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CATALOGUE OF FERNS. 
15. G, verrucosum, J. Sm. Poly podium verrucosum, Wall. ; 
HooJc. Gen. Fil. t. 10 B. — Malacca. 
4. PHLEBODIUM, B. Br. ; J. Sm. 
(Chrysopteris, Link. Polypodii sp., Auct.) 
Fronds large, pinnatifid or sub-pinnate, membranaceous. Veins 
arcuately or angularly anastomosing, with 2-3 excurrent venules 
terminating in the areoles, and bearing the sporangia on their 
combined apices. Sori round, transversely 1-6 -serial, naked. 
1. P. aureum, B. Br. Polypodium aureum, Linn. ; Blum. Fil. 
t. 76 ; ScJik. Fil. t. 12. — Tropical America. 
2. P. sporodocarpum, J. Sm. Polypodium sporodocarpum, 
Willd. P. glaucum, Fort. — Mexico. 
3. P. areolatum, J. Sm. Polypodium areolatum, Willd . — 
"Venezuela. 
4. P. pulvinatum, J. Sm. Polypodium pulvinatum, Link . — 
Brazil. 
5. P. dictyocallis, J. Sm. Chrysopteris dictyocallis, Fee. 
Phlebodium multiseriale, T. Moore > Gard. Chron. 1855. 
— Tropical America. 
5. IaOPODIjEFIS, J. Sm. 
(Groniophlebium § Lopholepis, J. Sm. Gen. Fil. Marginarise sp., 
Bresl. Craspedarise sp., Link ; Fee.) 
Fronds simple, entire, 1-4 inches high, the fertile contracted, 
linear. Veins anastomosing, with a free venule terminating in 
the costal areoles, bearing the sporangia on its apex. Sori round, 
each furnished with a dense tuft of elongated scales. 
1. la, piloselloides, J. Sm. ; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 51. Polypo- 
dium piloselloides, Linn.; Plum. Fil. 1. 118. — West Indies. 
6. FLEOPELTIS, Humb.; J. Sm. 
(Phlebodium § Pleopeltis, J. Sm. Gen. Fil. Pleopeltidis sp., 
Bresl. Drynarise sp., Fee. Polypodii sp., Auct.) 
Fronds simple, sinuose, or pinnatifid, 4-12 inches high, opaque, 
