THE FERNS OF NICARAGUA. 



135 



T. trichoidetim Swart z. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 249, without exact locality; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. 

 Am., vol. in, p. 604, Chontales. 



Sub-order II. GLEICHENIACEjE. 

 Genus GLEICHENIA Smith. 



1. G. pubescens (H. B. K. j H. & G. 



Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. 1, p. S; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 216: Hook, and Bak., 

 Syn. Fil., p. 13; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. ill, p. 590; Bak., Jour, 

 of Bot., vol. xxii, p. 362. 

 Mertensia farinosa Kaulf., — Kunze, Anal. Pterid., p. 6, pi. ill. 

 G. immersa H. & G., Icon. Fil., pi. xv. 

 Mertensia tomentosa Swartz. — Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 261. 



Growing 1 to 2 feet high. Fronds, especially rachises, 

 paleaceous and quite downy. 



Rare, sn-owino; on bank of R. R. cut near Grevtown. 



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Fournier and Hemsley [/did.) both report it from Chontales, 

 Nicaragua. 



Sub-order III. SCHIZEACE^. 



Genus LYGODIUM Swartz. 



1. L. YENusTUM Swartz. Pi. m. Figs. 3. 4. 



Presl, Rel. Haenk., p. 72 the species credited to Sprengel); Eaton, Fil. Wr. 

 et Fend., p. 217; Hook. and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 43S: Fourn.. Sertum Nic, 

 p. 261 ; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 695. 



Common along fences and edges of clearings on Ometepe. 

 The fronds climb to a height of 20 feet. Reported from 

 Ometepe by Fournier and Hemsley 1 ibid. \ 



Reported Species. 



L. commutatum Presl. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 261, without exact locality ; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. 

 Am., vol. in, p. 695, on authority of Fournier. 



L. heterodoxum Kunze. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 261, Chontales (also reported ibid., from same 

 locality, as L. spectabile Liebm.); Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. m, p. 695, 

 Chontales. 



