TAB. CLXXXII. 
POLYPODIUM PUBESCENS. 
FILICES.—GvmnaTx. Br.  PorLvPoDiACERE. Kavlf. Firrcrs vere. Willd. 
GEN. CHAR. PTERIS, Linn. /$ori subrotundi (seriati, sparsi v. conferti). Znvolucrum nullum. Zr. 
PorvPopruM pubescens; fronde ovato-deltoidea subpectinatim pinnata, pinnis oppositis lineari- 
oblongis obtusis summis confluentibus, inferioribus valde inzqualiter pinnatifidis, omnibus 
minute glanduloso-pubescentibus. 
Polypodium pubescens. Gilies MSS. 
. Has. In rupibus apud * Cerro del Morro, Sàn Luis," provincia Bonariz. JJ. Gillies, M.D. 
Caudex longe repens, crassitie pennze anserinsee, flexuosus, hic illic radicosus, ubique dense squamis vel paleis 
ovato-acuminatis reticulatis fuscis tectus. 
Stipes subdigitalis, erectus, fuscus, semiteres, hinc sulcatus. 
Frons subspithamsea, nunc pedalis, circumscriptione deltoideo-ovata, acuminata, pinnata; pinnis approximatis, 
horizontalibus, oppositis, sessilibus, superne confluentibus, lineari-oblon gis, obtusis, costatis, minute pubescenti- 
glandulosis, inferioribus ad basin et medium versus preecipue pinnatifidis, laciniis valde inzequalibus. 
Sori numerosi, sparsi, utrinque intra costam et marginem. 
Capsule pedicellatze, fusca. 
Semina fusca, subreniformi-oblonga. 
Fig. 1. Capsule. f. 2. Semina. f 3. Pili glandulosi. f. 4. Squama caudicis magn. auct. 
Among several curious Ferns brought home by Dr. Gillies from his interesting and extensive . 
travels in South America is the present very distinct species of Polypodium. "The outline or cir- 
cumscription of the frond, the closely Bc and opposite pinnz, and the glandular pubescenee, : are 
its characteristics. 
