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FERNS : BEITISH AND FOREIGN. 



2. A. Owariensis, /. 8m. Polypodium Owariense, Desv.; 



Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 62. Goniophlebium Owariense, 

 Lodd. Sierra Leone. 



3. A. lycopodioides, J". Sm. Polypodium lycopodioides, 



Linn.; Plum. Fil. t. 119. Pleopeltis lycopodioides, 

 Presl West Indies. 



4. A. nitida, /. 8m. En. Fil. Hort. Kew. (1846). Pleopeltis 



nitida, Moore. Honduras. 



5. A. stigmatica, /. Sun. Polypodium stigmaticum, Presl. 



JRel. Hcenk. t. 3, /. 2. Pleopeltis stigmatica, Presl. 

 Phlebodium venosum, Moore et Houlst. Anapeltis 

 venosa, J. 8m. Cat. Cult. Ferns (1857). Poly- 

 podium venosum, Lowe's Ferns, 1, t. 35. Tropical 

 America. 



6. A. squarxmlosa, J. 8m. Polypodium squamulosum, Kaulf. ; 



Lowe's Ferns, I, t. 50; 2, t. 29 B. Pleopeltis 

 squamulosa, Presl. Polypodium myrtifolium, Lodd. 

 Brazil. 



7. A. geminata, J. 8m. Polypodium geminatum, Sclirad.; 



Metten. Polypodium iteophyllum, Link. Brazil. 



12. PLEOPELTIS, Sumb. ; J. 8m. 



Rhizome surculose, elongating. 

 Fronds simple, sinuose, or pinnatifid, 

 4-12 inches high, opaque, squami- 

 ferous. Veins arcuately anastomos- 

 ing. Sporangia produced on the con- 

 fluent apices of two or more excurrent 

 veinlets, terminating in the medial 

 areoles. Sori punctiform, oblong, or 

 (by confluence) linear, transversely 

 uniserial, furnished with indusiform 



Genus 12. Portion of mature peltate scales. 

 frond, under side. No. 1. 



1. P. percussa, HooJc. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 67. Polypodium per- 

 cussum, Cav. ; Lang, et Fisch. Ic. Fil. t. 6. Poly- 



