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FERNS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



§ 1. Hymenostegia, J. Sm Gen. Fil. (1841). 



Indusium nearly complete calyciform or very small and 

 scale-like. 



* African species. 



1. A. Capensis, /. Sm. Gen. Fil. (1841). 

 Polypodium capense, Linn. Cyathea 

 Capensis, Sm. Hemitelia Capensis, 

 B. Br. Amphicosmia Capensis, 

 Moore. — South Africa. 



** Tropical America and West Indian 

 species. 



2. A. lsevis, /. Sm. Gen. Fil. Amphicosmia 

 lievis, Moore. Hemitelia Guianensia, 

 Hook. Ic. PL t. 648.— British Guiana. 



3. A. Hostmanni, J. Sm. Hemitelia Host- 

 manni, HooTc. Ic. PI. t. 646 ; Lowe's 

 Ferns, 8, t. 61. Amphicosmia Host- 

 manni, 3foore.— Guiana. 



4. A. Surinamensis, J. Sm. Hemitelia 

 Surinamensis, Miguel. — Guiana and 



Martinique. 



5. A. radens, Eaulf. ; Metten. Fil. Sort. Lips. — Brazil. 



d. A. Beyrichiana, /. Sm. Cyathea Beyrichiana, Presl; 



Hook. Ic. PI. t. 623. Amphicosmia Beyrichiana, 



Moore. — Brazil. 



§ 2. Tricostegia, J. Sm. Gen. Fil. (1841). 



Indusium ahsent. Scri famished with articulated hairs, 

 or naked. 



* Tropical American and West Indian species. 



7 A. aspera, B. Br. ; Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 213, 214, 215 ; 

 Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 21 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. t. 19 B. Poly- 

 podium asperum, Linn. (Plum. Fil. t. 3). — Tropical 

 America and West Indies. 



8. A. ferox, Presl; Hook. A. armata.lfarf. Ic. Orypt.Bras. t. 48 

 (non Presl). Polypodium aculeatum, Badd. Fil. Bras, 

 t 42.— Tropical America and West Indies. 



Genus 133. — 



P rtion rf ferti'e 



j.inna, uir'er side. 



No. 1. 



