35
Sp. 1. p. 39. i. 19. B. Cyathea mui-icata, Sieb. K lf. ? Als. nitens., J . Sm. (fidt
Gi-iseb.). A. gibbosa, K l. (ilfoorc).
Hab. W. Indies ; Cub.a, C. Wright, with large, glossy, lanceolate scales at the base ol
the stipes, 1 in. or more 1 .—I fear different authors have different species in view nndei
the name of Als. aspera and muricata. See remarks in Sp. Fil. (I. c.), and consult tie
W. Indian Alsophila! in Grisebach, the species of which I cannot match with my sped
mens. I t is necessary for an author, therefore, to be very cfiutious in quoting synonyms
and localities. A reference to good figures is better than to the most laboured descrip.
tions, often made from imperfect specimens.
13. A. ferox, P r. ; more or less hirsute, especially on the veins ; racUs
and St. sharply aculeated ; f r . bipinnate ; pinnl. sessile, broadly lanceolate,
narrow-acuminate, deeply-pinnatifid almost to the costa ; lobes linear-oblong,
falcate, serrate, having small búllate scales beneath ; veins forked ; sori copious,
b u t not wholly covering the lobes.—Hk. Sp. 1. p . 41. A. armata. Mart. Q'.
Bras. p . 72. t. 48, and Mett. Polyp, aculeatum. B ad. F il. Bras. t. 41. Alsopli,
K lf.
Hab. Brazil, Guiana ; Amazon, Spnice, n. 614.—Bordering too closely on more than
one other supposed species of this group. Satisfactorily represented in the figures above
quoted, if the species be truly distinct.
14. A. leueolepis. Mart. ; “ St. aculeate ; f r . bipinnato-partite, slightly stri-
gilloso-hirsute on the veins and veinlets above, beneath paleaceous with long
and small white scales; part, rachis unarmed ; pinnm linear-acuminate, pinnatifid
; lobes small, linear-lanceolate, subfalcate, sinnato-dentate ; sori on all tht
lohes 1 0 -1 2 .”—Mart. Gr. Bras. p . 70. t. 4G. H k . Sp. 1. p . 41.
Hab. Brazil, Martius, Gardner, n. 6329 and 6331 ; Venezuela, Fendler, n. 63 (young
state).—Some of my specimens (which I am disposed to refer to A. atrovirens, Br.,
A. compta. Mart.) are very little removed from A. leueolepis, judging from the
figure, I. c.
15. A. infesta, Kze. ; “f r . bipinnate ; pinnl. unequal a t the base, pinnatifid,
acuminate ; lobes oblong-falcate, ra th e r obtuse ; sori uniseriate, ap])roachiiig
the margin ; rachis puberulous, furrowed and paleaceous ; St. chaffy above,
aculeate below.”—Kse. PI. Gr. P o ep p .p . 98. H k . Sp. l . p . 42. A. phalerata,
Mari. Gr. Bras. p . 07. t. 42. H k . Sp. 1. p . 42. C. Caracasana, K l.
Hab. S. America aud W. I. Islands ; Para, Sp-uee, n. 22 ; Peru, Lechler, Spruce, d.
6724 ; Venezuela, Fendler, n. 56.—On many of my specimens, bearing this name, the
upper portion of the rachis of the primary pinnæ is distinctly winged.
allied to our Als. Gardnen.
S l r oe Æ t ' S ■■ “ ■
Ilum'boldtii, K l. Chnoophora, Klfs.
20. A.
and
sessile.
tered, ____ ^ . , , . . ,
cent ?).”—Bolypod. atro-virens, Langsd. et Fisch. p . 12. t. 14. H k . Sp. 1. p . 4G.
Als. senilis. K l. in Hb. nostr. Als. compta. Mari. Gr. Bras. p . CO. t. 41.
Hab. S. America, Brazil to Mexico.
17. A. elongata, H k . ; sha rply aculeated, glabrous, except on the rachis above ;
fr. bipinnate ; prim, pinnæ 2-3 ft. 1., 8 in. w. ; pinnl. G in. and more 1., lanceolate,
much elongated, pinnatifid nearly to the rachis, terminating in a long,
narrow, serrated, caudate acumen ; lobes 6 - 6 lines 1 ., remote, linear, rather
acute, rigid, much falcated, the margins recurved, serrated ; veins twice or thrice
forked from near the base ; soi'i numerous, covering the entire segments except
at the apex ; búllate scales none, or quickly deciduous ; recept. very hairy.—Hk.
Sp. 1. p . 43.
Hab. Columbia, Hartweg, n. 1528 ; Central America, Barclay, Seemann.—Since first
I published this, I have received specimens from other collectors, identically the
same with our plant, and to one of wbicb Mr. J . Smith had given the name of Als.
Tumacetisis.
TTnb Trotrical America : New Granada, Brazil ; Venezuela, Feeler, n. 47 and 492 ;
S. S , C u X , W - W e l l figured by H. B. K. and by Martms
1 A »/onfonZcris M a r t. f r . h ip iu n a to -p a rtite ; si. a cu le a te ; -
; i / S T b è v e 7 c a Z « ^ on th e ve in s few a n d d e c id u o u s ;
Mart. Cr. Bras. p. í3 . t. 50. IBc. h>p‘ P'
TTn b S Brazil —Moore alludes to its affinity with bis A. axillaris, Polypod. caillare
Bad. Fil b 7 s ! t. 41, wbicb is 4 . hirta, Klf., and which my specnnens very much
resemble.
91 A hirta K l f . • “ f t . tr ifid o -tr ip a r tite ; s lig h tly h a iry on b o th sides, more
so h è n t t h I n d T l X n fin u te ly s c a l¿ ; *Z. and u n d e rsid e of tlie rae as aculea e
a ¿d as well as th e p a rtia l raehis ro u g h w ith h a irs ; p iH » « hnear-oblongg sh o rtly
trc um to rte deeply \.in n a tif id ; lohes broad-lanceolate, inc^so-seniMunnatiíid «Z.
é X o h q u e lv ovate a c u te ly serra ted above ; s o n in e ach segment 8-1 (a - t o Z
(V .B r a P I . 69. Z. 44. H k .S p . 1. p. 45. (A. h irs u ta ). P o ly p , a ñ ila r e , had. I'-d.
Bras. p. 2. Z. 41.
Hab. Brazil.
of tim ; ^ y t o F l f e X t a ilnn é tïfid : su'hpè’tiolate VloUs olfiong, obtuse,
iæ 7 io-7 i t T ; v in s simple or forked ; .o n im m e d ia te between the costule
and the margin.—iParZ. Cr. Bras. p . 71. Z. 47. H I . Sp. l . p . 45.
Hab. Bio Negro, Brazil.—It were to be wished that many other S. American 4feop7iiZ(e
were as readily distinguished as this.
23 A radens Klf. : “ caud. 3 ft. high, 3 in. diam. ; st. 2-3 f t 1., clothed
with ovàte acuminated, pale l.rown scales, below together witli the ramifications
aculcMe, above more densely paleacco-subviUous ; /■. n ^
lanceolato-ovatc, bipinnatiscct ; p nm . segm. a t length deciduous, Jg It. 1 .,