AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FERNS. 



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with hyaline squamse. Fronds simple, linear, smooth, rigid or 

 flaccid and pendulous, from a few inches to 2-3 feet in length. 

 Veins simple, forming an acute angle with the midrib, their 



Genus 56. Outline portion of frond, natural size ; ditto enlarged. No. 1. 



apices prolonged into atransverse marginal vein, which becomes 

 the receptacle. Sporangia seated in an extrorse slit of the 

 margin. Sori marginal, linear, continuous. 



1. V. zostersefolia, Bory ; Fee, Mem. Fil. t. 2, /. 2; Lowe's 

 Ferns, 2, t. 65 B. Mauritius. 



57. HAPLOPTEKIS, Presl. 

 Vernation uniserial, contiguous ; sarmentum short, becoming 



Genus 57. Portion of frond, slightly enlarged. 

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No. J. 



