366 CHARACTERS OF TRIBES AND GENERA. 



Type. Dancea nodosa. Smith. 



Illust. Hook, and Baner Gen. Fil., t. 7 ; Moore Ind. Fil., 

 p. 99 A. ; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit, and For., fig. 153 ; 

 Hook. Syn. Fil , t. 9, fig. 71. 



OBS. This is a curious genus of Ferns, of which about a 

 dozen species are described. The whole are natives of the 

 West Indies and Tropical America. The synangia opening 

 by pores readily distinguishes this from the preceding 

 genera. 



Sp. D. simplicifolia, Budge. ; D. nodosa, Sm. (v v.) ; D. 

 alata, Sm. (v v.) ; D. elliptica, Sm. ; D. stenophylla, Kze t 



217. KAULFUSSIA, Blume. (1828). 



Vernation uniserial, contiguous ; sarmentum thick, 

 fleshy ; each frond rising from between two short, fleshy 

 stipuliform appendages. Fronds 2 to 3 feet high, long 

 stipate, palmately lobed, lobes oblong-elliptical. Veins 

 costsoform, parallel ; venules compound anastomosing, 

 with free veinlets terminating within the areoles. Recep- 

 tacles punctiform, compital, sub^biserial between the 

 primary veins. Sporangia 10 to 20, laterally connate, 

 forming a circular synangium, the cells opening by slits. 

 Type. Kaulfussia c&sculifolia, Blume. 

 Illust. Hook, and Bauer Gen. Fil., t. 59 A. ; Moore Ind. 

 Fil., p. 98 ; J. Sm. Ferns, Brit, and For., fig. 154 ; 

 Hook. Syn. Fil., t. 9, fig. 72. 



OBS. This genus is founded on a remarkable Fern, a 

 native of the Malay and Philippine Islands, it is also 

 found in Assam, and has been described as a distinct 

 species by Griffiths under the name of K. assamica, but, 

 judging from herbarium specimens, it appears not to be 

 distinct from K. cesculifolia. 



