THE FERNS OF NICARAGUA. 



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Castillo, along the La Juana River, and near Camp Menocal. 

 The stipe and rachis are light slaty-bluish in color. The speci- 

 mens are typical. 



Reported from Chontales by Fournier, and by Hemsley. 



3. P. piloselloides L. var. celiatum ( Willd.} Bah. 



Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 340. 



P. cihatum Willd.,— Presl, Rel. Haenk., p. 20. 



Lopholcpis cillata Willd., — Smith., Hist. Fil., p. 111; Smith, Ferns, Br. and 

 For., p. 85. 



As in most cases the variety was probably included with 

 the type, the references which were consulted for the latter 

 are also given: 



P . piloselloides L., Syst. Nat., vol. 11, p. 691 ;S\vz., Syn. Fil., p. 25; Mett., Ub. 



Ein. Farng., pt. 1, p. 93: Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 200: Hook., Sp. 



Fil., vol. v, p. 33: Hook, and Bak.. Syn. Fil., p. 340; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. 



Am., vol. in, p. 666; Bak., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. iv, p. 116. 

 Murgiuaria piloselloides Presl, Tent. Pter., p. 1S7, pi. VII, rig. 24. 



A slender, branching rootstock with one fertile and nine- 

 teen sterile fronds was collected on a tree near Castillo. This 

 is clearly the variety. Several sterile fronds, in all respects like 

 the Castillo specimens, were collected on a tile roof in San 

 Carlos. Although no fertile fronds were observed, this is 

 probably the same form. 



The type (possibly including the var.} has been reported 

 from Chontales by Hemsley. Xo specific record of the vari- 

 ety from Nicaragua seems to exist. 



4. P. loriceum L. PL xx. Figs. 15, 16. 



Linn., Syst. Nat., vol. 11. p. 692; Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 35; Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. 



Lip., p. 32. pi. xxin, rigs. 7-9: Mett., Ub. Ein. Farng., pt. 1, p. 76; 



Eaton, Fil., Wr. et Fend., p. 199; Hook., Sp. Fil , vol. v, p. 20; Hook. 



and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 343; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 663: Bak. 



Biol. Cent. Am., vol. iv, p. 116; Bak., Jour. Bot., vol. xxn, p. 364: Bom. 



et Ch., Fil., p. 221 (the last three from Costa Rica). 

 P. gonatodes Kze., Mett., Fil. Hort. Bot. Lip., p. 32, pi. xxiv, rigs. 11, 12. 

 Goniophlebium loriceum L., — Smith, Hist. Fil., p. 91: Smith, Ferns, Br. and 



For., p. Si. 

 P. ledum Raddi., — Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 252. 

 P.jalcaria Kze., — Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 252. 



