330 48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 



subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinkts very distinct, once forked ; 

 sari in 2 long rows. Hk. Sp. 4. p, 200. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. This may be a form of the last, but the pinnae are 

 longer and closer. 



160. P. celebicum, Blume ; st. 3-5 in. L, tufted, villose ;fr. 12-15 in. 1., 2 in. br., 

 cut down to the rachis throughout into close nearly horizontal entire bluntish 

 pinnae l|-2 lin. br. ; texture coriaceous ; rachis ciliated, the rest nearly naked ; 

 veinlets simple ; sori deeply sunk, 8 to 12 in a row on each side the midrib. 

 HL Sp. 4. p. 191. 



Hab. Borneo and Celebes. 



161. P. griseum, Liebm. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, scaly ; st. 4-6 in. 1., pale- 

 brown, polished, villose ; fr. flaccid, 1-2 ft. or more 1., 3-4 in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into entire acute or bluntish lanceolate pinnae J- in. br. ; texture herba- 

 ceous ; rachis densely villose, and both sides finely pubescent ; veins fine, close, 

 2- or 3-forked, the groups sometimes joining ; sori in 21ong rows midway between 

 the midrib and edge. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 202. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. 



162. P. lasiolepis, Mett. ; rhizome short-creeping; scales lanceolate, dull 

 brown ; St. -1 in., densely shortly pilose ; fr. lanceolate, 2-5 in. L, 1 in. br., 

 cut down to rachis into ligulate, entire, adnate, blunt pinnae, the lower gradually 

 reduced ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces shortly finely brown-hairy ; 

 veins erecto-patent, 6-12-jugate, simple, bearing at the tip the slightly immersed 

 round submarginal sori. Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 131. 



Hab. Martinique and Guadeloupe. 



163. P. pilipes, Hk. ; st. tufted, flexuose, 3-4 in. L, densely clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs ;fr. pendent, 6-9 in. 1.. 2-4 in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into close linear lobes, which are often deeply pinnatifid ; texture coriaceous ; 

 rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets 1 to each lobe ; sori copious. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 230. Ic. t. 221. 



Hab. Peru, Matthews. 



C. Fronds more than half an inch broad, erect or subercct. Sp. 164-1 8G. 



164. P. macrocarpum, Presl ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed with 

 lanceolate adpressed scales ; st. 1-3 in. L, wiry, often flexuose, deciduously scaly ; 

 fr. 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. or more br., lanceolate, cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 blunt entire or obscurely toothed pinnce J in. bi\, dilated at the base, and with a 

 rounded sinus between them ; texture coriaceous ; veins hidden, forked ; upper 

 surface naked, lower densely coated with scales ; sori large, copious. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 215. P. Tweedianum, Hk. Ic. t. 86. 



Hab. Bolivia to Chili. Habit and scales like those of P. incanum. 



165. P. madrense, J. Sm. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed with 

 minute scales ; st. 2-4 in. 1., firm, erect, naked or slightly scaly ; fr. 3-5 in. 1., 

 1^-2 in. br., cut down very nearly to the rachis into horizontal blunt entire pinnce 

 J in. br., with a rounded sinus between them ; texture coriaceous ; ebeneous rachis 

 and under side thinly coated with minute scales ; veinkts 2-forked, obscure ; sori 

 large, copious. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 214. P. ontolepis, Fee. 



Hab. Sierra Madre, N. W. Mexico, Sccmann, 1941. About midway between the last 

 and P. pectinatum. Kuhn joins it with plebcium. 



