5. Lower basal segment of most pinne abbreviated. Segments 
patent or oblique, not contracted above their base; cost 
and costule beneath rather scaly ..... 22. S. ichtiosma (Sod.) C. Chr. 
5. Basal segments both much enlarged; sterile leaf tripinnatifid, 
fertile one with narrow, crenate segments; coste beneath 
Sparselyasealys 5 d 222-53 contractas(GhristgG mr 
3. Lamina bipinnate with lobed pinnule........ 25. S. prasina (Bak.) C. Chr. 
1. Sori furnished with large, circular, peltate indusia, which are deciduous 
andJoftentmobsfound d creer ce EE WELCHES Peltochlaena. 
2. Veins anastomosing about as in Goniopteris. Pinne irregularly cut, 
subentire 'orsdeeplyslobed 26: D) varians (Bée)RO Eze 
2. Veins free. Pinnz regularly serrulate or lobed. 
3. Lamina membranous. Pinne 15—20) cm. long, broadly and 
shallowly serrate with a broad auricle at the upper base. 
27. D. sancti-gabrieli (Hk.) C. Chr. 
3. Lamina coriaceous. Pinne 10—12 cm. long, lobed about halfway 
down to the midrib, scarcely auricled . 28. D. subobliquata (Hook.) O. Ktze. 
Group 1. Eustigmatopteris (species 12—25). 
12. Stigmatopteris rotundata (Willd.) C. Chr. Bot. Tids. 29: 297 fig. 2. 1909. 
Area: Lesser Antilles from Montserrat to Trinidad. South Brazil. 
Nephrodium Imrayanum Hk. spec. fil. 4: 86. 1862 from Dominica, Imray (Kew!) 
is exactly this species. The specimen is absolutely exindusiate. 
13. St. Carrii (Bak.) C. Chr. 1. c. 298 fig. 3. 
Area: Brazil. 
The type-specimen from Rio, leg. Carr (Kew!) shows that I have rightly 
understood this species, which is perhaps not specifically different from S. rotundata. 
Aspidium brachynevron Fée, Cr. vase. Brés. 1: 133. 1869 from Bahia, BLANCHET, 
is probably this species. 
14. St. tijuccana (Raddi) C. Chr. 1. c. 298, fig. 4. 
Area: Brazil, Rio-S. Paulo. 
15. St. prionites (Kze.) C. Chr. l. c. 298, fig. 5, 6. 
Area: Brazil. — Phegopteris Ulei Christ, Bull. L'Herb. Boiss. II. 2: 634. 1902; 
Dryopteris Ulei C. Chr. Ind. 299 from S. Catharina, ULE nr. 70, is probably a form 
of this species. 
16. St. nephrodioides (Kl.) C. Chr. l. c. 299, fig. 8. 
Area: Venezuela Costa Rica. 
