318 FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



120a. ODONTOLOMA, /. 8m. Gen. Fit. 1841. 



Vernation uniserial, sarmentose. Fronds slender, 1-2 feet 

 high, pinnate or bipinnate ; pinnse and pinnules oblong-dimi- 

 diate, the upper margin entire, dentate or incise-lobed. Costce 

 excentric. Veins unilateral; venules direct, free. Reoeptacles 

 terminal, punctiform. Indusiivm subreniform, plane, its sides 

 free, shorter than the subindusaeform margin. 



Genus 120a. Pinnae, and portion magnified. 



1. O. repens, Pr. Epim. Sot. p. 97. Dicksonia repens, Bory, 

 Davallia repens, Desv. Davallia hemiptera, Bory ; 

 Hook. Sp. Fit. 1, p. 176. Davallia Boryana, Hook, 

 et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 143 ; Hook. Sp. FiL 1, p. 175. 

 Odontoloma Boryanum, J. 8m. Gen. M.1841; Hook, 

 et Bauer, Gen. Fil. t. 114 B. Mauritius, India, 

 Malayan and Polynesian Islands. K. 



OBS. I may here remark that Mr. Moore has united the 

 species of Odontoloma and Leucostegia under AcropJiorus of 

 Presl. (See Leucostegia.) 



From odontos, gen. of odous, a tooth, loma, a margin ; the 

 sori being seated on marginal lobes. 



121. MICROLEPIA (p. 233). 



al. M. pinnata, /. Sm. Davallia pinnata, Cav. ; Hook. Sp, 

 Fill, t. 60, /. 1 and 4. D. flagellifera, Wall; Hook, 

 et Grev. Ic. Fil t. 183. Malay and Philippine 

 Islands. 



