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FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



14. G-. insequale, J. Sm. Phlebodium inaequale, Moore. Poly- 



podium insequale, Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 28. Polypodium 

 (Goniophlebium) Guatemalense, Hook. Guatemala. 



15. G-. neriifolium, /. 8m. Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 70 B. Poly- 



podium neriifolium, Schk. Fil. 1. 15 ; Radd. Fil. Bras, 

 t. 31 Us. West Indies and Tropical America. 



8. SCHELLOLEPIS, J. Sm. 



Vernation contiguous or distant. Rhizome slender, sub-hypo- 

 Fronds pinnate or pinnatifid, generally slender and 

 pendulous, 1^-12 feet long, smooth or nearly so ; pinnce and 

 segments articulated with the rachis. Veins once or more times 



Genus 8. -Portion of pinna of mature frond, under side. No. 3. 



forked or pinnate ; the lower exterior venules always free, the 

 rest angularly anastomosing. Receptacles punctiform, generally 

 immersed, on the apices of the lower free venules. Sori round, 

 solitary in the areoles, transverse uniserial, furnished with indu- 

 siform laciniate scales. 



1. S. CUSpidata/J". Sm. Polypodium cuspidatum, BL, not Don. 



Goniophlebium cuspidatum, Presl. P. grandidens, 

 Kunze ; Metten. Fil. Hort. Leipsic. t. 23. P. colpo- 

 thrix, Kunze. Goniophlebium argutum, Cat. Hort. 

 Kew., not Polypodium argutum, Wall. Java. 



2. S. subauriculata, J. Sm. Polypodium subauriculatum, 



SI. Fl. Jav. 6, t. 83. Goniophlebium subauriculatum, 

 Presl. P.Reinwardtii, Kunze. P.metamorphum, Kunze. 

 Goniophlebium Pleopeltis, Fee. Malayan Archipelago. 



