossy, castaneous scales, pale at the edge ; f r . ample, bi-tripinnate,
pinnatifid a t the apex ; prim, pinnæ and pinnl. petiolated, ult. ones from a tru n cated
and usually broad base, 2 - 0 in. 1 ., oblong-lanceolate, more or less acuminate,
entire, or variously and more or less deeply pinnatifid, with rounded or
broad-oblong lobes, entire or slightly lobulate ; p in n l. with free venation, the
deeply pinnatifid ones with the costal veins angularly anastomosing ; sori forming
a beautifully continuous border at the very margin, and follow'ing all the sinm
osities of the lohes.—Hook. Sp. 1 .^ . 31. ¡5. 16.
Hab. Isthmus of Panama, Sinclair, Fendler, n. 471 and 421, Seemann. Isle of Gorgone,
iiai-Aty.—This, in venation, is intermediate between the present and the following
section {Amphicosmia).
§§ Amphicosmia. Veins all fre e . T ab . I . f. 5. a. Sp. 6-19.
* Pinnate. Sp. 6-9.
6 . I I. (Amphic.) speciosa. I lk . ; caud. 20-24 ft. high ; young f r . clothed with
glossy, castaneous scales which have a pale, very narrow fringe ; st. tuber-
culato-subnmricate ; f r . ample, pinnate, very long, pinnatifid at the extremity ;
pin næ b.x'cci, membranaceous, satiny, 8 - 1 2 in. 1 ., l - l^ in -w ., elongato-ensiform,
acuminate, entire or merely sinuato-sublobate ; veins all pinnated ; veinlets
free ; sori arranged in a sinuous continued chain or line just witltin the maro-io.
— H k . Sp. l . p . 28. t. 13, and F . E x . t. 6 6 . Cyathea, H .'B . K . (not Cnemidaria
speciosa P r ., which is II. grandifolia, and, as I believe, Grisebach’s//.s^craos«).
11. integrifol., K l. Kze. and others.
Hab. New Grenada, Sehlim, ri. 842 ; Faidler, n. 46.—German botanists do not scoin
_ c e d as to w h a t is th e tru e G speciosa of H um b o ld t. My specimens h e re cha ra cte rized
sufficiently accord with th e descrip tio n m Willd . & H . B. K .
7. II. (Amphic.) L i ^ e n i , H k . ; ¿
ceons, opaque, the margin pinnatifid or
I only possess a garden specimen from Mettenius.
much nearer the margin th an the costule ; vems all pinnated and fiee.
mucronate au d pungent a t the apex, and the veins aie eve y q
Bi-tripinnate. Sp. 10-19.
10 H (Amphic.) Copensis, Br. ; caicd. 12-14 ft. high ; si. unarmed, scaly at
the base’ and often beamig multifid anomalouspmnæ (which have been mistaken
f o h o r e r X m X L h ; / » . aniple submembranaceous, bi-tripuuiate ; p rim.pm næ
T J Z L o v Z ^ Z o i f pinnl. Zhsosúlo, 2-3 in. L, 6 - 8 lines w., oblong-acumi-
iiate ‘deeply pinnatifid, or again pinnate ; lobes linear-oblong;, acute,
seTrated simple, 1 to each serrature ; so n frequently solitary a t the base
of the lobe or pinnl rarely 3 -4 , with a lax, deciduous scale a t the base ; costæ
and costules beneath with scattered, h T S ’f t X l ’
p r o m in e n t.- / / / . Sp. 1. / . 36. Amphicosmia riparia, Gardn. in L . J . Bot. 1.
t. 1 2 {excellent).
Hab. South Africa ; Brazil ; Java, Bl. in Hb. nostr.
(Species o f S , America. Sp. 11-16.)
11 H (Amphic.) platylepis, H k . ; si. stout, unarmed, clothed a t the base with
v e r ^ a ro e d ¿ U r o w n , Í l o W ^ “ fe^> h^'^ving a pale fringe a t the u>arçn ; /» .
ample subcoriaceous, villous on both sides, tripinnate ; p nm . p innæ 12-14 in. 1.,
seanid ones 2 - 3 in. 1 ., i in. w., again pinnated except at the very apex, oblongacumi’nate
; rachis very'hairy, slightly winged 5 “ f / ' Y / ’cX io n T V rn f a c h lo tt
the margins recurved, inciso-serrate ; forked ; so; * z®
or se rra tu re ; invol. large, hemispherical, quite inferior.— / / / . 2nd te n t. I .
t. 1 0 0 .
Hab. Eio Nigro, Brazil, Spruce, n. 3127.
12 A (Amphic.) «íZofcpis, I l k . ; sZ. bright stramineous, tuherculated the base
clothed With copious, white, imbricated, satiny scales, 1 m. and m o re l., below