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superiore brevissime auricalata, inferiora deerescentia, infma 
hine inde vix 3 longa; nervi translucentes, indivisi, obliqui, 
primi metatopie in latere externo eub apice incrassato sori- 
feri; sori minnti, ferruginei, distantes, medii inter costam et 
marginem ve] margini paullnlum approximati, utringue 6-12, 
terminales vel in ramulo antico valde abhreviato inserta; spo- 
rangia setis binis instructa; paraphyses paucissimae, ramosae, 
Polypodium lanigerum Eat. fil. Fendl. p. 198. Hook. 
spec. IV. p. 189. partim. Hook. Bak, syn, p. 335. 
Venezuela, Tovar (Fendler 212.) 
Ex speciminibus Fendlerianis tantnm mihi notum, medium 
inter P. laxifrons et P. cultratum, petiolo breviore ei seg- 
mentis distinetis et soris margini magis approximalis a priore; 
soris nisi fallor sub apice nervorum, ergo in ramulo antico in- 
sertis, a posteriore recedens. Folia quae aute oculos habeo 
apice mutila dubia de evolutione folii relingnunt, 
Polypodium variabile Meit. 
Rhizoma deest; folia membranacea, Haccıda, indefinita, 
ubique setis partim fascieulatis mollibus rafescentibus, patenti- 
hirsuta; petiolus cum rhachi flexaosus, teres, lamina 2” —1’ 
longa, late oblonga, irregulariter bi -rarius tripinnatisecta; seg- 
menta primaria laxe disposita, 1—5° longa, indetinita linearia, 
obtusa, secandaria tertiariave sessilia s. basi valde attenuata, 
adnata obovata, integerrima, rarius bi- trifida, nervum indi- 
visum s. bi- trifidum exeipientia; nervi fere in medio seg- 
mentorum äpice inerassate desinentes; sori terminales; para- 
physes ramosae ramis sabglaudulosis nnmerosae; sporangia 
jnermia #. selifera. 
Polypodium heteromorphum Hoök. spec. fl. IV. p. 229 
partim. 
Nova Granada (Purdie) — Ecuador (Jameson). 
