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FEENS : BEITISH AND FOEEIGN. 



2. A. Owariensis, /. Sin. Polypodium Owariense, Besv.; 



Iiowe'i Ferns, 2, t. 62. Gonioplilebium Owariense, 

 Lodd. — Sierra Leone. 



3. A. lyeopodioides, /. Sm. Polypodium lycopodioides, 



Linn. ; Phim. Fil. t. 119. Pleopeltis lyeopodioides, 

 Fresl. — "West Indies. 



4. A. nitida, J. 8m. En. Fil. Sort. Kew. (1846). Pleopeltis 



nitida, Moore. — Honduras. 



5. A. stigmatica, J. Sm. Polypodium stigmaticum, Fresl. ' 



Bel. Scenle. t. 3,/. 2. Pleopeltis stigmatica., Fresl. 

 Phlebodium venosnm, Mooi'e et FCoulst. Asapeltis 

 venosa, /. Sm. Cat. Cult. Ferns (1857). Poly- 

 podium venosum, Lowe's Ferns, 1, t. 35. — Tropical 

 America. 



6. A. sg,uamillosa, /. Sm. Polypodium squamulosum, Kaidf. ; 



Lowe's Ferns, 1, t. 60; 2, *. 29 B. Pleopeltis 

 squamulosa, Fresl. Polypodium myrtifolium^ Lodd. 

 — Brazil. 



7. A, geminata, J. Sm. Polypodium geminatum, Selirad.; 



Metten. Polypodium iteophyllum,-ii»il;. — Brazil. 



12. PLEOPELTIS, Sumb. ; J. Sm. 



Bhizome surculose, elongating. 

 Fronds simple, sinuose, or pinnatifid, 

 4-12 inches high, opaque, squami- 

 ferous. Veins arcuately anastomos- 

 ing. Sporangia produced on the con- 

 fluent apices of two or more excurrent 

 veiulets, terminating in the medial 

 areoles. Sori punctiform, oblong, or 

 (by confluence) linear, transversely 

 uniserial, furnished with indusiform 



Genus 1 2.— Portion of mature peltate SCaleS. 

 frond, under side. Ko, i. 



1. P. percussa, Hooh. et Gh-ev. Ic. Fil. t. 67. Polypodium per- 

 onssum, Cav.; Lang, et Fiseh.Ic. Fil. t. 6. Poly- 



