TAB COIT. 
POLYPODIUM HAST/EFOLIU M. 
FILICES.—GvrnATzx. Br. PorvropiACEEX. Kaulf.  Frriczs vere. Willd., Spreng. 
GEN. Cnuan. POLYPODIUM, Swartz. .Sori subrotundi (seriati, sparsi vel conferti). Znvolucrum 
nullum. £r. 
PorvropiuM Aastafolium ; frondibus pinnatis, pinnis lineari-lanceolatis obtusis integerrimis hastatis 
petiolatis, superioribus inferioribusque sessilibus basi truncatis, soris solitariis, stipite superne 
pubescente. JZ"jld. 
Polypodium hastefolium. | Swartz, Syn. Fil. p.36. Fl. Ind. Occ. v.8. p.1653. MEE Syst. 
leget. v. 4. p. 53. (P. hastatum). 
Has. In rupibus Jamaicz interioris, solo cretaceo et argillaceo. Swartz. 
Caudex brevis, subrepens, squamosus, radicosus. Kadices capillares, fusce, ramosee. 
Stipites 2—3 uncias longi, erecti, angulati, ad basin usque pubescentes, inferne precipue paleaceo-squamosi. 
Frondes 4—6-pollicares, erectee, subrigidee, lanceolate, pinnate. —Hachis ubique pubescens. Pinnce alterne bre- 
viter petiolatee, horizontaliter patentes, lanceolatse, obtusiuscule, coriaces, glabra, basi hastatse, lobis 
duobus acuminatis porrectis, subtus nervose, margine paululum revoluto; Znffmc supremaque minores, 
subdeltoideze. 
Sor? subrotundi, ad latera costee serie solitaria dispositi. 
Capsule subsphzericze, late annulatze, breviter pedicellatze. 
Semina ovali-subreniformia, flavo-fusca, reticulata. 
Fig. 1. Pinna fructifera. f. 2. Capsule. f. 3. Semina:—magn. auct. 
This plant in habit more resembles an z4spidium than a Polypodium ; but it is evident that the 
fructification 1s destitute of an involucre. Swartz had himself first called this plant P. hastatum, 
but afterwards altered it to JP. hastefoltum, to distinguish it from P. hastatum of the Flora 
Japonica. 
