28S FERNS : BRITISH AUD. FOEEIGN. 



Colysis Specimm, also the beautifdl OibotJAmi Mendedi, were 

 sent to the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, from the Sandwich Islands by 

 Dr. HiUebramd, in 1863. 



68. CYRTOMIITM. 



1*. C. Fortunei, /. Sm. Fronds 1-1 1 foot long, pinnate ; 

 pinnEe lanceolate, falcate, acuminate, 2—3 inches long, 

 1 inch wide, entire, the base oblique, the inferior 

 rounded, the superior truncate and subauriculate. 

 Costa ebenous, upper surface duU, unreflecting. Son 

 numerous. — Japan. 



Obs. — In Herbaria, specimens of this cannot readily be dis- 

 tinguished from 0. falcatvm,; but on seeing living plants stand- 

 ing side by side, the difference is evident ; G. Foitumei being a 

 smaUer-growing plant, tJmmer in texture, and not lucid ami 

 reflecting hght, as C. falcatvm,. 



70. ASPIDIUM. 



3*. A, polymorphum, Wall. ; Hooh. 8p. Fil. 4, p. 54 {emclud, 

 synj). — India, Ceylon. 



3**. A. Barter!, /. Sm. Vernation erect. Fronds pinnate, 

 1-2 feet high; pinns linear-lanceolate, 6-7 inches 

 long, I-I5 broad ; the lower pair sometimes binate, 

 or auriculated on the lower margin. Sori regularly 

 biserial between the primary veins. Indusiwm small, 

 fugaceous. Aspidium polymorphum. Wall, ac- 

 cording to SooTe. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 54. — ^West Africa, 

 Fernando Po. 



Obs. — ^This is quite distinct from the preceding species. 

 In A. Barteri the sori are perfectly serial, whereas in A. poly- 

 morphum the sori are scattered. 



74. POLYSTICHTTM. 



6*. P. lepidocaiilon, J. 8m. Aspidium lepidocaulon. Hook. 

 Sp. Fil, 4, t. 217. — Japan. 



