(Pteropsis, Desv.) with Drymoglossum, while my Drymoglossum 
rigidum (Ic. Plant. v. 10. t. 996) is united by Mr. Moore to 
Lindsea (Schizoloma) cordata, Gaud., and placed in Sehzzolep- 
ton, Fée; a genus, Mr. Moore says, “ differmg from Drymoglos- 
sum in the absence of free included veinlets.” 
The Pteris piloselloides of Thunberg’s ‘ Flora Japonica,’ I omit 
here, because all the specimens in my herbarium (and they are not 
a few), from China and Japan, belong to a very different species, 
D. carnosum, Hook. (Nothochlena carnosa, Wall. Cat. n. 138), a 
native of Worth India, and most abundant in Japan; a plant ap- 
parently of more temperate latitudes. The “D. subcordatum, Fée,” 
of Eaton, in Herb. of the U. S. N. Pacif. Expl. Exp., is, I fear, 
only a var. of carnosum; but I am not sure whether it is the 
same as that of the original describer, as I have seen no au- 
thentic specimen; but I suspect it is, as Fée’s specimens are 
from China (Gaudichaud), and his description is not materially 
at variance. All the known species are from Eastern India. 
The resemblance of the smaller orbicular fronds of this or of 
some allied species to a Pepper (Piper or Peperomia), is sup- 
posed so far to have deceived Lamarck, that he has described it 
as a Pepper, Piper nummularium, Lam.! If the statement be 
correct, the genus inhabits Mauritius, though I do not find that 
locality recorded. 
Prats 46. Fertile plants of Drymoglossum piloselloides, Pr.—natural size. 
Fig. 1. Portion of a sterile frond, showing the venation. 2. Portion of a fertile 
frond. 3. Smaller portion of the same, showing the receptacle of the sorus. 
4. Capsule. 5. Stellated, pedicellate, paleaceous hair, mixed with the capsules 
in the sorus :—all more or less magnified. 
