OLEANDRA. 



GENUS VIII. 



OLEANDRxl. Cavanilles. 



An extremely interesting small family, none of the species of 

 which are found in any except the best collections. 

 The meaning of the name is not known. 

 Presl, in his "Tantamen Pteridographise," gives the fol- 



lowing: — 



Oleandra neriifolia. Ccwanilles. 

 " nodosa. Prcsl. 



Fee in his "Genres de la 

 enumerates. 



Cumingii. J. Smith. \ 



Macrocarpa. Presl. \ 



Mollis. Presl 

 Neriiformis. Cavanilles. 

 Phyllarthron. Fee. 

 Mussefolia. Fee. 



Oleandra articulata. Presl, 

 Wallichii. Presl. 



Famille des Polypodiacees," 



Moritzii. Fee. 

 Lomatopus. Fee. 

 Wallichii. Fee. 

 Hirtella. Miquel. 

 Nodosa. Cavcmilles. 

 Articulata. Presl. 



Mr. Thomas Moore, in his "Index Filicum," mentions 

 O. neriiformis. Caianilles. O. nodosa. Presl. 



O. articulata. Presl. 

 O. Wallichii. Prcsl. 



O. pilosa. Hooker. 



0. Cumin srii. J. Smith. 



Fronds simple, entire, lanceolate, and stipitate. 



Ehizoma scandent or creeping. 



Sori circular, transversely uniserial, costal, or irreguh 



Indusium reniform. 



Habit very distinct. 



Veins simple or forked. 



VOL. VII. 



