90 FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



17. NEVEODIUM, Fee. 



Rhizome short, caespitose. Fronds simple, entire, 6-12 

 inches long, lanceolate, thick and fleshy, the fertile portion 

 somewhat contracted. Veins ohscure; venules compound!/ 

 anastomosing. Receptacles elongated, compital. Son linea: - , 



Genus 17.— Portions of fertile frond, natural size. No. 1. 



continuous, transverse marginal, on the upper portion of the 

 fronds destitute of scales. 



1. N. lanceolatum, Fee, Gen. Fil. t. 8 c. Lowe's Ferns, 2, 

 t 6i A. Pteris lanceolata, Linn. (Plum. Fil. 1. 132). 

 Tsenitis lanceolata, U. Br. Drymoglossum lanceola- 

 tum, /. 8m. (olim). Pteropsis lanceolata, Desv.; 

 IIoolc. Fil. Bxot. t. 45.— West Indies. 



