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distinct species from P. (Goniopteris) reptans, with which Mettenius unites it, 

 in the different texture of the frond and shape of the pinnaj, and in tlie absence 

 of anastomosing veins. 



154. P. (Phegopteris) cordatuni, Hook.; caudex short 

 erect thick, stipites tufted i-l i"^'li l^'^S slender fiUforni 

 scaleless stramineous and pubescent as well as the slender 

 rachis, fronds 3-4 inches long 1 inch wide firm-menibrana- 

 ceous pilosulous subpellucid lanceolate obtusely acuminate 

 attenuated at the base pinnated scarcely pinnatifid at the ex- 

 tremity, pinnse on a very short but distinct petiole oblong 

 very obtuse cordate at the base scarcely \ an inch long en- 

 tire at the margin rarely with an obscure tooth or auricle at 

 the superior base, veins simple rarely forked all free and each 

 bearing one sorus near the middle between the costule and 

 the margin. — Phegopteris, Fee,Gjjie Alan. Fou(j. Nouv. p. 13. 

 t. 6.f. 3. Aspidium re])tans, va7\ I, cordata, Metten. Aspid. 

 p. 99. Eat. in Fil. Wright, et Fendl. p.2\\. 



Ilab. Cuba, Linden, n. 1873, C. Wrir/ht, n. 1014. — Fee's figure is very accu- 

 rate. This has the same venation as P. hastatum, our last species, and it may 

 possibly be a form of that; but it cannot belong to P. (Gonioplerin) reptans, 

 if there is any confidence to be placed in venation. 



155. P. (Phegopteris) Sancti-Gabrieli, Hook.; caudex?, 

 stipes 1^ foot long and more stout pale-brown glossy mode- 

 rately paleaceous at the base with lanceolate acuminate dark- 

 brown scales, fronds oblong-ovate acuminate 2 feet long 10 

 inches broad truncated at the base coriaceo membranaceous 

 dark-green above paler beneath quite glabrous pinnated pin- 

 natifid at the extremity by the union of the bases of the 

 pinnae, pinnae numerous rather distant 5-6 inches long ^-f 

 of an inch broad all petiolate horizontally patent from a 

 subcuneato-truncated base with a distinct sharp auricle above 

 elongato-oblong gradually acuminate the margin .coarsely 

 crenato-serrate, the serratures sharp towards the extremity, 

 veins copious approximate pinnate subfascicled, veinlets 5-6 

 most of the inferior ones bearing a dorsal sorus which 

 thus form 3-4 regular lines or series between the costa and 

 the margin, rachis glossy pale reddish-brown scaleless. 



Hab. San Gabriel, Valley of the Amazon, Spruce, n. 2153. — Habit and dark 

 colour of our Peruvian Lastrca macro/is (p. «G, tab. CCXLII. B), hut glabrous, 

 with only a small auricle, and no refracted lower pinna) ; nor are the pinnae 

 more than crenato-serrate, not at all pinnatifid. 



156. P. (Phegopteris) Walkerce, Hook.; caudex?, stipes 

 12-14 inches long stout testaceous brown at the very base 



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