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

  • August Grisebach
Date:
1864
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ** Veinlels simple or with a reduced hranclilet, which supports the sorus. 301. P. asplenifolium, L. Leaf pinnatisect, flaccid-membranaceous, rusty-pilose chiefly along the margin, shortly petioled: segments regularly alternate, horizontal, ovate- oblong, blunt, broadly adnate, upward rounded and downward produced at the base, all contiguous, most equal: veinlels apparently simple, hut producing about the middle a minute anterior hranclilet, which supports the lateral sorus.— Plum. Fit. 1. 102. A. Molten. Polypod. t. 1. f. 16 : the veinlets.—P. suspensum, Sieb. Mart. 242.—l'-lJ.' long; segments 6'-8' long, 4' broad above the base.—11ab. Jamaica {Sw.) ; [Martinique!]. 302. P. suspensum, L. Leaf pinuatisect, elastical-chariaceous, rusty-pilose at the margin or glabresceut, supported by a slender, pendulous petiole: segments regularly al- ternate, nearly horizontal, shortly oblong-lanceolate, pointed or bluntish, broadly adnate at the subequal base, entire, all contiguous, most equal: veinlets apparently simple, but often producing about the middle a minute anterior hranclilet: soil lateral on the latter (rarely terminating a simple veinlet).—Plum. Til. t. 87. dextr. P. laxifrons, Liebm.!, and P. arcuatum, Moritz!: a form with longer segments : in a variety (par. brachylobum, Gr. ; Wr. Cub. 808) with short (4' long) lobes, several veinlets are provided with terminal sori. —1|'-3' long; segments 6'(-12') long, 3'-2' broad.—Hab. Jamaica !, JV., Mils., on trees; S. Vincent!, Guild. ; [Cuba 1 and Mexico ! to Brazil!]. 303. P. cultratum, IF., Metten. ! i/M/pinnatisect, elaslical-membranaceous, rusty- pilose chiefly along the margin, subsessile: segments regularly alternate, nearly horizontal, shortly oblong-lanceolate or ovate, blunt or bluntish, broadly adnate at the subequal base, entire or few-crenate-repand, most distant by half their breadth, lowest shorter: veinlets simple; sori terminal.—Plum. Fil. t. 88.—Very variable in the size and form of the seg- ments.; li'-3 long, ascending or pendulous; segments 6'-3'(-8'-2') long, 2'-3' broad. a. Segments ovate-oblong or shortly oblong-lanceolate, 6'-3' long. /3. bracliyphyllum. Segments obliquely ovate or ovate-roundish, truncate at the lower, rounded and usually crenate at the upper margin.—P. elasticum, Eat. {PL Wr. 1018). Hab. Jamaica!,' Pd., Bancr., Wits., on trees in the mountains (a, ff); [Cuba ! to Guade- loupe !; Venezuela ! to Peru! and Brazil!; tropical Africa to Mauritius], 304. P. pendulum, Sw. Leaf pinnatisect, elastical-chariaceous, subsessile, or shortly petioled: segments regularly alternate, spreading, oblong, blunt, all contiguous at the broadly adnate, obliquely subulate base, entire, most equal: veinlets simple; sori terminal or “lateral.”—Sch/c. Crypt, t. 10. cle.rtr.—4-12 long : segments li' broad and as much distant above the dilated base. , a. Segments 8,-4',' long.—P. pendulum, Metten. ex Sieb. Syuops. 52: but the son in our specimens are terminal. P. venustum, PL Carib. 13. jubiforme, Kaulf., Metten.! Low; segments 2'-3' long.—P. pendulum, Sw. Herb.!: but his description regards a. P. confusum, J. Sm.l P. parvulum, Metten. Sw. Herb. : intermediate between a and /3. Hab. Jamaica!, Sw. {13); Dominica!, Imr., on trees; Trinidad!, Cr. {$); [l'rcnch islands!; Venezuela!; Brazil!]. 305. P. flabelliforme, Lam. Leaf pinnatipartite, elaslical-membranaceous, glabrous, subsessile: segments regularly alternate, spreading, oblong or ovate, blunt, entire or crenate chieflv at the upper margin, obliquely adnate and cohering by the decurrent base most equal': veinlets simple; sori terminal.—3-8 long ; segments 4_-2 long, 2 -1 broad. Hab. Dominica 1, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild,; [Portoricol; Guiana.; Brazil .J. 306. P. moniliforme, Cav. Leaf piunatiseot, rigid-coriaceous, glabrous or glabres- cent beneath, shortly petioled or subsessile : segments regularly alternate, nearly horizontal, very shortly oblong, minded or half-round, entire or crenate, revolute at the margin, broadly adnate at the base, all contiguous, most equal: veinlets apparently simple ; sort lateral at length confluent.— Plum. Fit. t. 87. sin. Kze. Farnkr. t. 133. /. 1.—P. Ilabcl- lifonne Sw. {non Lam.). P. suberenatum, lIook.-‘i-%{-\2) long, often pendulous; segments 2,(-l/) long, broad.—Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., on trees on the summit ol the Blue Mountains ; [Cuba! and Mexico! to Peru!].