AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FERNS. 
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5. M. dentatum, Presl. — Brazil. 
6. M. retieulatum, Sw. ; Schk. Fil. t. 5. Polypodium reticu- 
latum, L . — Tropical America. 
64. GONIOPTERIS, Presl. 
Vernation fasciculate, erect or decumbent. Fronds pinnatifid 
or pinnate, rarely simple, 1-4 feet high. Primary veins costaa- 
form, pinnate ; venules opposite, the whole or only the lower 
pair, or more, angularly anastomosing, producing from their 
f’enus 64.— Portion of mature frond. No. 8. 
junction an excurrent sterile veinlet, which is either free or 
anastomoses in the angle next above it. Sporangiferons 
receptacles punctiform, medial (between the base and angular 
junction of the venules). Sori round, obliquely biserial. Spo- 
rangia pilose in some species. 
1. G. scolopendroides, Presl. Polypodium scolopendroides, 
Sw. ; {Plum. Fil. t. 91 ) ; Kook. Fil. E»ot. 1. 18. Go- 
niopteris subpinnata, llort. — Jamaica. 
2. G. gracilis, Moore, in Gard. Chron. 1856 ; Loive's Ferns, 1, 
t. 9 A. — Jamaica. 
3. G. reptans, Presl. Polypodium reptans, Sw. ; Sloane's 
Jam. 2, t. 30. Polypodium compositum. Link . — 
Jamaica. 
