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tenuius coriaccac quam in specie praecedente et inde vcnas venulasque quamquam valde 

 obscure et indistincte praeseferentes, supra glabrae, subtus pilis scu squamis stcllatis plus 

 minus adspersae dcmum quoque calvcscentes ; stcriles oblongo-lanceolatae obtusac basi 

 acutae duos-semiquartum pollicem longae stipiti sex-novcmlincali insidentes, fertiles quinque- 

 sexpollicares stipiti sesquipollicari insidcntes in parte inferiorc sterili lanccolatae in parte 

 superiorc fertili linearcs angustae obtusae. Costa subtus semiteres. Sori tri-quadriseriales, 

 minuti, globosi, dcnsissimi, tomento pilorum apice peltato-stcllatorum involucrati. 



8. N, spissus Kaulf. enum. 120. Spreng. syst. IV. i L Presl tent. pterid. 202. — 

 Polypodium spissum Bory in Willd. spcc. V. Ii6. — Cyclophorus spissus Desv. in berl. 

 raag. V. 301. Desv. jour. bot. I. 20. Dcsv. in ann. soc. lin. par. VI. 224. — Candollea spissa 

 Mirb. in BufT. bist. nat. ed. Dcterv. V. 87. 



Habitat in insula Bourbon (Bory). 



Bhizoma filiforme, tenue, palcis peltatis imbricatis adpressis lincari-lanccolatis acutis 

 serrulatis basi fusco-nigrieantilms apicem versus pallidc fuscis vcstitum. Frondcs crasse 

 coriaccae, supra glabrac , subtus squamis peltatis fuscis stellato-albo-multiradiatis adprcssis 

 dcnsissimis obtectac : stcrilis bipollicaris oblongo-lanceolata obtusa, fertilis stipiti semipollicari 

 squamis stellatis ccntro fuscis adsperso insidens, bi-tripollicaris, trcs lineas lala, lineari- 

 lanceolata, obtusa, basi longe angustata, in supcriore minori dimidio fructifera. Costa snpra 

 infernc canaliculata superne plana, subtus prominens convexa apicem versus immersa. Sori 

 minuti, globosi, contigui, sacpissime tres in una serie, juvcnes pilis seu squamis stcllatis 

 supra descriptis obtecti , adulti bis pilis involucrati. Sporangia parva, pilis apice peltato- 

 stellatis mixta. — Affinis N. caudato, sed notis indicatis diversus. 



9. N. Kui-iSTKis Sprcng. syst. IV. 44. Link. bort. berol. II. 1(1. Ilook. et Grev. ic. 

 fil. t. 93. Presl tent. pterid. 201. Cunningh in Hook. comp. bot. mag.II. 363. — Polvpodium 

 rupestre Brown. prod. liG.Desv. in ann. soc. lin. par. VI. 225. — Craspcdaria rupestris 

 Link fil. hort. berol. 118. — N. scrpens Endl. prod. fl. norf. 8 (excl. omnib. syn. praetcr 

 Brown, Spreng. et Hook. et Grcv. ic. fll, t. 93). 



Habitat in nova Hollandia ad Port Jackson (Brown, Bauer, Cunningham, Iliigel, Sieber 

 synops. fil. n. 95), in Novae Zeelandiae insula boreali in sylvis umbrosis ad Bay of Islands 

 (B. Cunningham, Stcphenson, Hiigel), in insula Norfolk (Ferdinand Bauer). 



Bhizoma filiforme, paleis ovato-lanccolatis acutissimis integris pallide fuscis leneris 

 ad basim peltatam intcnsc fuscis apice patentibus vestitum. Frondcs utrinque squamis 

 stellatis albis dcnsis incanac, dcmum supra calvescentes: sterilcs stipiti uni-duodccimlineali 

 insidentes semi-sesquipollicares, spatulato-obovatae obtuse obsolele angulatae basi angustatae 

 acutae -acutissimae venis internis tenuibus pinnatis parallelis lineam distantibus, venulis trans- 

 vcrsis convexo-arcuatis, secundariis ex angulis uno-duobus cmergcntibus simplicibus rectis 

 liberis apice obtusis ; fertiles stipiti semi-scsquipollicari subfiliformi insidcntes semi-semitertium 

 pollicem longae angustae lineari-lanceolatae obtusae. Costa in fronde stcrili ad medium 

 frondis cvanescens, basim versus supra laevitcr canaliculata subtus vix distinguenda , in 

 fror.de fertili subtus prominula sub apice evanescens. Sori in diametro lineam longi majoresque 



