154 FEENS I BEITISH AND FOEEIGN. 



9. L. recedens, /. 8m. Polypodium recedens, /. Sm. En. 



Fil. Phil. Aspidium recedens, Lowe's Ferns, 7, 1. 1. 



Ceylon and Philippine Islands. 



10. L. elegans, Moore and Houlst. Ceylon. 



11. L. pilosissima, /. 8m. Aspidium pilosissima, G. Don, in 



JHer&.1822; /. 8m. Sierra Leone. 



12. L. subquinquindum, /. 8m. Aspidium subquinquifidum, 



Beam. Fl. Owar. t. 19. Aspidium protensum, Sw. 



West Tropical Africa. 



13. L. funesta, Moore. Aspidium funestum, Kunze. Tropical 



West Africa, Brazil. 



* Vernation fasciculate, caudex erect or subdecumbent. 



f Fronds lanceolate, lipinnatifid, rarely pinnatifid. Veins 



generally simple, rarely forked. (Oreopteris.) 



14. L. decursive-pinnata, /. Sm. Polypodium decursive- 



pinnatum, Hook. 2nd Cent. t. 49. Lastrea decurrens, 

 /. Sm. Cat. 1846 and 1857. China, Japan. 



15. L. montana, Moore. Polypodium montanum, Vogler. 



Polystichum montanum, Both. Polypodium Oreo- 

 pteris, Ehrhart; Eng. Bot. t. 1019. Aspidium Oreo- 

 pteris, Sw. ; Schk. Fil. I. 35, 36. Lastrea Oreopteris, 

 Presl ; Lindl. and Moore's Brit Ferns, t. 28 ; Sowerly's 

 Ferns, t. 8. Nephrodium Oreopteris, Hook. Brit. 

 Ferns, t. 14. Var. Nowelliana, Moore ; Lowe's New 

 Ferns, p. 99. Europe. 



16. L. patens, Presl ; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 45 A 1. Aspidium 



patens, Sw.; Badd. Fil. Bras. t. 40; Lowe's Ferns, 7, 

 t. 3, 4. Tropical America. 



17. L. concinna, J. 8m. Polypodium concinnum, Willd. 



Phegopteris concinna, Fee. Polypodium molliculum, 

 Kunze. Phegopteris mollicula, /. Sm. Cat. Cult. 

 Ferns, 1857. Tropical America. 



18. L. contermina, Presl. Aspidium conterminum, Willd. 



(Plum. Fil. t. 47). Aspidium polyphyllum, Kaulf. 

 A. rivulorum, Link. Tropical America, West Indies. 



19. L. immersa, J. Sm. Aspidium immersum, Blume ; Metten. 



Fil^ Hort. Lips. t. 18, /. 1-3. Lastrea verrucosa, 

 J". 8m. En. Fil. Phil. Aspidium impressum, Kunze. 

 Malayan Islands. 



