CATALOGUE OE EEENS. 
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Polypodium exaltatum, Linn. ; Plum. Fil. t. 63. Aspi- 
dium exaltatum, Sw. ; SchJc. Fil. t. 32 B ; Fadd. Bras. 
Fil. t. 46. — Tropical America. 
5. M. ensifolia, Presl. Aspidium ensifolium, Sw. ; SchJc. Fil. 
t. 32. Neplirolepis platyotis, Kunze. — Tropical America 
and Java. 
6. M. hirsutula, Presl. Aspidium liirsutulum, Sid.; SchJc. Fil. 
t. 33. Lepidoneuron hirsutulum, Fee. — East Indies. 
7. N. davallioides, J. Sm. Aspidium davallioides, Sw.; HooJc. 
Ic. Plant, t. 395-6. — Malayan Archipelago. 
89. OLEANDRA, Cav. 
(Aspidii sp., Auct. Neuroma, L>. Bon . Qphiopteris, Reinw.) 
Vernation articulate ; rhizome surculose, or erect, frutescent, 
and ramose ; node of articulation sessile, or more or less elevated 
on the stipes. Fronds simple entire, linear-lanceolate, 1-1^ feet 
long, smooth or pilose. Veins simple or once or twice forked ; 
venules free, parallel, their apices curved outwards, forming a 
narrow, cartilaginous margin, the exterior venule sporangiferous, 
Sori round, medial or costal, transversely uniserial or irregular. 
Indusium reniform, lunulate, or rarely suborbicular. 
1. O. nodosa, Presl. Aspidium nodosum, Willd. Aspidium 
artieulatum, SchJc. Fil. t. 27. — Tropical America. 
2. O. neriiformis, Cav. ; Kunze , Fil. t. 18. Aspidium nerii- 
formis, Sw. Opliiopteris verticillata, Reinw. Oleandra 
hirtella, Miq . ; Kunze , Fil. 1 . 129. — East Indies, Malayan 
Archipelago, and Tropical America. 
Tkibe YI. BICKSOmEJE. 
Sporangiferous receptacles terminal, marginal, punctiform, or 
by combination linear-elongated. Indusium lateral, interiorly 
attached, its exterior margin free, generally conniving with the 
opposite portion of the margin (which is changed in texture), 
