tenuius coriaceae quam in specie praecedente et inde venas venulasque quamquam valde 

 obscure et indistincte praeseferentes, supra glabrae, subtus pilis seu squaniis stellatis plus 

 minus adspersae demum quoque calvescentes ; steriles oblongo-lanceol.itae obtusae basi 

 acutae duos-semiquarlum pollicem longae stipiti sex-novemlineali insidentes, fertiles quinque- 

 sexpoUicares stipiti sesquipollicari insidentes in parte inferiore sterili lanceolatae in parte 

 superiore ferlili lineares angustae obtusae. Costa subtus semitcres. Sori tri-quadriseriales, 

 minuti, globosi, densissimi, tomento pilorum apice peltato-steliatorum involucrati. 



8. N. spissus Kaulf. enum. 12(). Spreng. syst. IV. i\. Presl tent. pterid. 202. — 

 Polypodium spissum Bory in Willd. spec. V. 146. — Cyclophorus spissus Desv. in berl. 

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

 Miib. in Uuff. hist. nat. ed. Deterv. V. 87. 

 Habitat in insula Bourbon (Bory). 



Rhizoma filiforme, tenue, paleis pellatis imbricatis adpressis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

 serrulatis basi fusco-nigricantibus apicem versus pallide fuscis vestitum. Frondes crasse 

 coriaceae, supra glabrae , subtus squamis peltatis fuscis steilato-albo-multiradiatis adpressis 

 densissimis obtectae: sterilis bipollicaris oblongo-lanceolata obtusa, fertilis stipiti semipollicari 

 squamis stellatis centro fuscis adspcrso insidens, bi-tripollicaris, tres lineas lata, lineari- 

 lanceolata, obtusa, basi longe angustata, in superiore minori dimidio fructifera. Costa supra 

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

 minuti, globosi, contigui, saepissime tres in una serie, juvenes pilis seu squamis stellatis 

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

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



9. N. KTJPESTRis Spreng. syst. IV. 44. Link. hort. berol. II. 111. Hook. et Grev. ic. 

 Gl. t. 93. Presl tent» pterid. 201. Cunningh in Hook. comp. bot. mag.ll. 363. — Polypodium 

 rupestre Brown. prod. 146. Desv. in ann. soc. lin. par. VI. 225. — Craspedaria rupestris 

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

 Brown, Spreng. et Hook. ct Grev. ic. fil. t. 93). 



Habilat in nova Hollandia ad Port Jackson (Brown, Bauer, Cunningham, Hiigel, Sieber 

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

 (R. Cunningham, Stephenson, Hiigel), in insula Norfolk (Ferdinand Bauer). 



Rhizoma filiforme, paleis ovato-lanceolatis acutissimis integris p;illide fuscis teneris 

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

 stellatis albis densis incanae, demum supra calvescentes: steriles stipiti uni-duodecimlineali 

 insidentes semi-sesquipollicares, spatulato-obovalae obtuse obsolete angulatae basi angustatae 

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

 versis convexo-arcuatis, secundariis ex angulis uno-duobus emergentibus simplicibus rectis 

 liberis apice obtusis ; fertiles stipili semi-sesqiiipollicari subfihformi insidenles semi-semitertium 

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

 frondis evancscens, basim versus snpra laeviter canaliculata subtus vix distinguenda , in 

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



