Aorostichum Caenopteris 8 salicifolium Hook. spec. V. 
p- 857. 
Brasilia (Gardner 1901.). 
Habitu P. Cervinue, sed praeter segmenios nunc erosio- 
res uervis ubique liberis recedens. 
Polybotrya glandulesa Mett. 
Rhizoma scandens, paleis ferrugineis, lanceolatis, acumi- 
natis squamosum; folia membranacea, supra sparse, infra in- 
primis in eosta densius pubescente-setosa ac simul glandulis 
sessilibus rufo-punctata; sterilium petiolns ®” longus, lamina 
1%’ longa, 4 lata, lanceolata, pinnatisecto - pinnatipartita ; 
segmenta numerosa, approximata, patentissima, subsessilia, 
media ad 2” longa, e basi inaequale superiore latiore trun- 
eata, inferiore subrotundata, elongato-oblonga, versus apicem 
paullulum attenuata; Aaciniae contiguae, oblongae, apice ohli- 
quo subtruncato obtusae, obtuse serratae Ss. integerrimae, in- 
feriores subsolutae, superiores ala lata confinentes, primae 
plernmque in latere externo; neryi pauci plerumque anadromi; 
fertilia folia desunt, 
Brasilia, $S. Gabriel (Spruce s. n.). 
Affınis P. pubentis Mart., quae nervis loborum plerum- 
que eatadrome dispositis satis differt. (K.) 
6. Vittaria Sm. 
Vittaria pumila Mett, 
Rhizoma ahbreviatum paleis vix 14“ longis, rigidulis, 
nigrieanti-fuseis, lanceolato-subulatis basi serrulatis vestitum ; 
folia coriacea, vix 2” longa (margine explanato vix % lata) 
spathulato-linearia, basi longius attenuata, obtusa, faleata; 
eosta infra valde pro@minens, inferne obtusa (truncata non di- 
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