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312 48. POL7PODIUM, EUPHEGOPTERIS. 



with deciduous fibrillose scales ; fr. 3-4 ft. or more 1., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 

 12-18 in. 1., with the pinnl. of the lower side the largest, sometimes again 

 compound, with lanceolate deeply pinnatifid segm* 3-4 in. 1., | in. br. ; ult. 

 entire lobes 3- in. br., blunt ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; colour dark-green ; 

 under surface sprinkled over with pellucid glands ; veinlets of the lobes 6-8 on a 

 side, mostly forked ; sori large, submarginal. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 254. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Hillelrand, 42. Most like N. latifrons in general habit. 



48. P. (Pheg.) punctatum, Thunb. ; rhizome firm, wide-creeping, villose ; st. 

 scattered, 1-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, stramineous, polished, naked or hairy, and 

 viscid ; fr. 1-4 ft. 1., 6-24 in. br. ; lower pinnce sometimes 1-2 ft. 1., deltoid ; 

 pinnl. and segm. close, lanceolate ; ult. lobes oblong, crenate or pinnatifid, with 

 the edge often more or less reflexed ; texture herbaceous ; rachises naked or 

 viscid ; under side slightly hairy ; sori copious, marginal. /3, P. rugulosum, 

 Labill. ; fr. less compound and more coriaceous ; rachis deep purplish-brown and 

 densely viscid.^-#. Sp. 4. p. 272. 



Hab. Columbia to Chili, Sandwich Isles, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, 

 Japan, Philippines, Malaccas ; N. India to Ceylon, Bourbon, Tristan d'Acunha, St. Helena. 

 Very closely related to Euhypolepis, see page 130. Mettenius regards our two varieties 

 as distinct species. 



49. P. (Pheg.) prasinum, Baker ; st. 2 ft. or more 1., densely clothed below 

 with long, squarrose, linear-subulate scales, naked and glossy upwards ; fr. 5-6 

 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lower pinnce often 1 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinnl. distinct, 

 lanceolate, cut halfway down to the rachis into close blunt lobes ; texture 

 herbaceous ; colour bright-green-; rachis slightly scaly, both sides naked ; veinlets 

 about 4 on a side in the lobes ; sori close to the midrib. P. punctatum, Spruce. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 262. (non Thunb.). 



Hab. Andes of Peru and Ecuador. 



60. P. (Pheg.) sandvicense, Hk. & Arn. ; st. 2 ft. 1., stout, glossy, naked ; fr. 

 3-4 ft. or more 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lowest pinnce 12-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnl. 

 lanceolate, spreading, 3-4 in. 1., \\ in. br. ; segm. with a space between them, 

 ovate-lanceolate, truncate on the lower side, deeply pinnatifid, with erecto-patent 

 linear-oblong entire or toothed lobes ; rachis glossy, castaneous ; both sides 

 naked ; veinlets forked ; sori usually 1 near the base of each lobe. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. .267. 



Hab. Sandwich and Society Isles. The New Hebridean P. aneiten&e, Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 268, is apparently the same species. 



61. P. (Pheg.) connexum, Kaulf. ; st. 3-4 ft. 1., firm, naked ; fr. deltoid, 

 tripinnatifid, 3-4 ft. or more 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lower pinnce lanceolate- 

 deltoid, 8-12 in. 1. ; pinnl. 3-4 in. 1., f in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 oblong, entire or slightly crenate lobes J in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and 

 both sides naked ; veinlets of the lo'bes 6-6 on a side, the lower ones often forked ; 

 sori medial. Hk. Sp..p. 261. 



Hab. Brazil. 



52. P. (Pheg.) splendidum, Kaulf. ; trunk sub arborescent ; st. 2 ft. or more 1., 

 strong, glabrous, angular ; fr. 4-6 ft. or more 1., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 12-18 

 in. 1., 6-8 in. br., with distinct lanceolate pinnl. with close, blunt, entire lobes 

 ^ irii br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and midrib beneath slightly villose ; veinlets 

 of the lobes simple, often obscure. /?, P. macropterum, Kaulf. ; pinnce lan- 

 ceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 2 in. br., with entire oblong-falcate lobes j- in. br., reaching 

 down three-quarters of the way to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 258. 



Hab. Brazil, frequent. Seems only a less compound variety of the last. * 



