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1. OLEANDRA, Oav. 



RKzome surculose or erect, subfnitescent and ramose ; node 

 of articulation sessile, or more 

 or less elevated on the stipes. 

 Fronds simple, entire, linear- 

 . lanceolate, l^lf foot long, smooth 

 or pilose. Veins simple, or once 

 or twice forked ; venules free, 

 parallel, their apices curved out- 

 wards, forming a narrow car- 

 tilaginous margin. Recepiaeles 

 Genus i.-Portion of mature frond punotiform, medial, or basal on 

 —under side- No. 4. the anterior venules. Son round, 



transversely uniserial, or irregular. Indus'iwM reniform, or 

 rarely orbicular. 



1. O. nodosa, Presl; Eoole. Sp. FU. 4, p. 157. Lowe's Ferns, 7, 



t. 17. Aspidium nodosum, Willd. (Plwm. Fil. 1. 136) j 

 Hooh. Exot. Fil. 1. 117. Aspidium articulatum, Bclilc. 

 Fil. t. 27. — West Indies and Gruiana. 



2. O. articulata, Presl. Aspidium articulatum, 8w. (exd. 



Syii. Plum, et Schk.). — East Indies, Mauritius, and 

 NataL 



3. O. WaUichii, Presl. ; Hoolc. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 158. Aspidium 



Wallichii, Rooh. Exot. Fil. t. 5. Kwnze, Fil. t. 19. 

 Neuronia Asplenioides, D. Bon. — East Indies. 



4. O. neriiformis, Cam. ; Eooh. Fil. Exot. t. 58 ; Lowe's Ferns, 



7, t. 16. Aspidium neriiforme, 8w. ; Kunze, Fil, t, 

 18. Ophiopteris vertioillata, Beinw. — ^Var. hirtella, 

 Moore. Oleandra hirtella, Miq. ; K-imze, Fil. t. 129. 

 Oleandra pilosa. Hook, et Bcmer, Gen. Fil. t. 45 B. — 

 East Indies, Malayan Archipelago, and Tropical 

 America. 



Tmbe II.— DAVALLIE.aa. 



Bori round or oblong, terminal, marginal. Indusium lateral, 

 interior, plane, or its sides more or less adnate, forming a 

 vertical cyst, open exteriorly. 



