90 FEENS : BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



17. HEVHODIXJM, Fee. 



Bliizome short, csBspitose. Fronds simple, entire, 6-12 

 iuohes long, lanceolate, thick and fleshy, the fertile portion 

 somewhat contracted. Veins obscure; venules compound]/ 

 anastomosing. Beceptacles elongated, compital. So7-i linear. 



Genns 17.— Portions of fertile frond, natural size. No. 1. 



continuous, transverse marginal, on the upper portion of the 

 fronds destitute of scales. 



1. W. laneeolatum, Fee, Gen. Fil. t. 8 c. Lowe's Ferm, 2, 

 t. 64 A. Pteris lanceolata, Linn. (Plum. Fil. 1. 132). 

 Taanitis lanceolata, B. Br. Drymoglossum laneeola- 

 tum, /. Sm. (olim). Pteropsis lanceolata, Besv.; 

 Hooh. Fil. Exot. t. 45.— West Indies. 



