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or nawowed ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and boOi sides naked ; v^ns promi- 

 nent, the veinlets 15-20 on a side, with the sori in two close rows, or sometimes 

 cue row only. — Si;. ^. 5. p. 9. P. Kennedy!, JF. Muell. 



Hab. N. India to Ceylon, Malaccas, Chuaan, Aneiteum, and Qaeensland. — Y6: hia 

 three Bast-Indian species, Q. repamda, crenato-dentata, and Dalhousiana, whioli we lare 

 not seen. This resembles on the one hand Nephrodium glandulotum, and on the other 

 MenUcram, cugpidatwm, and is very doubtfully distinct from the latter. 



Go. P. (Goniopt.) nibrineme. Baker ; st. and rachises naked, mbro-stramineous ; 

 f7: 2-3 ft. 1., oblong-deltoid, simply pinnate ; pinnw ligulate-acuminate, crenate, 

 lower stalked, deltoid at the base, more cnt away on the lower side, 1 ft. or 

 more 1., 2 in. br., upper sessile, free ; texture papyraceous ; surfaces dark-green, 

 naked ; midribs reddish ; main teins distinct, 2-2| lin. apart ; veinlets 15-20- 

 jugate ; sori remote from main Veins. Phegopteris, Mett. Linn. SG.p. 116. 



Hab. Aneiteum and Viti, Macgillivray and Milne. — Scarcely more than a variety of 

 ur&pKylhim. 



66. P. (Goniopt.) erenatum, Swz. ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., erect, naked or pubescent; fr. 

 1-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br., with an oblong-lanceolate terminal pinna 6-8 in. 1., 

 1^2 in. br., the edge nearly entire or a little bluntly lobed, and 2-4 opposite 

 pairs of similar lateral ones ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; neins fine, the main 

 veins 1^2 Un. apart, and veinlets 6-9 on a side ; rachis and under side naked or 

 finely ^lIos& ; sori in rows near the main veins. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 2. 



Hab. Cuba and Mexico to Ecuador and Brazil. — O. Kivoird, Fde, Fil. Ant. t. 18, 

 appears to belong here. 



67. P. (Goniopt.) Gheisbreghtii, Linden ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., firm, erect, 

 densely villose ; fr. 12-18 in. L, with a terminal pinna 6-9 in. 1., 1^2 in. br., 

 the edge slightly lobed, and 3-6 similar ones on each side ; iariare papyraceous ; 

 rachises and under surface densely villose, the upper surface slightly so ; 

 veinlets about 12 on a side ; the sori in dense rows close to the main vein. — P. 

 erenatum, Hk. Fil. Ex. t. 84 {not Sw.). Goniopt. mollis, Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 24. 



Hab. Tabasco, S. Mexico, Linden, 1499. 



68. P. (Gomopt.) faucium, Liebm. ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., finn, erect, naked ; fr. 

 12-18 in. 1., 1 ft. or more br., with an oblong-lanceolate terminal ^'ranffi 6-8 in. 1., 

 ]^ in. br., pinnatifid about one-third of the way down, and several similar but 

 naiTower and less deeply lobed ones on each side ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and 

 under surface naked ; veins prominent, 9-12 on a side ; sori in rows close to the 

 main vein. 



Hab. Mexico. 



69. P. (Goniopt.) prolifcram, Presl ; rhizome stout, creeping; St. spreading, 

 naked, 2-8 in. 1. ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1. or more, 0-12 in. br., erect or decumbent, often 

 elongated and rooting at the point and branched copiously from the axils ; 

 pinnce 4-6 in. 1., -^-f in. br., broadest at the base, truncate or cordate, the edge 

 bluntly lobed more than 1 Un. deep, the point often blunt ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and under side naked or slightly pubescent ; veinlets fine, 6-10 on a side ;. 

 swi medial, oval, sometimes confluent. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 13. Ampelopteris, jEae. 



Hab. N. India to S. China, Philippines, New Caledonia, N. Australia, Angola, 

 Mauritius, Zambesi-land, and South Africa. 



70. P. (Goniopt.) tomentosum, Bory ; gt. erect, rather slender, densely villose ; 

 fr. about 1 ft. 1., 6-9 in. br. ; lowest pinnce the largest, distinctly stalked, 3-4 in. 

 1., f-f in. br.jthe edge nearly entire or with slight blunt lobes, the base truncate; 



