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Folypodium — continued. 



2ft. loiiiL!,, 1ft. or more bmail, with several ilistant, ereoto-pateiit 

 piini.-v <m each sitle, which are 6in. in lOiii, loiij;, ami Ain. to jin. 

 bruaii, the apex acuniinate. the eii^e slightly repaiid towunls the 

 point, the base narrowed, the lower ones stalked; upper surface 

 with small, white dots at the edge or all over, nori in a single row 

 midway between the edge and midrib. Malay Isle.s and I'hilip- 

 pines. (II. a. F. 47.) SvN. rinjiiiati.nh'.s albo-S'iuainatn. 

 P. alpestre (alj)ine). .•./(■. 4in. to bin. long, tufted, scaly below. 

 J'rvmls 1ft. t<i 2ft. long, 6in. to Sin. broad, nblong lanceolate ; 

 pinni? lanceolate, 3in. to 4in. hmg, lin. to Ijin. broad; pinnnle.s 

 deeply pinnatilul, with toothed lolies. \o/-i small, one to fnur to 

 eacfi lobe I'old reg;ions of Northern hemisphere (IJritain, &c.). 

 This .species closely resembles Afij>l''itiuiti FiUx-J'a-nihia. Svn. 

 Ptii'udathf/yiuni olptstre. 



P. a. flexile (pliablt.'). A variety of more flaccid habit; the pin- 

 nules obbmi;. with fewer lobes, and a liroad, uncut centre. .Sy>. 

 Psctuiathni'itiui fh .nU\ 



P. amphostemon. A form of /'. anf/u^ti/oUutn. 



P. andro^rynum (hermaphrodite), sti. 1ft. to 2ft. long, erect, 

 naked nr slightly villous, /romls 1ft. to 5ft. long. 1ft. uv nic.re 

 broad ; pinn;e bin. to Sin. Inng, 'in. t'l lin. broad, iiiiniernus, 

 spreading, Invest nurvuweil at basi' and somrtinies stalked, cut a 

 quarter to half way down int<' blunt Inlies ; raciiis and under side 

 sometimes slightly hairy. si>ri in mws near tlie midrili. I'uba ti> 

 Peru, 1843. Svns. /'. titra>ioninii, (limio/ftcrifi tcira;iviHt. In 

 the form itu';falo(iu.s, the pinnae are IMn. and the hpbes lin. 

 broad, the latter sub-falcate. 



Kh;. 230. POLTPODIUM ANGUSTATUM. 



P. angUStatum (nanowed). rhiz. stout, wide-creeping, clothed 

 with whitish, linear, deciduous scales. stL 2in. to 4in. long, 

 strong, erect, /rvnds 6in. to 12in. long, ^in. to Uin. broad, 

 ligulate, entire, very coriaceous ; upper surface naked, the lower 

 clothed with adpressed, cottony, sub-ferruginous tomentum. tmri 

 large, prominent, in rows near the edge of the contracted! 

 upper part, and sometimes confluent. North India, New South 

 Wales, Ac. (Jreenhou.se. See Fig. 230. (H. (i. K. 20.) 



P. angUStatum (narrow), of IJIunie. A synonym of /*. {'alniatinn. 



P. angUStifolium (narrow-fronded). r/n's. stout, epiga-ous, 

 brown-scaly, jroiuls 1ft. to lAft. long, only .Jin. broad, (juite 

 entire, with an acute point; the lower part gradually narrowed 

 into a generally short stem ; edges often revolnte. aon'and anoltx' 

 in from one to four rows between the nndrib and edge ; the 

 former in two rows between the main veins. Cul)a, lirazil, Ac, 

 1820. Svn. Caiiij'itlontiiruui aii-im^tijulimii. A very variable 

 species. The broadest ftuni, aiiiplinhtcniun, has fronds lin. broad, 

 with four rows of sori ; the variety en-si/nliuin has narrow, sessile 

 fronds, with the areohe and sori in one row between the edge and 

 midrib. 



P. argutum (pungent), rhiz. \m. thick, firm, wide-creeping, 

 with minute, dark brown scales, sfi. Sin. to 6in. long, naked, 

 rastaneo-stramineous. i rvnds oblong-lanceolate, sub-erect, 1ft. 

 to 2ft. long, Sin. to 12in. broad, simply pinnate ; pinna^ ten to 

 twenty -jugate, ligulate, acuminate, fanitly inciso-crenate, ^'m. to 

 |in. broad, many free and distant, the lowest not reduced, .wri 

 and an'uliv uniserial, the former not close, nearer the mitlrib than 

 the edge. Himalayas, 1843. Greenhouse. 



