THE FERNS OF NICARAGUA. j^^ 



M. rostrata Hook. 



Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. v, p. 122. from Ometepe; Hook, and Bak.. Syn. Fil., p. 

 375, without locality; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 675, from 

 Ometepe. 



Genus VI TT ARIA Smith. 

 1. V. line at a {-L.) Swartz. 



Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 109; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 197: Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. 

 v, p. 1S0: Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 396; Underwood, Our Nat. Ferns 

 and All., p. 86; Chapm., Fl. So. St., p. 589; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. 

 in, p. 6S1 ; Bak., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. iv, p. 116 (from Costa Rica); 

 Hitch.. PI. Bah., p. 157; Bom. et Ch., Fil., p. 239. 

 Pteris Jineata L., Syst. Nat., vol. n, p. 6S7. 

 Haplopteris lineata Smith, Ferns, Br. and For., p. 132. 



Not rare on trunks of trees in Greytown. 

 Reported from Nicaragua without exact locality by Hooker 

 {ibid. ) 



Genus TAENITIS Sivartz. 



1. T. axgustifolia R. Brown. 



.Lieb., Mex, Breg., p. 27: Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 197; Hook., Sp. Fil., 

 vol. v, p. 1S7; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 396; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., 

 vol. in, p. 681. 

 Pteris angustifolia Swz., Syn. F., p. 95. 

 Pteropsis angustifolia Desv.,— Presl, Tent. Pter., p. 225, pi. x, fig. 3: Smith, 



Ferns, Br. and For., p. 133. 

 Vittaria costata Kunze, Analec. Pter., p. 29, pi. xvni, fig. 1 (a, b), 2; 

 Fourn., Sertum. Nic, p. 25S. 1 



Common on trees in deep woods near Castillo, and at Grey- 

 town. Well-fruited fronds vary from 3*< to 14 inches in 

 length. Some of the fronds show a tendency to form lobes 

 on the sides. 



Reported from Chontales by Fournier (as V. costata) and 

 by Hemsley. 



2. T. FURCATA (L.) Willd. 



Hook, et Grev., Icon. Fil., pi. vn; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 197: Hook., 

 Sp. Fil., vol. v, p. iSS; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 397; Hemsl., Biol. 

 Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 6S2 ; Bom. et Ch., Fil., p. 239. 



•On authority of Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 6S1, Baker, in Syn. 

 Fil., p. 395, places V. costata as a synonym under V. gardncriana. 



