Mathewsianm. N. O. Filices 



TAB. CCXXL 



PoLYPODIUM PILIPES- 



Fronde profundepectinato-bipinnatifidaj glabra, laciniis linear!- 

 bus elongatis sinuato-dentatis, stipitibus pilis horizontalibus 

 ferrugineis dense obsitis, soris solitariis subellipticis. 



Hab." Chacapoyas; Andes of Peru, on the eastern declivity, 

 Mathews (last collection, 1838, without No.), 



Frondes spiihameae,circumscriptione variabiles, nunc lanceolatae, 



nunc latissime ovatse, csespitosae, stipulatae, profunde pectinato* 

 pinnatifidae; laciniis elongatis linearibus, simplicibus, sinuato- 

 dentatis, vel ssepe iterum pectinato-pinnatifidis, glabris, sub- 

 coriaceis, costatis, sub lente squamuloso-punctatis, subtus 

 ubique, usque fere ad stipitem, soriferis. Stipites 2-4 pollicares, 

 graciles, densissime hii'suti, pilis longis rufis horizontalibus. 

 S'ori subelliptici, elevati, nervos simplices obliquos terminantes. 



Polypod 



Mr Mathe 



vian Andes, towards the head waters of the Amazon River. It 



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is remarkable for its deeply and doubly pectinated fronds, every 

 segment of which is, on the underside, studded with sori, and 

 for having the stipites clothed with long, copious, ferruginous 

 spreading hairs. 



Fiff. h Portion of the underside of a segment, with sori: 

 piagnified^ 



