THE FERNS OF NICARAGUA. T03 



Common on the trunks and larger branches of trees near 

 Castillo and along the La Juana River. The fronds are quite 

 typical, except that most of them show slight marginal lobes, 

 and a few are deeply palmately lobed toward the apex, with 

 shorter lateral lobes below. The lobes are irregular, and 

 some of the terminal divisions are long and narrow. The 

 fruit was beginning to appear at the time of collecting. 



Reported without locality by Fournier, and from Chontales 

 by Hemsley. 



2. A. SUBSESSILE KllUZC. 



Kunze, Analec. Pter., p. 29, pi. xix, fig. 1; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 197; 

 Hook , Sp. Fil., vol. v, p. 171 ; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 394: Hemsl., 

 Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 6S0; Bom. et Ch., Fil., p. 239. 



The sori are abundantlv anastomosing in the specimens in 

 the collection. 



Found on trees near Camp Menocal. Quite common. 

 Not heretofore reported from Nicaragua. 



Reported Species. 

 A. cayennense Kaulf. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 250; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 6S0; both' 

 from Chontales. 



A. h'ncatum (Swartz) Kaulf. 



Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 250; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 6S0; both 

 without exact locality. 



Genus M EN I S C I U M Schreb. 



I. M. RETICULATUM {L.) SlVCirtz. 



Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 19; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 201; Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. 

 v, p. 165; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 392; Smith, Ferns, Br. and For., 

 p. 137; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 679; Hitch., PI. Bah., p. 157; 

 Bom. et Ch., Fil., p. 23S. 



Polypodium reticulation L., Syst. Nat., vol. 11, p. 692. 



Common in low grounds along the San Juan and La Juana 

 rivers near Castillo, and along the Deseado River near 

 Camp Menocal. The pinna? vary in the acuteness of the 

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