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POLYPODIUM 30. Minus, pinnis marginato-alatis & canaliculars, 



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foliolis cblongo-ovath profunde crenatis. 



Filicula Fontana latiori folio. Pk. t. 1 80. f. 6. 



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The lefler branched Polypodium with oval crenated leaves and 





chaneFd ribs. 



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This plant feldom grows to any confiderable height, and is pretty frequent in all the 



fhady vales of Jamaica. 







POLYPODIUM 31. Ramofum fcandens, fronde patuld fpeciofd tenuiori, 



Filix 



capjulis ad crenas pofitis> ramidis feretibus. 

 Ramofa maxim} fcandens, £fc. Slo. Cat. 23. & Hift. t. 60. 



The larger climbing Polypodium with a minute ipreading foliage. 



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This plant is pretty common in the woods in St. Elizabeth's ; and rifes to a confide- 

 rable height by the afiiftance of the neighbouring trees : it is remarkable for the 



elegancy of its fmall and fpreading foliage, the lobes of which are very minute, 

 oblong, and jagged, and the feminal capfulse difpofed at the bottom of each chap or 

 notch, fo that it feems to refemble an Adiantum in fome meafure; but on obferving 

 the fpots with a lens, they are found to have the fame make and appearance with 

 thofe of all the other fpecies of this tribe. 



POLYPODIUM 32. Ramofum tenue & ajfurgens elegant iffime divifum % 



pennulis marginatis, fronde tenui lobatd atque cre- 

 natd, capfulis fublinealibus. 



The (lender branched Polypodium with a minute 



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fpreading foliage. 



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All the parts of th 

 of the foregoing, but fomething 

 thick, are difpofed in very reg 



very 

 arger 



nd (lender 



and more clofe : and the 



foliage is very like th 



lines 



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g the back of the lobes ; but when 



they are but few, they do not appear fo orderly. It feldom rifes above three feet 

 from the ground . 





POLYPODIUM 33. Subarboreum ramofum, coftis validijimis, fro?ide 



majoriji, 



6? minus divifi 





The larger Polypodium with ftrong ribs, and a lefs-divided foliage. 



The ribs of this plant are very large, and rife from a ftubed fhort and thick trunk ; 

 they fpread much, and (hoot commonly to the height of eight or nine feet : its fo- 

 liage is very large, open, and irregularly lobed. The plant thrives beft in a rich and 

 cool foyl, and is frequently met with Above-rocks, 



POLYPODIUM 34. Uirfutum ramofum y frondibus oblongis pinnatis & 



pinnatifdis, /obis appropinquatis oblongis integris, 

 capfulis linealibus. 





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The larger hairy and branched Polypodium. 



This plant is found in the inland woods, and rifes commonly to the height of four 



five feet 



leaves 



remarkable for its down 



pretty deeply 



but the lobes are fimple and clofe 





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