140 FERNS : BE1TISI1 AND FOREIGN. i 



7. N. refractum, J. Sm. Polypoclium refwotiim, Fisch. et 



Mey. ; Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 48. G-oniopteris refracts, 

 J. Sm. Cat. Cult. Ferns, 1857.— Brazil. 



8. H". truneatum, J. Sm. Aspidium truncatum, Gaud, in 



Freycinet's Voy. 1. 10; Lowe's Ferns, 6, t. 12. — Sand- 

 wich Islands. 



9. N". abortivum, /. Sm. Aspidium abortivum, Blume. 



Aspidium decurtatum, Kunze. — Java. 



10. K". venustum, J. Sm. Aspidium venustum, B. Sew. in 



Mag. Is at. Mist. 1838, p. 464. — Jamaica. 



11. B". molle, B. Br. ; Schott, Gen. FLl. t. 14 ; Hoolt. Gen. Fil. 



t. 48 B. Aspidium molle, Sw. ; Schh. Fil. t. 34 B. 

 A. violascens, Link. Var. corymbiferum, Moore, in 

 Gard. Citron. 1856 ; Lowe's Ferns, 7, 1. 13. — Tropics, 

 very general. T. 



12. IT. patens, /. Sm.— Demerara. 



66. MESOCHL^UiTA, B. Br. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds 2-4 feet high, bipinna- 

 tifid. Veins costeform, pinnate ; the lower pair of venules 

 anastomosing, the others free, parallel. Becejptacles medial, 



Genus C6. — Portions of barren and fertile frocd, natural size; ditto enlarged. No. 1 . 



elongated. Son oblong-linear. Indusium hippocrepiformj 

 attached longitudinally on the centre of the receptacle, having 

 sporangia in its axis on each side, its margin free. 



