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pinnate in the same way as the sterile frond. — Gymnopteris 

 taccicfoUa, /. S/n. in Huo/c. Journ. Bot. iii. /?. 403 [iiaiiic onf//). 

 the iiioxt fully dereloped form of the species, pi/mated below. 

 Le|)tocliilus, Fee, Acrost. /;. 89. /. 50. Polybotrya, Metten. 

 Fil. Hort. Lips. jj. 24. — Y'dv. /3, jjinnat/Jida ; frond lart^e pinna- 

 tifid. L. suljquiiiquetidus, Fee, Acrost. p. 88. i. 4\). — Var. 7, 

 trilohata ; frond three-lobed. Gymnojjteris trilol:)ata, J. Sin. 

 I.e. p. 403 {name only, includint/ also the following var.). 

 Polybotrya, Melten. Fd. Hort. Lips. p. 25. — Var. 8, simplici- 

 folia; fronds undivided. Leptocarpus \\\\ocwc])ViS, Fee, Acrost. 

 p. 87. t. 48./ 1. 



Hab. Isle of Mindoro, Cuming, n. 357. — Var. ^, pinnatifida. Luzon, Cuming, 

 n. 3. — Var. 7, trilohata. Luzon, Cuming, n. 3, in part (J. Sin.J, Thou. Lohh. — 

 Var. S, simplici/olia. Manilla, Gandichaud {Fee). Luzon, Cuming, n. h. — I am 

 unacquainted with the A. fLeptocfiilu.i) varians of Mettenius, Fil. Nov. Caled. p. 

 2. " llhizoma elongaluni scandens, folia disticha distantia subcoriacea glabrrrinia, 

 e basi cuneata late ovata pinnutipartita," etc., to the affinities uf which the autliur 

 makes no allusion. 



162. A. (Leptochilus) qiiercifolium, Retz ; caudex creep- 

 ing sparsely paleaceous, stipites 2-3 inches to a span of the 

 fertile frond in length, below paleaceous with spreading sub- 

 crinite scales and more or less ferrugineo-tomentose, fronds 

 ternate ; sterile ones shortly stipitate membranaceous ciliated 

 3-4 inches long H-2 inches wide cordato-oblong very ob- 

 tuse, lateral pinnae cordato-trilobed, terminal one very large 

 ovate all pinnatifid with obtuse irregular lobes costate, cos- 

 tules evident hairy beneath corresponding with the lobes, 

 veins irregularly anastomosing, the arcoles with free including 

 veitdets ; fertile fronds small 1-2 inches long long-stipitate, 

 two lateral pinnae short, all petiolate. — Retz. Sw. Syn. Fi.,. 

 p. 12. Schk. Fil. ii. /. 8. JVilld. Sp. PL v. p. 112. Gym- 

 nopteris, Bernh. in Schrad. Journ. Bot. 1806. i. p. 20. Fr. 

 Tent. Pterid. p. 244. Hook. Ic. PI. x. p. 905, and Fil. Exot. 

 t. 80. Leptochilus, Fee, Acrost. p. 88. Dendroglossa, Fee, 

 Gen. Fil. p. 80. t. 7-/. 2. Ophioglossum Zeylanicum, Uoutt. 

 Linn. PL Syst. x'm.p. 47. t. 94. /'. 1. 



llab. Ceylon, Burmann, Mrs. Geal. Walker, Gardner, n. 1170 and 1319. 

 Madras Peninsula, Ui)tller, Wight, v. -IG. Ciiina and Cochinchina (/•>'«■). — .V. 

 well-inarkrd species, amply illustrated, and one that cannot be confounded with 

 any other. 



163. A. (Leptochilus?) pteroides, Br.; "fronds bipinnate 

 glabrous, pinnules linear, with margins reflexed." — Br. Prodr. 

 Nov. 1 loll. p. 144. 



