222 CHAEACTEES OF TRIBES AND GENEEA. 



Sp. A. nodosa, Presl Bedd. F. Brit. Ind., pi. 93 {Aspidium 

 foliolosum, Wall). 



114. — Camptodium, Fee (1852). 

 Pachyderis, J. Sm., 1854. Neflirodium sp., Hook. jSp. Fil. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect, acaulose. Fronds stipate, 

 deltoid, cordate, tri- or pedately-lobed, thick, coriaceous, 

 smooth, 8 to 12 inches in length. Veins obscure, flabel- 

 lately forking in the lobes. Receptacles punctiform, terminal. 

 Sori large. Indusiwn reniform. 



Type. Aspidium pedatum, Desv. 



Obs. — This genus is founded on a solitary Fern, which 

 differs from all free- veined Aspidece in its fronds being cor- 

 date, sub-entire, or more or less lobed, and of a thick, 

 cQriaceous, firm texture, and obscure veins ; its jjeculiar 

 habit induced me to characterise it as a distinct genus, 

 under the name of Pachyderis, but which is superseded by 

 the earlier one of Fee. It may be considered as holding a 

 position intermediate between Polysticliwn and Lastrea. 



Sp. C. pedatum, Fee. 



Native of the West Indies, Jamaica. 



115. — Adenodeeeis, /. Sm. (1852j. 

 Aspjidium Sect. Polystichum, Hook. 8p. Fil. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect, acaulose. Fronds 6 to 8 

 inches in length, oblong, lanceolate, pinnatifid, densely 

 covered with pilose glands, decurrently attenuated to a short 

 stipe. Veins pinnately forked. liecepiacles punctiform, 

 medial. Sori round. Indusimn orbicular, occasionally 

 reniform. 



Type. Aspidium glandtdosum, Hooh. and Grev, 



Illust. Hook, and Grev. Ic. Fil., t. 140. 



