; , Filices. 
Jamesoniane, N.O 
TAB. DCCXXI. 
PoLypopium curysouePis. Hook. 
Caudice longe repente squamoso, frondibus subcoriaceis ee 
cibus uniformibus lanceolatis petiolatis obtusis nt 
subtus pallidis utringue squamis peltatis longe acumina rs 
aureo-nitentibus vestitis, soris intra marginem et costam ae 
serialibus, venis furcatis obscuris, stipite squamoso, ven 
superiore sorifero. 
is, Andes of Quito, creeping among mosses. Prof. W. 
Jameson, n. 73. : { 
Caudex longe repens, radicosus, ramosus, squamis subulatis 
longis aureo-fuscis imbricatis tectus ; radicibus fibrosis beasts 
tosis. Stipites 2-2} uncias longi, erecti, sparsl, — squamosiy 
Squamis ovatis acuminatis peltatis. Frondes subcoriace®, pie 
plices, uniformes, 3-4 uncias longee, lanceolatee, obtuse, ae 
rime, obscure venosa (venis furcatis) virides subtus palli 
utrinque squamis copiosis, aureo-nitentibus (junioribus preectp ae 
ovatis, tenui-acuminatis, peltatis vestite. Sori subrotundi, ee 
Seriatim dispositi inter costam et marginem in dorso ven 
superioris siti. Capsule dense Squamis immixte. — ded 
This is one of the handsomest among the simple-fron 
Polypodia, and quite unlike any with which I am acquaint j 
not only in the caudex and stipes, but also in the uppet ca . 
under-side of the fronds, which when in perfection are ge 
with copious, imbricated, golden-coloured, glossy, peltate scale* 
in age, however, becoming paler. 
5 : ; € 
Fig. 1. Fertile portion of a frond :—magnified ; most of . 
capsules from one sorus being removed to show its insertion. 
