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

 obscure et indistincte praeseferentes, supra glabrae, sublus pilis seu squamis steflatis plus 

 minus adspersae demum quoque calvescentes ; steriles oblongo-lanceobtae obtusae basi 

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

 sexpollieares stipiti sesquipollicari insidentes in parte inferiore sterili lanceolatae in parte 

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

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



8. N. sptssüs Kaulf. enum, I2ß. Spreng, svst. IV. 44. Presl tent. pterid. 202. — 

 Polypodium spissum Bory in Willd. spec. V. H 6. — Cyclophorus spissus Desv. in berl. 

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

 Wirb, in BuiT. bist. nat. ed. Deterv. V. 87. 

 Habitat in insula Bourbon (Bory). 



Bbizoma filiforme, tenue, paleis peltatis imbricatis adpressis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 

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

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

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

 squamis stellatis centro fuscis adsperso insidens, bi-tripollicaris, très lineas lata, lineari- 

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

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

 minuti, globosi, contigui, saepissime très in una série, juvenes pilis seu squamis stellatis 

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

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



9. N. kupestris Spreng, syst. IV. 44. Link. bort, berol. II. III. Hook, et Grev. ic. 

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

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

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

 Broun, Spreng, et Hook- et Grev. ic. fil. t. 93). 



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

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

 (B. Cunningham, Stephenson, Hügel), in insula Norfolk (Ferdinand Bauer). 



Bhizoma filiforme, paleis ovato-lanceolatis acutissimis integris pallide fuscis teneris 

 ad basim peltatam intense fuscis apice patentibus veslitum. Frondes utrinque squamis 

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

 insidentes semi-sesquipollicares, spatulato-obovatae 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 simplieibus rectis 

 liberis apice oblusis ; fertiles stipiti semi-sesquipollicari subfiliformi insidentes semi-semitertium 

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

 frondis evanesecns, basim versus supra laeviter canaliculata subtus vix distinguenda , in 

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



