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whole uniform reticulated. Receptacles marginal, transversely 

 continued in the axis of a Knear marginal indusium, consti- 

 tuting a linear continuous or interrupted sorus. 



* Vematioi)i erect, caudex wndefined, generally cmspitose. 



1. Ii. denticulata, Fresl. Pteris denticiilata, Sw.; Sook. et- 



Or&v. Ic. Fil. t. 28 ; Lowe's Ferns, 4, t. 1. Pteris 

 Brasiliensis, B,add. Fil. Bras. t. 68 lis. — Brazil. 



2. Ii. leptopliylla, Fee. Pteris leptophylla, Sw.; Lowe's 



Ferns, 3, t. 47; Sooh. Gard. Ferns, t. 23. Pteris 

 spinulosa, Badd. Fil. Bras. t. 70. Cheilanthes spinu- 

 losa. Link, in Sort. Berol. — Brazil. 



3. L. macilenta, /. Sm. Pteris macilenta, A. B/ieh: Fl. Nov. 



Zeal. 1. 12. — ^New Zealand. 



** Yei-nation subsa/rmentose, epigasous, 



4. L. grandifolia, J. 8m. Pteris grandifolia, Linn. (T''vm. 



Fil. 1. 105) ; 8chh. Filt. 89 ; Eook. 8p. Fil. 1 113 B.— 

 Tropical America. 



*** Vernation contiguous, decumbent, hypogceous. 



5. Ii. polita, /. 8m. Pteris polita, Link. — Brazil. 



6. L. comans, Presl. Pteris comaus, Forst. ; 8ch.h. Fil. t. 92.— 



Polynesian Islands, 



7. L. macroptera, J. 8m, Pteris maoroptera, LimJc. — Brazil. 



8. L. Orizabse, /. 8m. Pteris Orizabss, Mart, et Gal. Fil. 



Mex. t. 13. P. apioalis, 8ieb. — Mexico. 



9. L. spinulifera, J. 8m. Pteris spinulifera, Schtim.. — 



Tropical "Western Africa. 



10. Ii. Eunzeana, /. 8m. Pteris Kunzeana, Agardh. ; Hook. 



Sp. Ml. 2, 1. 189 (eiueJ. syn. Plum.). — Jamaica. 



11. Ii. elata, Fee. Pteris elata, Aga/rd, — Tropical America. 



**** Vsrnation fasciculate, erect, coMdidform, 

 siiba/rhorescp,nt, 



12. L. tripartita, J. 8m. Pteris tripartita, 8w. ; Hooh. 8p. 



FiV. t. 138 B. ? Pteris linearis, Poi/r. ? Pteris inter- 

 media, Blwne. — Bast Indies, Java^ 

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