Flora of the British West Indian Islands / by A.H.R. Grisebach.

  • August Grisebach
Date:
1864
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Credit: Flora of the British West Indian Islands / by A.H.R. Grisebach. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Or.). Aspidium umbrosum, Sw., Schk. (non IF.).—Lowest primary segments 1' long, 3- 4 broad; sori long.—IIab. Jamaica!, Pd.; [Venezuela !, Ecuador ! ! Pacific islands to New Zealand, Australia and East Indies!]. 225. A. Franconis, Metten. Leaf 3-2-pinnatisect, “oblong:” ultimate segments pinnatifid-serrate, upward produced at the base: veinlets pinnate, simple or forked, most fertile ; sori linear, extending from near the vein to or beyond the middle of the segment, lowest anterior mostly double; indusium Jlattisli.—Metten. Asplen. t. 5. f. 30 : a leaf- segment.—Diplazium, Liebm.: leaf “ 2-pinuatisect,” while it is usually 3-pinnatisect in the Jamaica Fern.—Habit of A. fuscopubescens, Hook. (Spruce, 5416), which I refer to A. alienum, Metten. Primary segments “ 4-7 long, 2 broadsori 2'-V long.—Hab. Jamaica!, March; [Mexico to Peru]. Sect. 3. Athyrium, Rlli.—Sori shortly oblong or half-oval, inferior (or several) produced beyond the vein at their extremity and there supported by the auricle of the arcuate in- dusium. This section is known to pass into Aspidium .- I adopt the arbitrary limits proposed by Mettenius, retaining in Asplenium those species where the indusium is lateral, and, though often shortly, decurrent along its vein. 226. A. conchatvun, Moore. Leaf pinnatisect, ovate-oblong: segments oblong- linear, pinnatipartite, superior deeply piunatifid : lobes or special segments oblong, blunt, serrate or serrulate : veinlets pinnate, simple, lowest veins on the inferior side of their rib; most sori shortly oblong or half-oval: indusium convex.—Fee, Polypod. t. 17. C. f. 1. 3. —Hypochlamys pectinata, Fee.—Primary segments 6-12 long, l)- broad ; sori long. —IIab. Jamaica!, Pd., Al, lFils.; [Cuba!, Wr. 1045; Haiti!]. Series 3. Aspidieae.—Sori confined to special points on the back of the leaf. Subseries 1. Euaspidiese.—Receptacle flat. Sporangia with a vertical, usually in- complete ring. 38. MENISCIUM, Schreb. Sori shortly arcuate, inserted into the anastomosis of special veinlets, meeting between costate veins, naked.—Leaf usually pinnatisect: intercostal vein-arches with a free append- age ; sori special between the veins, often confluent. 227. reticulatum, Sw. Leaf pinnatisect: segments oblong-lanceolate or lanceo- late, acuminate, crenulate-repand or repand, obliquely rouuded or cuueate at the subsessile, or shortly petiolulated base : arches between the veins 12-15.—Plum. Fil. t. 110. Sch/c. Crypt, t. 5.—Polypodium, L.—Segments 4-8(-10 long). a. Segments oblong-lanceolate, most subsessile, l-lf broad : rhaehis puberulous. /3. sorbifolium, W., Kze. Segments lanceolate, inferior shortly petiolulate, 10-12' broad: rhaehis glabrescent.—M. Kapplerianuin, Fee P IIab. Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild.; Trinidad !, Lockh.; [French islands !; Mexico! to Brazil!; Fernando Po !]. 228. M. angustifolium, IF. Leaf pinnatisect: segm.cnls numerous, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, entire, obliquely cuneatc or rounded at the petiolulated or subsessile base : arches between the veins 6-8.—M. sorbifolium, Eat. {PI. Wr. 781).—Segments 5-6 long, 6'-8' broad.—IIab. Jamaica!, Wits., Pd., on stones, in river-courses; [Cuba!, Panama! to Venezuela!]. 229. M. serratum, Cav. Leaf pinnatisect: segments lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrate, obliquely rounded at the subsessile base : arches between the veins 6-8.—Segments 5-7''long, 10'-12' broad.—Hab. Trinidad!, Lochli., Sell.; [Mexico to Brazil!]. 39. DIDYMOCHL2ENA, Desv. Sori oval, inserted into the thickened extremity of a veinlet: indusium above the sorus> proceeding from the oblong middle part of the receptacle, free at the sides,—An arboreous