762 CXLYII, FILICES. 
Fronds long and narrow, entire or crenate, 
Fronds coriaceous smooth and shining, the venation 
concealed in the texture 
pe dtr membranous, the larger v veins con- 
Fronds deeply pinnatifid with long segments con- 
a broad wing to the rhachis 
igh. 
EE 
egments membranous, s showin g the veins, 6 in. to 
1 E e to l3 in, broad, with narrow 
po 
Sogments smooth, the veins inconspicuous, 4 to 8 
Aes 
;4 to 12 in. br 
Fronds andis Bela 1j ft. high. 
ments rather rm, showi ies the pony veins, 
3 to 3 
in. lon 4 to 8 li ines bro 
ET membranous, smooth, ihe: veins scarcely 
nspicuous, rarely above 3 in, long 
vem pinnate, the ones æ articulate on the rhachis 
ast when fertile. 
ka pte ta ic 6 = 8 in, Be ng d + to 1 in. broad, 
a eet S the bas 
Pinne 3 to 6 in. long, 31 5 lines. “broad, serrate, 
trunca te or auriculate vita bas 
Pinne rigid, 3 to 9 in. cort a broad, 
ong a at the base, Barren fronds sessile, short 
roa 
vien without stellate scales. Sori irregularly scat- 
= in several rows, with a very hs or no 
Fronde: entire, “long and broad. Sori numerous and 
mall 
diego deeply pee with long segments confluent 
oad wing to the rhachis. Sori larg 
poe ea 
modo inconspicuous Single free veinlets in 
al areolæ. oo prominent on the 
eh urface 
Aapan conspicuous. Sori the junction of 2 
ets. Nosingle free cad 
ronda d vnd pinna ri numerous and small. 
Barren fronds sessile, short and broad . 
(See also sect. Sagenia in Aspidium.) 
Serres I. DrANEURA.— Veins pinnate, . the venules diverging from 3 
a midrib, simple or forked, the bikuebee fre 
ple branch or fork, the other fork often "ERA ‘forked. 
1. P. australe, Metten; Hook. Spec. Filie. iv. 167, Syn. Filic. 
322.— Fronds eùtire, coriaceous, glabrous, linear or oblanceolate, usually 
3 or 4 in. long but on high mountains reduced to about } in., or when 
uxuriant above 6 in., obtuse, re bein into a short stipes. 
iverging from the midrib, once or twice forked, free, but con- 
[.Polypodium. 
14. P. attenuatum. 
15, P. simplicissimum. 
16. P. nigrescens. 
17. P. phymatodes. 
18. P. pustulatum. 
19. P. scandens. 
20. P. verrucosum. 
21. P. subauriculatum, 
22. P. rigidulum. 
23, P. irioides. 
17. P. phymatodes. 
P. aureum. 
24, P. quereifolium. ial 
rted ona sim- 
