196 NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



Pteris furcata L., Syst. Nat., vol. n, p. 6S7; Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 95. 

 Dicranoglossum furcata (Willd.) Smith, Hist. Fil., p. 121; Smith, Ferns, Br. 

 and For., p. 91. 



Cuspidaria furcata Fee, — Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 251. 



Common on trunks of trees near Castillo. 

 Reported from Chontales by Fournier (as Cuspidaria),. 

 and by Hemsley. 



Family XIII. POLYPODIES. 



Genus POLY PODIUM Z. (in fart). 



1. P. PECTIN ATUM L. 



Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. n, p. 691 ; Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 34; Presl,Tent. Pter., p. 178, 

 pi. vii, fig 2; Lieb., Mex. Breg., p. 49; Mett., Ub. Ein. Farng., pt. i, p. 59; 

 Eaton, Fil., Wr. et Fend., p. 19S; Hook., Sp. Fil , vol. iv, p. 203; Roth., 

 Les Foug., vol. 1, p. 131, pi. x ; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 333; Smith, 

 Ferns, Br. and For., p. 78; Eaton, Ferns N. Am., vol. 1, p. 317, pi. xliii, 

 figs. 1-3; Underwood, Our Nat. Ferns and All., p. 81; Chapm., Fl. So. 

 St., p. 669; Hemsl., Biol Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 665; Bak., Biol. Cent. 

 Am., vol. iv, p. 116 (from Costa Rica). 



P. otites 1 L., Syst. Nat., vol. 11, p. 691 ; Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 34. 



P. paradisece L. et F.,— Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lip., p. 31; Mett., Ub. Ein, 

 Farng., pi. 1, p. 60; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 19S. 



P. consimile Mett., — Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 198. 



Phegopteris "vagneri Mett., — Fourn., -Sertum Nic, p. 252. 



Only three specimens were collected on a log near the La 

 Juana River. These are typical. 



Reported from Chontales by Fournier (as Pheg.zvagneri) r 

 and by Hemsley. 



2. P. sororium H. B. K. PI. xx, Fig. 14. 



Mett., Ub. Ein. Farng., pt. i, p. 62 ; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 198; Hook.,. 

 Sp. Fil., vol. iv, p. 219; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 337; Smith, Ferns, 

 Br. and For., p. 79; Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 251 ; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., 

 vol. 111, p. 669; Bom. et Ch., Fil., p. 224. 



Growing on trunks of living trees in deep woods near 



1 There is doubt as to the correctness of referring this to P. pectmatum. 

 If the reference is correct the name otites should be adopted, as it precedes 

 pectinatum on the same page. See also Fourn., Bull. Soc Bot. Fr., vol. xv, 

 p. 116. 



