ip8 NATURAL HISTORY BULLETIN. 



Collected on trunks of trees along the La Juana River 

 and near Camp Menocal. Most of the fronds have very ob- 

 tuse pinnae and a nearly smooth rachis, but a large frond, 

 measuring nearly 2 feet in length, from Camp Menocal, has 

 the pinnae nearly acute, and the lower surface of the frond, 

 the rachis and upper part of the stipe are quite brown-hairy. 

 The rootstock is sparsely covered with peltate scales, and 

 when fresh is fleshy and green. 



Fournier lists it as latum and falcaria, — the former from 

 Chontales, the latter without locality. Hemsley reports it 

 from Chontales. 



5. P. NERIIFOLIUM Sckk. 



Swz, Syn. Fil., p. 37 ; Mett, Fil. Hort. Bot. Lip., p. 32 ; Mett., Ub. Ein. Farng., 

 pt. 1, p. 78; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., p. 199; Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. v, p. 

 28; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 345; Fourn., Sertum Nic, p. 252; 

 Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. hi, p. 664; Bak., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. iv, 

 p. 116 (from Costa Rica). 



Goniophlebium neriifolium Schk., — Smith, Hist. Fil., p. 92; Smith, Ferns, 

 Br. and For., p. 82. 



A single specimen, with mere suggestions of sori, was col- 

 lected on a log near Camp Menocal. Fournier reports it 

 from Omete'pe, and Hemsley from Chontales. 



6. P. adnatum {Kunze) Hook. 



Mett., Ub. Ein. Farng., pt. 1, p. 78; Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. v, p. 27; Hook, and 

 Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 345; Hemsl., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 653. 

 Goniophlebium adnatum Kze., — Smith, Ferns, Br. and For., p. 295. 



Two typical specimens in fine fruit were collected near 

 Camp Seven. They are entirely smooth. 

 New to the Nicaraguan list. 



7. P. POLYPODIOIDES (-L.) Hitch. 



Hitch., PI. Bah., p. 156; Underwood, List of Pter. and Sperm., p. 9. 

 Acrostichmn polypodioides L., Syst. Nat., p. 686. 



P. incanum Swz., Fl. Ind. Occ, p. 1645; Swz., Syn. Fil., p. 35; Lieb., Mex. 

 Breg., p. 37; Mett., Ub. Ein. Farng., pt. 1, p. 69; Eaton, Fil. Wr. et Fend., 

 p. 198; Hook., Sp. Fil., vol. iv, p. 209; Fourn., Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., vol. 

 xvii, p. 237; Hook, and Bak., Syn. Fil., p. 346; Williamson, Ferns of 

 Ky-i P- 37, pi- v; Eaton, Ferns N. Am., vol. 1, p. 197, pi. xxvi, fig. 2; 



