jqa NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



wedge-shaped base, and in the depth of the marginal crena- 

 tions, some being almost entire. Some of the Camp Menocal 

 and San Juan specimens approach M. serratinn. 

 Not heretofore reported from Nicaragua. 



Genus NOTHOL^NA R.Br. 

 i. N. brachypus (Kunze) y. Smith. 



Smith, Ferns, Br. and For., p. 172: Eaton, Proc. Am. Acad., vol. xvm, p. 



184; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. 111, p. 673. 

 Cheilanthes squamosa Gill.,— Hook, et Grew, Icon. Fil., pi. cli ; Hook., Sp. 



Fil., vol. 11, p. Si: Mett., Ub. Ein. Farng., pt. v, p. 22. 

 Cheilanthes brachypus Kze., — Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lip., p. 49; Mett, Ub. 



Ein. Farng., pt. v, p. 22; Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 25S. 

 Cheilanthes squamosa var. (?) brachypus Kze., — Lieb., Mex. Breg., p. 105; 



Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. 11, p. 115. 

 Notliochhrua squamosa Fee, — Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 371. 

 JVothochlivna brachypus Kze., — -Smith, Hist. Fil., p. 279. 



The stipes average less than an inch in length, while the 

 fronds reach a length of 8^ inches and a width of 2 inches. 

 But for the large size the fronds are typical. The lower surface 

 of the frond, the stipe and rachis are densely coated with light 

 brown scales. The rootstock is crested with a dense mass of 

 long, linear scales of the same color. 



This striking species was common on exposed volcanic 

 rocks in very dry situations near the foot of the volcano 

 Ometepe. 



Reported (as Cheilanthes) from Ometepe by Fournier. 



Family XII. VITTARIEiE. 



Genus MONOGRAMME Schk. 



No specimens of this genus are in the collection, but the 

 following are 



Reported Species. 



M. immersa (Fee) Hook. 



Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. ill, p. 675, without locality. 



