AN ENUMBEATION OP CULTIVATED TEENS. 



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5. M. dentatum, Presl. — Brazil. 



6. M. reticulatTim, 8w. ,- 8cKk. Fil. t. 5. 



latum, L. — Tropical America. 



Poljrpodium retica- 



64. GONIOPTEJRIS, Presl. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect or decumbent. Fronds pinnatifid 

 or pinnate, rarely simple, 1-4 feet Hgh. Frimavy veims costae- 

 form, pinnate ; venules opposite, the wLole or only the lower 

 pair, or more, angularly anastomosing, producing from their 



Genus 64. — Portion of mature frond. No. 8» 



junction an excurrent sterile veinlet, which is either free or 

 anastomoses in the angle next above it. Sjporangiferous 

 receptacles punotiform, medial (between the base and angular 

 junction of the venules). 8ori round, obliquely biserial. Spo- 

 ra/ngia pilose in some species. 



1. G. seolopendroides, Presl. Polypodium scolopendroides, 



• Sw.; (PVum. Fil. t. 91) ; Sooh. Fil. Eaot. 1. 18. Go- 

 niopteris subpinnata, Sort. — Jamaica. 



2. Gf. graeilis, Moore, w Om-d. Ohron. 1856 ; Lowe's Ferns, 1, 



t. 9 A. — Jamaica. 



3. G. reptans, Presl. Polypodium reptans, Sw. ; Sloame's 



Jam. 2, t. 30. Polypodium compositum. Link. — 

 Jamaica. 



