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TT,ib. Guadeloupe, L'llerminicr. — Habit not unlike that of the least-divided forms of 

 N. FUix-nuts. 



17. P. (Pliej?.) re/M^^ews, Klotzsch ; st. 1 ft. 1., clothed with bright-brown scales 

 throughout ; fr. 1^ ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; pinna; G-8 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., cut down to the 

 centre into close oblong obtuse slightly-toothed lobes j in. br., the lower pinnoo 

 stalked and ratlicr narrowed at the base ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and main 

 veins above densely downy, the veins beneath with yellowish glandular hairs 

 and reddisli setaceous scales; veinlets simple, 7-12 on each side ; sori medial.— 

 Phegop. Mett. Fil. Nov. Gran. p. 240. 



Hab. Panama, Columbia, and Guiana. — Habit of Neph, caripense. 



18. P. (Plieg.) rude, Kze. ; st. 1^-2 ft. 1., scaly towards the base, villose 

 upwards ; fr. 3-4 ft. or more 1., 12-18 in. br. ; pinnos 8-12 in. 1., 1^ in. br., cut 

 down nearly to the rachis into subfalcate entire lobes ^ in. br., tiie lower pinniE 

 not reduced, but with a gland at the base and the lower lobes small ; texture 

 Bubcoriaceous ; rachis conspicuously villose and under side less so ; veinlets 

 simple, 12-16 on a side ; sori submarginal. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 243. Glaphyropteris, 

 Presl. 



Hab. Mexico to Peru. — Neph. jnloso-Mipidum, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 105, seems to belong 

 here, and I cannot distinguish an involucre. 



19. P. (Pheg.) decussatum, L. ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., stout, erect, scaly towards the j. 

 base, polished upwards, sometimes slightly muricated ; fr. 3-4 ft. or more 1., M^Y*^ 

 12-18 in. br. ; pinnce 8-12 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., cut down nearly or quite «A / 



, br., with a large /^2— 



4^c^/C- 



to the rachis into close spreading entire blunt lobes 1-lJ lin. 



subulate gland at the base beneath ; texture subcoriaceous, rigid ; rachis and 



both sides neaidy naked ; veinlets simple, close, 20 or more on a side ; sori in 'TV 



rows near the midrib. — HL Sp. 4. p. 244. Glaphyropteris, Presl. iA*^ 



Hab. West Indies and Panama southward to Peru and Brazil. 



20. P. (Pheg.) unisorum, Baker ; st. tufted, slender, 1 in. 1., dark purplish- 

 brown, clothed throughout with linear scales ; fr. 2-3 in. 1., 1 in. br., oblong- 

 lanceolate ; pinncB horizontal, with a roundish terminal lobe 1^-2 lin. each way, 

 and 1-2 smaller sessile ones on each side; texture coriaceous; rachis densely 

 scaly like the stem ; both sides naked ; veins immersed, flabellate ; one large 

 sortis at the base of each lobe. 



Hab. Mount Eauai, Sandwich Isles, Hillcbrand. — A very curious and distmct little 

 plant. 



21. P. (Pheg.) pilatylohum, Baker ; st. 12-18 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly towards 

 the base, finely villose upwards ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; central p)inncB 

 6-8 in. 1., 1-1 J in. br., cut down to the rachis in the lower part into blunt oblong 

 nearly entire subfalcate lobes \ in. br. ; lower pinnae slightly reduced ; rachises 

 densely villose ; under surface nearly naked ; texture herbaceous ; veinlets about 

 6 on a side, the lower ones forked ; sori almost marginal. — P. rotundatum, 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 238. {non Willd.) 



Hab. Tanapota, N. E. Peru, Spruce, 4656. 



22. P. (Pheg.) fihrillosum, Baker; st. 1 ft. or more 1., densely clothed 

 throughout with spreading fibrillose scales ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; lower 

 pinna; the largest, sessile, in. 1., 1^ in. br., cut down within 1 lin. of the rachis 

 into close, blunt, nearly entire falcate lobes 3-4 lin. br. ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachis fibrillose and upwards villose ; both sides nearly naked ; veinlets forked, 

 6-8 on a side, with the soi-i close to the midrib. 



Hab. Andes of N. E. Peru, Spruce, 4742. 



