696 | FILICES, 
45, MARATTIA. 
Marattia, Smith; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 440, et ed. 2, p. 525, t. 9. fig. 70. 
There are eight species of this genus widely spread in the tropics, and extending into 
south temperate regions. 
1, Marattia alata, Smith ; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 442: J. Sm. in Seem, 
Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 343. 
Marattia microphylla, Fée, et M. levis, Fée, 9° Mém. Foug. p. 43; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum, i. p. 186. 
Discostegia, Presl, Suppl. p. ll. 
Marattia weinmanniefolia, Liebm. Mexicos Bregner, p. 156; Fourn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xix. 
p. 261. 
South Mexico, Oaxaca 7000 to 8000 feet (Liebmann); Cordillera of Oaxaca at 
5000 feet (Galeotti, 6349), Chiapas &c. (Ghiesbreght, 241); GuateMALA, Chilasco 
(Godman & Salvin) ; Nicarava ( Lévy, 1473).—West Inpies. Hb. Kew. 
2. Marattia laxa, Kunze in Linnea, xviii. p. 306, et Farrnkr. i. p. 231, t. 95 ; 
Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 441; Fourn. Mex. Pl, Enum. i. p. 187. 
Gymnotheca laxa, Presl, Suppl. Tent. Pterid. p. 15. ; 
South Mexico, Hacienda de Jovo (Liebmann), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 2108), 
near Mexico (Leibold). Hb. Kew. 
46. DANJEA. 
Danea, Smith; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 442, et ed. 2, p. 525, t. 9. fig. 71. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus of about a dozen species. 
1. Danza alata, Smith; Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 443; Hook. et Grev. Ic. 
Fil. t. 18. 
Panama, Chagres (Fendler, 389).—Wust Inpizs. Hb. Kew. 
2. Danza crispa, Endres et Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit. 1872, p. 489; Hook. et Bak. 
Syn. Fil. ed. 2. p. 525. 
Costa Rica, San José (Endres). Hb. Kew. 
3. Danza cuspidata, Liebm. Mexicos Bregner, p. 155 ; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Enum. 
1. p. 136, 
Sourn Mexico, Lobani, Petlapa 2500 feet ( Lnebmann). 
This is not in the Kew Herbarium; but Moore, according to the ‘ Synopsis Filicum,’ 
took it to be probably the same as D. stenophylla, Kunze, a West-Indian species. 
D. alata, Liebm., loc. cit. p. 306, from the Hacienda de J ovo, is another doubtful 
plant. 
