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ov narrowed ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and Itotli sides naked ; veins promi- 

 nent, the veinlets 15-20 on a side, witli the sori in two close rows, or sometimes 

 one row only. — Ilk. Sj). 5. j?. [). P. Kennedy!, F. Miiell. 



Hal). N. India to Ceylon, Malaccas, Cliusan, Aneiteum, and Queensland. — Y6. his 

 three East-Indian species, Q. repanda, crcnato-dentata, and Dalhousiana, which we I ave 

 not seen. This resembles on the one hand Nephrodium glandulcsum, and on the oihcr 

 McnUcium cuspidatum, and is very doubtfully distinct from the latter. 



Go. P. (Goniopt.) ruhrincrve. Baker ; st. and rachises naked, rnbro-stramineous ; 

 fr. 2-3 ft. 1., oblonj^-deltoid, simply pinnate ; innnce ligulate-acuminate, crenate, 

 lower stalked, deltoid at the base, more cut away on the lower side, 1 ft. or 

 more 1., 2 in. br., upper sessile, free ; texture papyraceous ; surfaces dark-green, 

 naked ; midribs reddish ; main veins distinct, 2-2^ lin. apart ; veinlets 1.5-20- 

 jugate ; sori remote from main veins. Pliegopteris,*'il/e«. Linn. 3G. j9. 116. 



Hab. Aneiteum and Viti, MacgilUvray and Milne. — Scarcely more than a variety of 

 urophyllum. 



66. P. (Goniopt.) crenatum, Swz. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., erect, naked or pubescent; fr. 

 1-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br., Avith an oblong-lanceolate terminal pinna 6-8 in. 1., 

 1^2 in. br., the edge nearly entire or a little bluntly lobed, and 2-4 opposite 

 pairs of similar lateral ones ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; veins fine, the main 

 veins 1^-2 lin. apart, and veinlets 6-9 on a side ; raehis and under side naked or 

 finely villose ; sori in rows near the main veins. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 2. 



Hab. Cuba and Mexico to Ecuador and Brazil. — G. Riroirci, Fie, Fil. Ant. t. IS, 

 appears to belong here. 



67. P. (Goniopt.) Gheisbreghtii, Linden ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., firm, erect, 

 densely villose ; /)•. 12-18 in. 1., with a terminal pinna 6-9 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., 

 the edge slightly lobed, and 3-6 similar ones on each side ; texture papyraceous ; 

 rachises and under surface densely villose, the upper surface slightly so ; 

 veinlets about 12 on a side ; the sori in dense rows close to the main vein. — P. 

 crenatum, Hk. Fil. Ex. t. 84 {not Sw.). Goniopt. mollis, Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 24. 



Hab. Tabasco, S. Mexico, Linden, 1499. 



68. P. (Goniopt.) /a ?<cz «<;??, Liebm. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., firm, erect, naked ; fr, 

 12-18 in. 1., 1 ft. or more br., with an oblong-lanceolate terminal piiina 6-8 in. 1., 

 H in. br., pinnatifid about one-third of the way down, and several similar but 

 narrower and less deeply lobed ones on each side ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and 

 under surface naked ; veins prominent, 9-12 on a side ; sori in rows close to the 

 main vein. 



Hab. Mexico. 



69. P. (Goniopt.) prolifcrum, Presl ; rhizome stout, creeping ; st. spreading, 

 naked, 2-8 in. 1.;//'. 1-2 ft. 1. or more, 6-12 in. br., erect or decumbent, often 

 elongated and rooting at the point and branched copiously from the axils ; 

 pinnce 4-6 in. 1., ^-| in. br., broadest at the base, truncate or cordate, the edge 

 I)luntly lobed more than 1 lin. deep, the point often blunt ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and under side naked or slightly pubescent ; veinlets fine, 6-10 on a side ; 

 sori medial, oval, sometimes confluent. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 13. Ampelopteris, Kze. 



Hab. N. India to S. China, Philippines, New Caledonia, N. Australia, Angola, 

 Mauritius, Zambesi-land, and South Africa. 



70. P. (Goniopt.) tomentosum, Bory ; st. erect, rather slender, densely villose ; 

 /;•. about 1 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br. ; lowest pinnce the largest, distinctly stalked, 3-4 in. 

 1., f-f in. br.,the edge nearly entire or with slight blunt lobes, the base truncate ; 