P. asperulum (rather rough). sti. brownish, firm, terete, 

 pubesct-nt. tiKitdg lUt. to 2tt. long, 1ft. or more broad lower 



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pinnic bin. to 9in. long, \\n. broad, unetpial-sided, cut down to 

 the rachis beh)w into oblong, pinnatitld segments ; both surfaces 

 villous, son' copious, one to each ultimate lobe. Philippines, 

 1842. S^'N. I'li'i/opten's asperula. 



P. asplenjoides (Asplenium-like). A variety of P. reptavs. 



P. attenuatum (thin), of Robert Brown. A synonym of 



/'. lir.nrtiii. 

 P. aureum (golden).* rhiz. stout, wide-creeping, clothed with 



bright, ferruginous scales, sti. 1ft. to 2ft. bnig, stout, erect, glossy. 

 fronds 3ft. to 5ft. long, 9in. to 18in. broad, with a long, Tinear- 

 lanceolate, terminal lobe, and cut throughout within about ^in. 

 of the rachis into numerous, umlulated, lateral pinna-, 4in. to 9in. 

 long, about lin. broad, with a rounded sinus lietween. sori 

 irregulaily one to tliree-seriate. areola; copious. Tropic^il 

 America and Australia, 1742. Svn. Phlchodiuin aiircum. 



P. a. areolatuxn (areolate). A variety with smaller, more cori- 

 a<'eous. and very glaucous fronds, clojser lobes, and uniserial sori. 

 S^ Ns. /'. sporadorarpum, Phlebodiuin areolatnui. 



P. a. piilvinatum (cushion-like). This resembles /'. a. arodaUim. 

 but the fronds are lianlly at all glaucous, and the terminal lobe 

 is very small. SViV. Phlcljoitinni piilrina'uui. 



P. auriCUlatum (eared), sti. tufted, I'Jt. to 2ft. long, decidii- 

 ously villous. J'riitids 3ft. to 4ft. long, 1ft. or more broad; 

 piima' bin. to 8iu. long, lin. broad, cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into close, spreading, entire, blunt lobes ; lower pinufe reduced 

 to mere auricles, furnished with a prominent gland at the base 

 lieneath. sori borne about the middle of the veinlets. Hima- 

 layas, 1824. 



P. bifrons (two-fronded). rhiz. woody, slender, branched, 

 tortuous, nearly naked, /roiids, barren ones 3in. Ut 4in. long, 

 lin. luoail, sessile, elliptical, narrowed at both ends, witli blunt 

 lobes, reaching nearly half way down ; fertile ones 4in. to bin. 

 long, abfjut jin. broaii, entire, short-stalked, sori large, oblong, 

 placed end to en<l in a row on each side, close to the midrib. 

 Ecuador. Svn. P/iiimnfodcs bifrons. 



P. Billardieri (I.a Itillardicre'.s). rhiz. woody, wide-creeping, 

 with scales black in the centre, sti. 4in. to Sin. long, firm, erect, 

 gbpssy. fmiids varying fioni oblong-lanceolate and quite entire 

 to ISin. long and 9in. broad, derply piimiititid, with lanceolate or 

 linear lobes, sori large, uniseriatc. iiudial or sub-marginal, dis- 

 tinctly immersed. South Australia, vtc, 1823. (ireenhouse. 

 Svn. J'hifiiintodcs liillardicri. 



P. biserratum (twice-serrated). A form of /*. subpctiolatum. 







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KlG. 231. PIN.NA OF 1'OLVI'ODH'M BRASILIENSE. 



P. braslllense (lirazilian). rhi:. stout, with grey scales, sti. 

 6in. to 12iii. long, Hrlii, erect, glos.sy. fronds lit. to 2ft. long, 

 frequently 1ft. Viroail, cut to the rachis into numerous entire, 

 erecto-patent pinnie. which are 4in. to bin. long, iin. to ;|in. 

 broail, (lilateil at base, i^ori slightly immersed, in one or two 

 rows, areola; in three or four rows, lirazil, &c., 1837. See 

 Fig 231. HYV.P. iicriifolium, 



P. Brownii (Brown's), rliiz. woody, wide-creeping, with dull 

 brown scales, frnnds scattered, 6in. to 18in. long, Jin. to Jin. 

 broad, ligulate, with a blunt point, entire or slightly repand 

 edges, and the lower part gradually narrowed to a base or short 

 stem, ^or/ large, inimersetl, arranged in a single row, end to 



