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Caudex elongatus repens, squamis nigro-fuscis tectus, fibras 
ramosas subtomentosas emittens, superne frondiferus. Stipes 
subspithameeus, erectus, flexuosus, crassitie penne passerine, 
olivaceo-fuscus, hinc canaliculatus, basi solummodo pale- 
aceo-squamosus. Frons omnino simplex, 5-8 uncias longa, 
oblonga seu elliptica, subcoriacea, margine nunc subinteger- 
rima, nunc grosse subrepando-dentata, apice acuminata, basi 
profunde cordata, et utrinque sublobata seu hastata, supra 
glabra, subtus venis costaque hirsutis. Vene ut in genere; 
sed venule secundarize, que libere in frondibus fertilibus, in 
sterilibus non raro cum venula primaria superiore arcuata 
sepissime confluunt. Sporangia non raro pilo uno alterove 
preedita 
'The Meniscium cuspidatum, of Blume, has sometimes simple 
fronds, though the usual form is pinnated: but even in that 
case the much narrower fronds, attenuated at the base, will 
always keep it distinct from the present one. 
Four specimens of this species are before me, and M 
are very constant to the form here represented. 
= Fig. 1, portion of the fertile frond. F, 2. Sporangium: 
—both magnified. 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
BRAZILIAN PLANTS. 
Mr. Gardner is at present occupied in distributing his 
extensive and beautiful collections of dried specimens from 
the province of Minas Geraes, in the interior of Brazil. The 
southern portions of this great province have been frequently 
explored by Botanical travellers, but Mr. Gardner is the 
only one who has brought to England large collections from 
its northern and western parts. The finest of these plants 
have been obtained from the Serra das Araras, a mountain 
range far to the west of the Rio San Francisco, and from the 
