154 FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



9. L. recedens, J. Sm. Polypodium recedens, /. Sin. Fn'. 



Fil. Phil. Aspidium recedens, Lowe's Ferns, 7, 1. 1. — 

 Ceylon and Philippine Islands. 



10. L. elegans, Moore and Houlst. — Ceylon. 



11. L. pilosissima, /. Sm. Aspidium pilosissim a, G. Bon, in 



Herb. 1822 ; J. Sm. — Sierra Leone. 



12. Ii. stibquinquiflda, /. Sm. Aspidium subquinquifidum, 



Beauv. Fl. Owar. t. 19. Aspidium protensum, Sw. — 

 "West Tropical Africa. 



13. L. funesta, Moore. Aspidium funcstum, Kunze. — Tropical 



West Africa, Brazil. 



** Vernation fasciculate, caudex erect or subdecumbent. 



f Fronds lanceolate, bipinnatifid, rarely pinnatifid. Veins 

 generally simple, rarely forked. (Oreopteris:) 



14. L. decursive-pinnata, /. Sm. Polypodium decursive- 



pinnatum, Book. 2nd Cent. t. 49. Lastrea decurrens, 

 /. Sm. Cat. 1846 and 1857. — China, Japan. 



15. L. montana, Moore. Polypodium montanum, Vogler. 



Polystichum montanum, Both. Polypodium Oreo- 

 pteris, Ehrhart ; Fug. Bot. t. 1019. Aspidium Oreo- 

 pteris, Sio. ; Schk. Fil. i. 35, 36. Lastrea Oreopteris, 

 Presl ; Lindl. and Moore's Brit Ferns, t. 28 ; Sowerby's 

 Ferns, t. 8. Nephrodium Oreopteris, Hook. Brit. 

 Ferns, t. 14. — Var. Kowelliana, Moore; Lowe's New 

 Ferns, p. 99.— Europe. 



LG. L. patens, Presl ; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 45 A 1. Aspidium 

 patens, Sw. ; Badd. Fil. Bras. t. 40 ; Lowe's Ferns, 7, 

 t. 3, 4. — Tropical America. 



17. L. concinna, /. Sm. Polypodium concinnum, Willd. 



Phegopteris concinna, Fee. Polypodium molliculum, 

 Kunze. Phegopteris mollicula, /. Sm. Cat. Cult, 

 Ferns, 1857. — Tropical America. 



18. L. contermina, Presl. Aspidium conterminum, Willd. 



(Plum. Fil. t. 47). Aspidium polyphyllum, Kaulf 

 A. rivulorum, Link. — Tropical America, West Indies. 



19. L. immersa, /. Sm. Aspidium immersum, Blume ; Metten. 



Fil. Hort. Lips. t. 18, /. 1-3. Lastrea verrucosa, 

 J. Sm. Fn. Fil. Phil. Aspidium iinpressum, Kunze. — 

 Malayan Islands. 



