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Polypodium—continued. 
opaque. areolæ in rows of five to ten between the —— and 
midrib, with two sori in each. West Indies, &c., 1 
. reptans (creeping). sti. lin. to 8in. long, sleniler, wiry. fronds 
4in. to 12in. long, lin, to 3in. broad, spreading, often decumbent 
and rootin P pees 4in. to lżin. long, about 4in. broad, entire or 
bluntly lobed, often auricled at base, the lower ones stalked ; 
under side and rachis sometimes slightly hairy. West Indies. 
A very variable species. SYN. Campyloneurum repens. The form 
asplenioides is more erect, and larger. 
P. rhodopleuron (red-veined). A synonym of P, plesiosorum. 
P. rigidulum (slightly rigid). rhiz. wide-creeping, stout, with 
glossy-brown scales, fronds dimorphous ; barren one sessile, 6in. 
to Qin. long, 3in. to 4in. broad, cut about ‘half way to the rachis 
into blunt lobes; fertile one 2ft. to 4ft. long, lft. to 14ft. broad, 
long-stalked, pinnate ; pinne 6in, to 12in. — in, to gin. broad, 
lin, or more apart, narrowed or stalked at , point acuminate, 
edge inciso-crenate. sori in a single row half way between the 
-Inidrib and edge. areolæ copious. —— &e. (H. G. F. 5.) 
Syns. P. diversifolium, Drynaria rigidula 
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g e erect, firm. —— — 
broa. priii n Pers low —— 
pining gs to tin, Broad: Pini ep ules lanceolate, unequal-sided, 
bluntly lo the lowest ne ly down to the rachis sori medial. 
A —— &e. S hegopteris rufescens. 
P. rufulum (reddish). pe synonym of P. lepidopteris rufulum. 
P, rugulosum —— A — of P. — rugu- 
P, Fupostre ok (rock: loving,* —— 
in lin broad, with a ith —* or o 
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hiz. short-creepi sti, 1ft. i ft. 
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_ MISSOU RI 
Polypodium—continued. 
P. sandvicense (Sandwich Isles). A synonym of P. stegno- 
grammoides, 
P. Schkuhri (Schkuhr’s). A synonym of P. elasticum. 
P. Scouleri (Scouler’s).* rhiz. wide-creeping, stout, with dull 
brown scales. sti. firm, erect, naked, 3in. to 4in. long. Sronds 
6in. to 12in. long, 4in. to 8in. broad, cut to the rachis into close, 
sub-entire, blunt pinne, żin. to fin. broad. sori very large, ina 
single row close to the midrib. North-west America, SYN. 
Goniophlebium Scouleri. 
P. sepultum (inclosed). A synonym of P. lepidopteris sepultum. 
P. serpens (creeping). rhiz. firm, wide-creeping, clothed with 
ferruginous scales, sti. firm, erect, tin, to 3in. long. fronds di- 
morphous; barren ones round or e liptical; fertile ones longer 
and narrower, 4in. to 6in. long, żin. to fin. broad; under sur- 
face tomentose. sori large, prominent, scattered, at length 
covering the whole upper —— of the frond. Australia and 
New Zealand. Greenhouse. SYNS. P. rupestre, Niphobolus 
rupestris. ; 
P. serpens (creeping), of Swartz. A synonym of P. Swartzii. 
P, serrulatum (slightly saw-edged). rhiz. fibrillose, wide-creep- 
ing. sti. slender, naked, short, tufted. fronds 3in. to 6in. long, 
about jin. broad, the upper pa: part, occasionally the whole, almost 
entire, but generally pectinato-pinnatifid, With erecto-patent, 
rigid lo sort oblong, confluent. West Indies, &c., 1823. 
(H. G. F. 44, under name of Xiphopteris serrulata.) 
P. Sieberianum (Sieber’s). A synonym of P. cyathewfoliwm. 
P, sinuosum (sinuate). “rhiz. forming a crust which enwraps 
the matrix, clothed with ey [he sk scales, black in the middle, and 
white round the e he yg arising from a conical 
tuberance, lin. to ong, } 
ah an eas fo Shed ones EN to 6in. long, żin. to lin. broad, 
sinuosa. 
is see (ai pe erect, bin. to 12in. 1 fronds 
rown es. — n. long. t 
lft. to 2ft. long, 6in. to 9in. broad ; lower pinnæ largest, sessile, 
4in. to 6in. long, about żin. broad, with an entire or obscurely 
undulated edge, and an acuminate apex. sori in distinct rows, 
— the midrib than the edge. Cuba to Peru. 
P. spectabile (remarkable). A synonym of Nephrodium villosum. 
imbricated ; edge not toothed. ry 
— small, not copious. Sandwich Da el Colysis 
P. sporadocarpum (s re-fruited). A syn of P. 
— (spo: ited). synonym aureum 
iin. broad, with a pond , and 
quently united at t base; rachis and under surface de 
scaly. sori large, copious. West Indies and Mexico to Peru. 
Syn. Lepicystis squamata. 
Fic. 243. FROND OF POLYPODIUM STIGMATICUM, 
BOTA NI AL 
rhiz. wide-creeptng: stout, with pale 
