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FERNS COLLECTED BY BARON EGGERS IN ST. DOMINGO. 



1590. T. pusillum Sw. 

 2684. T. Krawii H. & G. 

 2746. T. scandetis L. 

 2749. 1\ tenerum Spreng. 



2735b. Dicksovia cicutaria Sw. 

 2653. D. ruhujinosa Kaulf. 



2805. P. grandifolia L. 



2782. P. aculeate Sw. 



2041. Lomaria procera Spreng. 



2268. Asplenium monanthemum L. 



2537. A. dentatum L. 



2665, A. auriculatum Sw. 



2653b, Da ml I ia inaqualis Kunze. 2092. A. prcemorsum Sw. 



2774. A. rhizophorum L. 



2027. D. aculeata Sw. 



2507. D. clavata Sw. 



2588. Adiantum deltoideum Sw. 



2502. i4. cristatum L. 



2243. PeHiira ternifoda Fee. 



2639. J. eiciitarium Sw. 



2788. ^4. arboretim Willd. 



1866 a,b. NephrodiwnpatensDesv. 



1698. N. S?orm^ Baker. 



2822. Cheilanthes microphylla Sw. 2780. A 7 . sancHim Baker. 



2526. Pterin longifoUa L. 

 2818. P. viutilata L. 



2172. P. erotri&tta L. 



2775. A 7 , contcrminum Desv. 

 2306. N. Filix-mas Rich. 

 1585. N. hirtum Hook. 



Nephrodium m 



Caudex erect. 



Stipes 8-9 in. long, tufted, densely crinite up to the top with 

 spreading hair-pointed brown palese, as is the main rachis. Lamina 

 ovate, tripinnate, 1^ ft. long, moderately firm in texture, green and 

 glabrous on both surfaces. Many lower pinnae ovate- or oblong- 

 lanceolate, 2 in. broad, the lowest pair rather shortened, produced 

 on the lower side. Pinnules many, close, sessile, lanceolate, % in. 

 broad, cut down to the rachis into entire linear-oblong parallel 

 obtuse tertiary segments ^ line broad. Veins very few and distant. 

 Sori one at the base of each tertiary segment. Lidusium small, 

 glabrous, persistent. — Allied to N. amplum and Grisehachii. 



2733. 



Nephrodium scolopendrioides 

 Hook. 



1866. oY. molle Desv. 



2513. N. cicutarium Baker, var. 2736. P. sororium H.B.K. 



1577. Pohjpodium reptans Sw. 

 2806. var. asplenioides. 



2595. P. pectination L. 



Identical with a small 

 little -cut form frequent 

 in Jamaica. 



2789, 2307. P. antjustifoli 

 2546. P. repens L. 

 2300. P. lycopodioides L. 



2529. Aspidium wmicor datum By? . 2766. Gymnogramm* sulphured 

 2821. A.plantamneum Griseb. 



Desv. 



if' 



1594. Antrophyum lineatwn Kaulf. 



2779, 1829, 2801. Nephrolepia ex- 2203. An-ostichmn viscosvm St\ 



attata Schott., forms. 



2201 (62*). Acrostichum (Elaphoglossum, 

 Rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with small spreading 

 lanceolate dark brown paleac of firm texture. Stipes of the sterile 

 frond slender, stramineous, 4-5 in. long, clothed throughout with 

 ascending whitish brown ovate membranous paleac. Sterile frond 

 lanceolate, 5-6 in. long, £-£ in. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to the base and apex, subngid in texture, green above, 

 with a tew bleached paleac, densely persistently coated all over 

 beneath with ovate membranous fimbriated pale brown palea 

 Fertile frond narrower, with a much longer stipe.— Lamina like 

 that of A. .simplex; pale© of the under surface most like those of 

 A. tquamotwn. 



