366 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 
Type. Danea nodosa, Smith. 
Illust. Hook. and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 7; Moore Ind. Fil., 
p. 99 A.; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit. and For., fig. 153; 
Hook. Syn. Fil , t. 9, fig. 71. 
Oss.—This is a curious genus of Ferns, of which about a 
dozen species are described. The whole are natives of the 
West Indies and Tropical America. The synangia opening 
by pores readily distinguishes this from the preceding . 
genera. 
Sp. D. simplicifolia, Rudge.; D. nodosa, Sm. (v v.) ; D. 
alata, Sm. (v v.) ; D. elliptica, Sm. ; D. stenophylla, Kze. 
217.—KAULFUSSIA, Dinine; (1828). 
Vernation uniserial, contiguous; sarmentum thick, 
fleshy ; each frond rising from between two short, fleshy 
stipuliform appendages. Fronds 2 to 3 feet high, long — - 
stipate, palmately lobed, lobes oblong-elliptical. Veins 
 Costeform, parallel; venules compound anastomosing, 
with free veinlets terminating within the areoles. Recep- ` 
facles punctiform, compital, sub-biserial between the ` ` 
' primary veins. Sporangia 10 to 20, laterally connate, — D 
forming a circular synangium, the cells opening by slits. - 
Type. Kaulfussia csculifolia, Blume. 
Iliust. Hook. and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 59 A. ; Moses Së 
Fil., p. 98; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit. and Fons fig. 154; S = 
Hook. Syn. Fil, $. 9, fig. 72, 
Oss.—This genus is founded on a remarkable Serica E 
native of the Malay and Philippine Islands, it is also - 
d found in Assam, and has been described as a distinct ` 
me species by Griffiths under the name of K. assamica, but, ` 
_ judging from herbarium specimens, it appears not to be ` 
distinct from K, csculifolia. j 
