CYCLOPELTIS. 13 



GENUS III. 



CYCLOPELTIS. J. Smith. 



Fronds pinnate, glabrous, and articulated with the rachis. 



Veins dichotomously branched; venules direct, free, the 

 anterior and exterior one of each fascicle soriferous. 



Sori circular, biserial, medial or terminal. 



Tndusium orbicular and peltate. 



A solitary species. 



The name, derived from the Greek, has reference to the 

 indusium, and means a small round buckler. 



A tropical Fern. 



