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maerosora, N. sphaerocephalus Hook. et Grcv. ic. 61. I. 94 est Plcopeltis angustata 

 Presl tent. ptcrid. 193. N. angustatus Spreng. syst. IV. 4 i cst Pleopeltis anguslata Prcsl 

 tent. pter. 103, N. longifolius Spreng., N. confluens (Polypodium confluens Brown) ob 

 soros solitarios ait discrctos , excludendi ; N. polycarpus Spreng. (PoL polycarpum 

 Cav. Swarlz) cst Microsorium irioides. 



1. N. cminosus Blumc enum. 105. Blume fil. fl. jav. 51. t. 19. — Maretla mala 

 maravara Hhecd. hort. mal. XII. 57. t. 29. 



Habitat frequentissimc in arboribus Javae et Moluccarum (Blume) , in Malaharia 

 (Ilheede), in insulis Marianis (Nee), in China (Fortune n. 1 G9), ad Canton (Meyen). 



Frondes squamis stellatis utrinque adspersac demum supra calvae, suhtus punctis 

 elcvatis creherrimis instructae; sleriles slipiti uni-bilincali insidcntes, infcriores lanceolatae 

 utrinque acutae, superiores obovatac; fertiles stipiti semipollicari insidcntes, lineares, obtusae. 

 Costa subtus elevata, supra immersa. Sori minuti, bi-triseriales, contigui, pilis apicc stellatis 

 involucri adinstar circumdati. — In spcciminc ex insulis Marianis frondes stcriles plurcs subtus 

 tubercula ohtusa nigra inordinatim dispersa gerunt, quorum originem explieare non audeo. 



2. N. adnascens Kaulf. enum. 1 24. Spreng. syst. IV. 44, Blume enum. add. et emend. 

 Blumc fil. fl. jav. 50. Prcsl tcnt. pterid. 201. — Polypodium adnascens Swartz syn. 25 ct 222. 

 t. 2. f. 2. Willd. spec. V. 145 (exelus. omnibus synon. praeter Swartz). — Cyclophorus adnas- 

 cens Dcsv. in berl. mag. V. 300. Desv. jour. bot. I. 20. Desv. in ann. soc. lin. par. VI. 22i. — 

 Polypodium pcrtusum Wall. herb. partim. — N. spatulatus Bory in Belang. voy. ind. 24? 



Ilabitat in Tranquebaria Indiae orientalis (Ilottler, Klein), in Delta gangetica (Wallich 

 cat. n. 2GT partim), in Java (Blume, Belangcr). 



Frondes supra glabrac, subtus squamis peltatis orbiculatis ciliatis minutis crcbris 

 adspersae; stcriles stipiti lineam longo insidentes elliptico-lanceolatae obtusae basi acutae 

 carnosae cxsiccatione rigidae, juvenes quoque supra squamulis pellatis punctiformibus ad- 

 spcrsae; fertiles stipite trilineali instructae lineares angustae obtusac basi longc angustatae. 

 Costa subtus elevata. Sori minuti, contigui, tri-quadriseriales, tomento denso pilorum apice 

 stellatorum circumdati, primo apparcnter annulares, adulti globosi. 



3. N. elongatus Blume enum. 105. Blume fil. fl. jav. 52. t. 20. Presl tent. pterid. 

 201. — N. varius .1. Sm. in Hook. jour. bot. III. 39G (partim). 



Habitat in arboribus insularum Javae et Nusae Kamhangae (Blume), Javae (Zollinger 

 n. 1225), insulae Luzon (Cuming pl. philip. n. 17). 



Frondes stcrilcs stipiti tri-quadrilineali squamis stellatis peltatis vestito insidentes, 

 ohlongo-lanceolatae, obtusae, basi angustato-acutissimae, utrinquc squamis stellato-radiatis 

 minutis adspcrsae, supra demum calvescenles; fertiles stipiti semi-unipollicari insidentes, 

 linearcs ohtusac , ad exordium fructuum sacpe contractae et indc appendiccm elongatam 

 linearem soriferam gerentes. Costa subtus elevata. Sori minuti, contigui, triseriales, tomento 

 densissimo involucrati, globosi. — Spccimina Cumingiana iconi Blumeanae bcne respondcnt. 



4. N. lingulatus Kaulf. enum. 125. Spreng. syst. IV. 44. 

 Habitat in Nova Britania (Commerson). 



