8/i G. METTENIL'S. 



102. A . decurrens 9 Hk. sp. î, 51. 

 Balade (1611). 



GLEICHENIA. 



103. G. dicarpa, R. Br. prod. 161. — Balade (1674). 



104. G.flabellala, R. Br. prod. 161. — Balade (1674). 



G. sp.? spécimen nimis mancum, forte. G. flagellaris Hk. sp. I, 

 10. — «Ppiïa» (1672). 



105. G.dichotoma, Hk. Sp. I, 12. -- (1671). 



STROMATOPTERIS. Nov. gen. 



Receptaculum sori nervum furcatum e furcatura oceupans ejus- 

 que erura exeipiens, pulviniforme vel disciforme rohmdatum vel 

 bippocrepicum, peripheria foveoiatum vel alveolatum, paraphysibus 

 paîeaceo-pilosis dense obtecmm, oligocarpum, sporangiis delapsis 

 persistens, induraium, denudatum; sporangia 3-6 dorso vel péri- 

 phérie receptaculi, plerumque annulatimimposifa, sessilia, foveolis 

 basi impressa, paraphysibusque paleaceo-pilosis circumdata, an- 

 nule- completo transverso lato, rima îongitudinali extrorsa dehis- 

 centia. Folia rhizomati continua definita pinnaiipartita, latinise 

 nervis paucis liberis anadromis, infimo vel inferioribus furcatis, 

 cruribus rami interni infimi monosorse. 



Ex annulo sporangiorum completo transverso, debiscentiaque 

 Iongitudinali, novum genus Gleicheniacearum, receptaculo pulvi- 

 niformi supra ramos binos nervi antici infîmi exstrueti, insigne, 

 hoc ut paraphysibus paleaceo-pilosis potius Marattiaceis compa- 

 randum. 



106. St. moniliformis . — Kanala (1571). 



Rhizoma elongatum setis ferrugineis nitidis vestitum, mox de- 

 nudatum, fasciculo vasorum centrali, cortice crasso fusco-subni- 

 tido, spurie dichotomum, radicibus destitutum; folia disticha 

 coriacea dura, supra nitida, infra pallide viridia; petiolus 4-7" 

 longus, fuscus nitidus, supra late sulcatus, deorsum teres, basi 



