HYrOLEPIS. 



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GENUS VII. 



HYPOLEPIS. Bernhardi. 



A SMALL family of tropical Ferns with creeping rhizomas. 

 Of large size. Veins forked and free. Sori marginal, sub- 

 globose, and small. Indusium formed of a reflexed changed 

 venule. 



Only one species is well known in this country; however 

 Sir W. Hooker, in his "Species Filicum," enumerates the 

 following : — 



Hypolepis 



tenuifolium. 



Bernliardi. 



New Zealand. 



te 



Guianensis. 



Klotzscli. 



British Guiana, 



(( 



Dicksonioides. 



Hooker. 



Norfolk Island 



66 



amaurorachis. 



Hooker. 



New Holland. 



66 



setigera. 



Hooker. 



Java. 



66 



alpina. 



Hooker. 



Java. 



66 



resinifera. 



Hooker. 



Java. 



66 



polypodioides. 



Hooker. 



Java. 



66 



pallida. 



Hooker. 



Java. 



66 



repens. 



Presl. 



Jamaica. 



66 



resistens. 



Hooker. 



Neilgherries. 



66 



parallelogramma 



. Hooker. 



Peru. 



66 



nigrescens. 



Hooker. 



Jamaica. 



66 



anthriscifolia. 



Presl. 



Bourbon. 



66 



elata. 



Presl. 



South Africa. 



66 



asp era. 



Presl. 



South Africa. 



66 



Bergiana. 



Hooker. 



South Africa. 



66 



rugulosa. 



Hooker. 



Otaheite. 



66 



millefolium. 



Hooker. 



New Zealand. 



66 



hostilis. 



Presl. 



Peru. 



66 



Purdieana. 



Hooker. 



New Grenada. 



66 



distans. 



Hooker. 



New Zealand. 



(( 



Schimperi. 



Hooker. 



Abyssinia. 



66 



Californica. 



Hooker. 



California. 



