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coarsely and sharj)ly sublol)ato-serrate, veinlets elevated 6-8 

 pairs of which 4-5 are connivent, sori very small suboval on 

 the middle of all the veinlets in 2 scries between each pair of 

 costules, rachis pubescent. 



rial). Peak of bland of St. Thomas, \V. trop. Afiica, alt. 5000 feet, G. Mann.— 

 A perfectly new and well-marked s()ecies. The |)iiniic are not only opposite on 

 all the specimens, but, owing to tiie broad truncated base being applied close to 

 the rachis, they have the appearance of being perfoliate. 



239. P. (Goniopteris) Brackenridgii, Hook. ; " stipes black 

 angular paleaceous at the base, fronds pinnate, pinnae alter- 

 nate subpetiolate pinnatifid coriaceous glabrous glossy above, 

 segments oblong obtuse setose at the margin, rachis fur- 

 rowed, sori biseriul hairy placed near the margin." — Gonio- 

 pteris glandulifera, Brack. Fil. U. S. Expl. Expcd. p. 29 {nof 

 Polyp, glandulif., Liebm.). 



The author places this between his Goniopt. costata and his G. lo7i(/i.s.nma, but 

 does not mention in any way its affinities. The stipes is said to be 2 feet long, 

 with 2 rows of glands, abortive pinnules, and the frond 4 feet. Unknown to nic. 



240. P. (Goniopteris) nropliyllum^ Wall.; caudex ?, stipes 

 2 and more feet long sometimes very stout testaceous brown 

 paleaceous at the base with rather large dark-brown subulate 

 scales, fronds ample firm but not thick coriaceous rarely 

 membranaceous, glabrous or pilosulous above and more or 

 less densely pubescent and sometimes subscabrous or mi- 

 nutely glandulose beneath 2-3 and more feet long subovate 

 pinnated, pinnae distant petioled below 8 inches to H foot 

 long \-2\ inches wide from a more or less obtusely and un- 

 equally cuneated base cUiptical-oblong finely caudato-acumi- 

 nate quite entire or subsinuated more or less grossly obtusely 

 or rarely acutely serrated u])wards, terminal pinna most so 

 often larger than the rest and long-petioled, veinlets numerous 

 15-20 pairs all connivent save the few in the teeth or serra- 

 tures soriferous in the middle, the sori co»;sequently forming 

 2 series each between the costules and the spurious costule, 

 or orbicular or 2-lobed sori are borne at the point of junc- 

 tion of the 2 veinlets and are then uniserial. — U'ull. Cat. n. 

 299 {excl.n.^). Goniopteris, iV. V\\ego\)ier\s, Metten. Phe- 

 gopt. Pol. asperum, Pr. Reluj. Hipnk. p. 24. /. 3. f. 4. Gonio- 

 pteris, Pr. Meniscium cuspidatum, Bl. Fil. Jav. p. 102. t. 45. 

 {excellent, but sori too hug and narroio). Phegopteris, 

 Metten. Phegopt. p. 25. Nephrodium glandulosum,^. /8?«. ?;« 

 Hook. Bot.Jonr)/. iii. y;. 411 [according to the reference to Cu- 



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