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DESCRIPTION 
OF THE 
THICK CALAGUALA, on PUNTU-PUNTU. 
P. Soondibus Lasbesitatte intewieb tints subundulatis, ‘fructifiea- 
tionibus serialibus a medio fere ad apicem. ger. peruy wetend. 
cum Icon. 7 ee : 
P. (crassifolium) fveadibus lanceolatis elatbris integerrimis, > 
Jructificationibus serialibus. Linn. Sp. Plant. 1543. | 
Phyllitis maculata, amplissimo folio, Petiv. Fil. p.6. fig. 8. 
Polypodium (thick-leaved)—Fronds lanceolate, very entire, 
slightly undulated ; fructifications disposed in transversal jie 
from the middle to the apex of the frond. 
~ Root—Round, somewhat compressed, long and thick, Bak. 
zontal, fragile, of a pale or bright green colour, covered with 
_ membranous scales which commonly fall off at the time of de- 
siccation, covered on the- upper surface with fronds, and on the 
under side with woolly fibres, which A bar readily from. — 
principal root after drying. 
Fronds—Disposed i in two series along the whole root, and al- 
ternating with each other, from a quarter to more‘than a vara’ 
cyard) in length, and from one to three inches broad, lanceolate, 
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