l8o NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



Reported Species. 

 JV. chontalense (Fourn.) Hemsl. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 254 (as Aspidinm); Hemsl., Bio). Cent. Am., vol. 111, 

 p. 645 ; Bak., Sum. New Ferns, p. 62 ; all from Chontales. 



JV. falciculatum Desv. 



Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. Ill, p. 646, without exact locality. 



JV. levyi (Fourn.) Bak. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 255 (as Aspidium) from Chontales; Hook, and Bak.> 

 Syn. Fil., p. 502, without exact locality; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. 

 in, p. 647, from Chontales. 



JV. -patens (Swartz.) Desv. 



Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. Ill, p. 648, without exact locality. 



JV. sprengcli (Kaulf.) Hook. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 254 (as Aspidium); Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. Ill, 

 p. 650; both from Chontales. 



JV. triste (Kze.) Hook. 



Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. ill, p. 651, from Chontales. 



JV. villosum (Swartz.) Presl. 



Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. Ill, p. 651, from Chontales. 



Genus A S P I D I U M {Szvartz) R. Br. 

 1. A. semicordatum Swartz (Sivartz). 



Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 45; Mett. Ub. Ein. Farng., pt. iv, p. 36; Eaton, Fil. Wr. 

 et Fend., p. 208; Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. iv, p. 16; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., 

 p. 249; Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 255; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. Ill, p. 



6 43- 

 Polypodium semicordatum Swz., Fl. Ind. Occ, p. 1651. 



Nephrodium semicordatum Presl, Rel. Haenk., p. 32. 



Lastrea semicordata Presl, Tent. Pter., p. 77, pi. 11, fig. 8; Lieb., Mex . 



Breg., p. 122. 

 Cyclopeltis semicordata Smith, Hist. Fil., p. 225; Smith, Ferns, Br. and For., 



p. 165. 



Quite common on the banks of a small stream near Castillo, 

 and along the La Juana River. A few specimens were also 

 found growing on trunks of living trees near Castillo. 



