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Polypedium platylepte: Mett. 
Rhizoma repens, elongatam, paleis membranaceis, rufes- 
centibns margine pallidieribus, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 
integerrimis 8. erosis squamosum; folia suheoriacea, infra 
dense paleis ovatis, acuminatis, eiliolatis, ad insertionem in- 
fuscatis squamosa, supra squamis ealcareis obteeta, ceteram 
denudata; petiolus 4—6” longus, enm rhachi paleis ovatis 
squamulosus, denique infuseatus, subnitidus; lamina 4—- 7” 
longa, elongata, acuminata, profande pinnatipartita; Taciniae 
numerosae, patentes, basi dilatata contiguae, elongato - oblon- 
gae versus apicem manifeste serratae, infimae deorsum solu- 
taez sori medii squamis absconditi. 
P. squamatum Hook. herb. partim. 
Nova Granada (an Venezuela, prov. de Truxillo?) (Lin- 
den s. num.). — Guatemala (Skinner). 
Var. major Mett. 
Petiolns ad 9 longns, lamina 9" longa, laciniae lineares, 
leviter serratae, 
Guatemala (Skinner). 
Laeciniis serratis cum P. plebejo congruit, sed paleis 
numerosioribns,, conditione palearum rhizomatis insigne; ab 
P. Skinneri, furfuraceo, quihus paleis rhizomatis accedit, 1a- 
einiis apiee manifeste serratis diversissimum, 
Polypodium Fra«eri Met. 
Rhizema repens, firmum, paleis lanceolatis, acuminatis 
nigrocarinatis margine pallido, crispatulo -dilacerato, fimbriate - 
eiliatis squameosum; folia suhcoriacea, infra paleis minutis pro- 
funde dilaceratis ad insertionem (basin rotundatam) infuscatis 
sparse, infra paleis ovatis, acuminatis, fimbhriato - dilareratis 
densins squamulosa; petiolns 2—6” longus, purpurascens, 
nitidus, laevigatas, rhachis infra paleis lanceolatis, acumina- 
