ANTROPIIYUM. 1/5 



in Beath. PL Hartiv. p. 73 (1839). Hook. Ic. PL t. 394 (1841) 

 venation omitted. Scoliosorus, Moore. Antrophyum Gale- 

 ottii, Fee, Antroph. p. 51. t. 5./. 4. (1852). Hook. 2(1 Cent, 

 of Ferns, t. 70. A. falcatum, Mart, and Gal. Fit. Mex. p. 49. 

 /. 12 {not Blume). 



Hal). Mexico, Galeol.ti, ITarlweg, n. 522 (alt. 10,000 feet). Guatemala, 

 Si-inner, and on mountains of Vera Paz, alt. 3300-5000 feet. Salvin.—\t is upon 

 this plant that Mr. Moore's genus Scoliosoi-ns was founded, and I fear, relying on 

 my incomplete figure in the ' Iconcs Plantarum,' considered the frond to he desti- 

 tute of veins. It is the most completely sessile of all the Anfrophi/a, and in my 

 finest specimens a hroad white hand runs up half the'length of the frond. 



22, A. siibfalcatum, Brack. ; fronds scarceh'- stipitate not 

 more than ^-1 inch long 3-4 lines wide subcoriaceo-mem- 

 branaceous scarcely costate a slender costa only seen in the 

 lower half linear-lanceolate acuminate, from near the middle 

 tapering gradually into the short stipes, areoles in about 3 pa- 

 rallel series large and much elongated hexagonal, sori irregu- 

 lar linear-elongate in 2-3 parallel series more or less inter- 

 rupted or branched rarely reticulated moderately sunk yet 

 scarcely rising above the surface of the lamina. — Brack. Fit. 

 U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 65 (1854). A. Brookei, Hook. 2d Cent, of 

 Ferns, t. 79 (1861). A. Cumingii, Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 83. 



Hah. Borneo, Thos.Lohb. Fiji Islands, Brackenridge {in Herb, nontr.), Milne. 

 Braclcenridge justly alludes to the close similarity in appearance of this and A. li- 

 neatum. The nature of the sori is very different, and it would be a Scoliosorus 

 of Moore. 



23. A. lineatum, Klfs. ; fronds coriaceo-membranaceous 

 sessile 6-12-14 inches long \-h an inch wide linear-lanceo- 

 late finely acuminate subfalcate, from near the middle gra- 

 dually attenuated downwards and decurrent to the base cos- 

 tate for the whole length, costa slender prominent beneath, 

 areoles very much elongated parallel with the costa and mar- 

 gin, sori 4-6- rarely 8, 2-3 or 4 on each side the costa be- 

 tween it and the margin lodged in a deep furrow continuous 

 (as in Vittaria) or here and there the continuity is slightly 

 interrupted never branched nor forked. — Klfs. En. Fil. p. 199. 

 Fee, Antroph. p. 47. Hemionitis, Sio. Prodr. p. 129. Loxo- 

 gramme, Pr. Polytoenium lanceolatum, Desv. Prodr. in Journ. 

 Bot. i. p. 218. Ilook. Gen. Fil. t. 107 {costa omitted and re- 

 ceptacle of the capsules too prominent). Moore. Vittaria 

 lanceolata, Siv. Fl. Ind. Occ. \\\. p. 1603. Syn. Fil. p. 109. 

 Willd. Sp. PL p. 407. Schk. FiL t. 101. 



Hah. Tropical America. Jamaica, Swarfz, Mensie.'i, Purdie. Cuba, C. U'rir//if, 



