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17. NEVRODIUM, Fee. 
Rhizome short, caespitose. Fronds simple, entire, 6-12 
inches long, lanceolate, thick and fleshy, the fertile portion 
somewhat contracted. Veins obscure; venules compoundly 
anastomosing. Receptacles elongated, compital. Sori linear, 
Genus 1“.— Portions of fertile frond, natural size. No. 1. 
continuous, transverse marginal, on the upper portion of the 
fronds destitute of scales. 
1. N. lanceolatum, Fee, Gen. Fit. t. 8 c. Lowe’s Ferns, 2, 
t. 64 A. Pteris lanceolata, Linn. (Plum. Fil. 1. 132). 
Tmnitis lanceolata, R. Rr. Drymoglossum lanceola- 
tum, J. Stn. ( olim ). Pteropsis lanceolata, Lesv.; 
IIoolc. Fil. Exot. t. 45. — West Indies. 
