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P. angustifolium (narrow-fronded). rhiz. stout, epigæous, 
fs — pois ith to 1}ft. long, jin. broad, quite 
entire, with an acute point; the lower part. y narrowed 
—— ee olute. — oe 
former in two rows between the main veins. Cuba, Brazil, &c., 
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Polypodium—continued. 
2ft. long, 1ft. or more broad, with several distant, erecto-patent 
song] on each side, which are 6in. to 10in. long, and jin. to ĝin. 
road, the apex acuminate, the edge slightly repand towards the 
point, the base narrowed, the lower ones stalked; upper surface 
with small, white dots at the edge or all over. sort in a single row 
midway between the edge and midrib. Malay Isles and Philip- 
pines. (H. G. F. 47.) Syn. Phymatodes aldo-squamata. 
P. alpestre (alpine). sti. 4in. to 6in. long, tufted, scaly below. 
fronds lft. to 2ft. long, 6in. to 8in. broad, oblong-lanceolate ; 
inne lanceolate, 3in. to 4in. long, lin. to ljin. broad ; pinnules 
Soniy innatifid, with toothed lobes. sori small, one to four to 
each lobe, Cold regions of Northern A ae (Britain, &c.). 
This species closely resembles Asplenium Filia-femina, SYN. 
Pseudathyrium alpestre. 
P. a. flexile (pliable). A variety of more flaccid habit; the pin- 
nules oblong, with fewer lobes, and a broad, uncut centre. SYN. 
Pseudathyrium flexile. : 
P.amphostemon, A form of P, angustifolium. 
P. androgynum (hermaphrodite). sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, erect, 
naked or slightly villous. fronds lft. to 3ft. long, 1ft. or more 
broad; pinne 6in. to Bin. long, jin. to lin. broad, numerous, 
spreading, lowest narrowed at base and sometimes stalked, cut a 
quarter to half way down into blunt lobes ; rachis and under side 
sometimes slightly hairy. sori in rows near the midrib. Cuba to 
Peru, 1843. Syns. P. tetragonum, Goniopteris sg ea In 
the form megalodus, the pne are lłin. and the lobes łin. 
broad, the latter sub-falea 
Bag rg gh ggg te 
— surface naked, the lower 
P. angustatum (narrow), of Blume. A synonym of P. palmatum. 
1820. 1 olium. 
A very variable 
i fronds lin. broad, 
riety ensifolium has narrow, sessile 
areolæ and sori in one row between the edge and 
to | Fig. 231. SYN. P. neritfolium. 
Polypodium—continued. 
pinnæ 6in. to 9in. long, sin. broad, unequal-sided, cut down to 
the rachis below into oblong, pinnatifid segments ; both surfaces 
villous. sort copious, one to each ultimate lobe. Philippines, 
1842. Syn. Phegopteris asperula. 
P. asplenioides (Asplenium-like). A variety of P. reptans. 
P. attenuatum (thin), of Robert Brown, A synonym of 
P. Brownii. 
P. aureum (golden).* rhiz, stout, wide-creeping, clothed with 
bright, ferruginous scales. sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, stout, erect, pony. 
fronds 3ft. to 5ft. long, din. to 18in. broad, with a long, linear- 
lanceolate, terminal lobe, and cut throughout within about jio. 
of the rachis into numerous, undulated, lateral pinnæ, 4in, to Şin, 
long, about lin. broad, with a rounded sinus between. sort 
irregularly one to three-seriate. areolæ copious, Tropical 
America and Australia, 1742. SYN. Phlebodium aureum. 
P. a. areolatum (areolate). A variety with smaller, more cori- 
aceous, and very glaucous fronds, closer lobes, and uniserial sori. 
SYNS. P. sporadocarpum, Phlebodium areolatum, 
P.a. vinatum (cushion-like), This resembles P. a. areolatum, 
but the fronds are hardly at all glaucous, and the terminal lobe 
is very small. Syn. Phlebodium pulvinatum. 
P. auriculatum (eared). sti. tufted, 14ft. to 2ft. long, decidu- 
into close, spreading, entire, blunt lobes ; lower pinne reduced 
to mere — furnished witha prominent gland at the base 
beneath. sori borne about the m:i Hima- 
layas, 1824. 
. bifrons (two-frond rhiz. woody, slender, branched, 
tortuous, Sane ea , barren iak šin. to 4in. 
lin. broad, sessile, elliptical, narrowed at both ends, with bl 
— err d — half es sowy; — ones ĝin. to bin. 
/ abou! entire, s stalk sort 
lanad Gad. Go cd in E 900 on each side, shies te the 
or. SYN. Phymatodes bifrons. ; ; si- 
P. Billardieri (La Billardière’s). rhiz. woody, 
with scales black in the centre. sti. 8in. 
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P . 
Syn. Phymatodes Billardieri. 
Fig. 231. PINNA OF POLYPODIUM BRASILIENSE, 
, brasiliense (Brazilian). rhiz, stout, with scales. sti 
Rae 
erecto- pinne, which are 4in. to 6in. . to fin. 
- Ta tes or lear Tost. Brazil, &c., 1837. Se 
 Brownii (Brown’s). rhiz. woody, wide-creeping, with dull- 
P., p scales, fronds scattered, 6in. to 18in. — 
OE By 
sori large, immersed, arranged in a single row, 
