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FERNS : BEIT1SH AND FOREIGN. 



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



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

 Lodd. Sierra Leone. 



3. A. lycopodioides, /. 8m. 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, J. 8m. Polypodium stigmaticum, Presl. 



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

 Phlebodium venosum, Moore et Houlst. Anapeltis 

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

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

 America. 



6. A. squamulosa, J. Sm. Polypodium squamulosum, Kaulf. ; 



Lowe's Ferns, 1, t. 50; 2, t. 29 B. Pleopeltis 

 squamulosa, Presl. Polypodium myrtifolium, Lodd. 

 Brazil. 



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



Metten. Polypodium iteophyllum, I/irik. Brazil. 



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



Rhizome surculose, elongating. 

 Fronds simple, sinuose, or pinnatifid, 

 412 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 



.Portion of mature peltate scales. 



Genus 12 



frond, under side. No. 1. 



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



cussum, Cav. ; Lang, et Fisch. Ic. Fil. t. 



Poly- 



