CATALOGUE OE EEBNS. 
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squamiferous. Veins arcuately anastomosing. Sporangia pro- 
duced on the confluent apices of two or more excurrent veinlets, 
terminating in the medial areoles. Sori punctiform, oblong, or 
(by confluence) linear, tranversely uniserial, furnished with indu- 
siform peltate scales. 
1. P. pereussa, Fresl; HooJc. et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 67. Poly- 
podium cuspidatum, Fresl , Reliq. Scenic, t. l.f. 3. Poly- 
podium avenium, JDesv. — Tropical America. 
2. P. stigmaticmm, Fresl. Polypodium stigmaticum, Fresl , 
Reliq. Scenic, t. 3./. 2. Polypodium Heenkeanum, Spr. 
— Tropical America. 
3. P. lanceolata, Fresl. Polypodium lanceolatum, Linn.; 
Plum. Fil. t. 137. Polypodium macrocarpum, Willd. 
Pleopeltis macrocarpa, Kaulf. Pleopeltis lepidota, Fresl. 
Pleopeltis Helense, Fresl. — Tropical America, St. Helena, 
South Africa, and Bourbon. 
4. P. elongata, J. Sm. Girammitis elongata, Sw. Synammia 
elongata, Fresl. Grammitis lanceolata, Schlc. Fil. t. 7. — 
Tropical America. 
7. A1AFELTIS, J. Sm. 
(Phlebodium § Anapeltis, J. Sm. Fn. Fil. Sort. Few. (1846). 
Pleopeltidis sp., Fresl. Polypodii sp., Auct. Craspedarise 
sp., Linlc.) 
Fronds simple, 1-6 inches long, the fertile usually contracted 
and linear, smooth, generally opaque. Veins arcuately or an- 
gularly anastomosing. Sporangia produced on the confluent 
apices of two or more excurrent veinlets terminating in the 
medial areoles. Sori punctiform or ovate, transversely uniserial, 
naked. 
1. A. vacciniifolia, J. Sm. Polypodium vacciniifolium, Lang. 
et Fisch. Ic. Fil. t. 7 ; Radd. Fil. Bras. t. 23. f. 2. Poly- 
podium buxifolium, Sort . — Brazil. 
2. A. serpens, J. Sm. Polypodium serpens, Sw. ; Plum. Fil. 
t. 121. Pleopeltis serpens, Fresl. — West Indies. 
