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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    inserted, either at the forking of the veinlets, or more rarely at the back of one of their branches, though, as there is no indusium, there can be no doubt of its being an Alsophila. 335. H. horrida, 11. Br. Leaves pinnatisect: segments piwnatiparliie (or piuuatisect at the base), sessile, secondary lanceolate-acuminate, entire or serrulate above : most vein- lets 3-4-partite, superior free, petiole prickly; sori in a continuous, irregular, juxta- marginal line.—Blum. Ml. 1. 8. Hook. Gen. t. 4 : analyt.—Polypodium, L.—Trunk low, but often “ 1' diarn.” (Pd.) ; segments lF'-2', secondary 2-8 long, the latter 6'-8' broad.—Hat;. Jamaica!, Mac/., Pd., Bauer.; S. Vincent 1; Trinidad !; [Cuba ! to French islands ; Venezuela !, Peru !]. 336. H. Kookeri, Fee. Leaves pinnatisect : segments pinnatipartite, pinnatisect at the base, sessile, secondary lanceolate-acuminate, coarsely crenate below the subentire summit : veinlets pinuately divided, all, except the lowest, free: rhachis muricate; soti in a continuous, regularly sinuate line.—Hook. Spec. t. 15.—H. horrida, Hook, (ex parte). —Habit and proportions of the preceding, but vein-branches numerous, usually 4-3-jugal. —Hab. Jamaica!, Macf.; [Cuba!, Lind. 1735], 337. H. Imrayana, Hook. ! Leaves pinnatisect: segments pinnatipartite, sessile, secondary oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, bluntly serrate, or subentire below the serrulate summit: veinlets pinuately divided, all, except the lowest, free : rhachis unarmed; sori in a continuous, irregular, juxtamarginal line.—Hook. Ic. t. 669.—Segments V, secondary H long, the latter 4,-5' broad, superior gradually shorter : veinlets usually 2- jugal.— Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; [Guadeloupe!]. 338. El. gran difolia, Spreng. Leaves pinnatisect: segments pinnatifid to beyond the middle, gradually less divided toward the summit, sessile: lobes oblong, blunt, serndale at the top or subentire: most veinlets 2-3-partite, all, except the lowest, free: rhachis un- armed : petiole “prickly;” sori in a regular, juxtamarginal line, continuous or interrupted at the summit of the lobe, innermost approaching the midrib.—Plum. Fil. t. 26. Hook. Spec. t. 14. B.—II. Kohautiana, Kze.! (ex Sieb. Mart. 375).—Segments 10-12 long, about I5 broad, lobes4' broad.—-Hab. Jamaica; S. Kitts, S. Vincent!; Trinidad!, Loclch.; [French islands !]. 339. EE. obtusa, Kaulf. Leaves pinnatisect: segments pinnatifid to about the middle, gradually less divided towards the summit, sessile: lobes subfalcate-oblong, bluntish, serrulate: most veinlets simple or forked, all, except the lowest, free: ribs paleaceous beneath : rhachis unarmed or “nearly so petiole “ prickly below;” sori in a regular, juxtamarginal line, continuous, innermost approaching the midrib.—Segments 6''-8 long, 1 broad, lobes 3' broad.—Hab. S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Martinique ! ; Venezuela!]. 340. EE. speciosa, Kaulf. (non Hook.). Leaves pinnatisect: segments shortly pinna- tifid to about one-fourth, sessile : lobes obliquely ovate-roundish, serrulate at the rounded summit: veinlets forked or simple, anastomosing below the sinus: ribs not paleaceous: rhachis and petiole unarmed; sori in a regular, deeply sinuate line, continuous, exterior parallel to the margin, innermost distant from the midrib.—Mart. Ic. Crypt. Bras. t. 48. f. 2. Hook. Spec. t. 14. A.: sori too near the midrib.—Cyathea, Humb. sec. Kl. IL. subiucisa, Kze. II. obtusa. Hook, (exparte).—Segments 1' long, 1J broad, lobes 4'-5' broad.—Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Sch.; [Venezuela, Guiaua 1, Peru!].