997 (continued) — 115 — : . ^ 
The secondary segments are constantly broaden hfenrless numerous then 
those of No. 098, sore not so near the margin, v.eind about 7-jugal(9-ju- 
gal in No. 098) end there is a scale or gland at the base of each seg- 
ment. 12 specimens,. 
/ 
998 Fhegonteris rudis (Kze) Fer. 
Specimen from Alto de Cielo, 5000 ft, damp forest on the edge of a 
cleaning, Dec, 15. The species occurs in ravines near the same place, ih 
/This fern has a wide range, from 5500 to about 8000 ft,., but it is locti( 
and generally rare; plants growing in ravines have the sori nearer to the 
margin, amdthe/ lower segments abruptly decrescent,. No,. 2452 is the same, 
998 specimen from damp forest near the top of the Borqueta Mountain, abort 
3000 ft. Dec,. .28, 
998 Mountain forest, generally on steep slopes, 5000-5000 ft. Specimen vm 
collected above Onera, 5500 ft. Aug. 17. (Foot separate) Found on 
river shore Minca, 2200 ft. 
999.. FhegQPterls dec us seta, (L.,) F/r. 
.Boggy and somewhat open land, (an open place in the forest) Sierra del 
Libe.no, <3000 ft, March 6... I found only one or two poor leaves. These nfss? 
were 5 ft, long, nodding or flexuose, and the lower segments epear to 
b^ somewhat decrescent, but were; too much bro/en to show the structure 
well, 3 specimens, poor. 
999 Specimen^ from the Borqueta Mountain, 7500-8000 ft. on open ridge; 
moderately common in this locality. The leaf - is 5 or 6 ft long and more 
or less flexuose, the lower segments somewhat shorter. 
£999- 
1000 (vex, of 1005)? 
Shady glen above oner a, 4000 ft. (Aug, 20. I have only three specimens wh 
which are similar in size and the small segments broad end somewhat 
oblique at bene. None of my specimens of No,. 1005 show a passage into tte 
this,. 
No specimens except for N.Y. and Underwood. Differs from No,, 1006 h 
being more hairy and having no gland alt base of segments, 
1001 
Ferns, Common in damp forest below 4000 ft. principally near streams. 
Above 1500 ft. it occurs frequently in pfopen planes,. Specimen is from 
the Ague Dulce Road, 600 ft., Dec., Leaf commonly 1-2 ft, high, sometimes 
5 ft. 50 specimens, 
1002 
Fern, Bare, Observed only in a swamp^y valley by a stream, in heavy forest- 
Sierra, del Libeho, 5500 ft. Collected in March. 9 specimens,. 
1005 
Fern. Damp, generally shady places, sides of ravines etc, 1500-4000 ft.; 
local end moderately common. The leaf is often 4 ft. or more high. 
Specimen was collected 6 miles east of Mas Inga* 2500 ft, March 28, 
The segments are more distant than those of No., 2455, decrescent bofe 
low and not so abruptly decrescent below the apex of the leaf. 55 specif . 
1004 0o' 
Fern, Common locally in thickets on damp mountain sides or in open ravineq 
1500-5500 ft. Specimen is from Minca 2000 ft. May, 
Often associated with No, 2209, but is at once distinguished by its 
slender form, veins about 8-jugal(12pl5 Jugal in 2209) and the absence of 
a gland at 1%.e base of the segments. It is sometimes 4 ft, long, and mor 
or less tortous , supported by shrubbery,. The rachis is generally hairy, 
sometimes glabrous beneath,. 50 specimens. 
