a 
‚Venesuela (Fank et Sehlim 1 Bd: = en ii © 
. Sehinehtis emnibtis ei superioribile "sehsilibuß, Nec "nilitis 
rhachi rofeseente ab Pr: Mmutroptera et Pr. "döchrrente re- 
vedens & prlore porro, Gni Nervi iIml externl ofigine congriit 
pero Inmina hirla, & posteriöre hefvatura diverso. 
Preris speciosa Mett. 
Rhizoma deest; folia coriacen, Iaete viridia, subnitide, 
glaberrima, supra ad basin costalaram Superiorum spinula 
ainuta valıda adpressa instructa; petioles validus 6° —? Ion- 
gus, cum rhachi rufescens, nitidus; lamina % longa, oblonga, 
pinnatiseeta,; segmenta 6-—-7 juga, subopposita, distantia, 
patentia, breviter petiolata, 8” longa, 2% Iata, oblonga, 
acuminata, vix ultra medium pinnatifida, apice argute serrata; 
laciniae approximatae, ala 5—8" Iata confluentes, sinubus 
acutis distinetae, breviter oblongae vel ovatae, falcatas, acu- 
tae, steriles margine toto, fertiles apice argute gerratae; nervi 
infimi externi e costa in vieinia costulae emergentes; maculae 
inter costam et sinus 4—5 seriatae, costulares bi-triseria- 
tae; sori e sinubus fere ad apicem extensi; indusium latius- 
culum, memhranacenm; paraphyses hliformes, numerosae. 
Pteris camptocarpa Mett. fl. Lechl. U. p. 14. ex parte. 
Peruvia St. Gavan (Lechler 23%6.). Tarapota (Npruce 
4759.). — Ecuador (Spruce 4957.). 
Pt. Woodwardioidi Bory afänis, quae macalis, unjseria- 
sis, defectu paraphysium satis differt. 
Pteris reticulate, Meit, 
Rhisoma?; folia coriacea, denique glahra, supra ad ba- 
sin costularum: spinula mänifesta instrunta, petiolus cnm rhe- 
“ ebi..livido-rnbellas, - laevis vel. levissime scaberilus, laminn 
ampia, oblonga, pinnatisecta;: weimanta subupposiea ; ıwessilia, 
ad 1'r‘ longa, 4“ Iata, elongato »oblungo-Iancbelata,, auumi- 
