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only on the highest lands, and where Spartium scoparium, 
Erica scoparia, and Cytisus divaricatus prevail. 
Description of Copropuyiium, a New Genus of Ferns ; with 
observations on ANEMIA. By GEORGE GARDNER, Esa. 
CoPTOPHYLLUM. 
Cuar. Gen. Sporangia ovata, vasculoso-reticulata, apice 
breviter radiatim striata, hinc longitudinaliter dehiscentia, 
biseriata, in laciniis frondis contractz disposita. Indusium 
nullum. Sporule subtriangulares, striate, glabre. 
Filicula Brasiliana.. Rhizoma repens. Frondes cespitose, 
dissimiles ; sterilis multifida, pinnulis linearibus dichotomis ; 
fertilis tripinnata, pinnulis sporangiferis, contractis; vence 
furcate. 
Nomen ex xozro seco, et giddov folium. 
1. C. millefolium; villosum, fronde sterili ovato-oblonga 
multipartita, laciniis brevibus linearibus dichotomis, fertili 
elongata coarctata. 
Anemia Millefolium. Gardn. in Hook. Ic. Plant. tab. 478. 
Herb. Bras. n. 4083. 
Has. In montosis aridis apud villa de Arrayas, Provincie 
Goyazane Brasiliée. 
2. C. bunüfolium ; glabrum, fronde sterili ovata multipar- 
tita, laciniis elongatis dichotomis, fertili laxe paniculata. 
Anemia dichotoma. Gardn. in loc. cit. tab. A77. Herb. 
Bras. n, 4084. ; 
Han. In saxosis, in summitatem montis Serra de Nativi- 
dade, Provincize Goyazane Brasilie. 
The two small Ferns, upon which I have constructed this 
_ 8enus, accord with Anemia in the nature of their fructifica- 
. tion, but differ considerably in habit from the true species of 
that Senus ; the fertile fronds rising directly from the rhizo- 
ma, and being quite unconnected with the barren ones. This 
peculiarity approximates’ it to Mohria, and the resemblance 
