48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 335 



pinnl. simple ; sori copious, 1-6 to a pinna. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 229. HJc. & Gr. Ic. 

 t. 108. P. variabile, Mett. 



Hab. Mexico along the Andes to Ecuador. Resembles P. trichomanoides in texture. 



191. P. reclinatum, Brack.; st. subtufted, slender, very short, villose ; fr. 

 pendent, very flaccid, 1-2 ft. 1., 1-1 in. br. ; pinnce close, ovate-oblong, blunt, 

 entire, J-f in. br. ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and under side clothed 

 with fine soft hairs ; veinlets simple ; sori 2-5 in a row. P. semiadnatum, 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 222. (in part}. 



Hab. South Brazil, Gardner, 112 ; Brackenridge. Probably cultratitm, var. 



192. P. semiadnatum, Hk. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., slender, flexuose, slightly villose ; 

 fr. flaccid, pendent, 1-2 ft. 1., f-lj in. br. ; pinnce very numerous, close, oblong, 

 - in. 1., 2 lin. br., blunt, distinctly crenated, the lower ones reduced and 

 distant ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and under side with a few long soft hairs ; 

 veinlets forked ; sori copious. Hk. ISp. 4. p. 222. (in part). 2nd Cent. t. 48 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. 



193. P. dependens, Baker ; st. tufted, short, thread-like, clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs ;fr. pendent, very flaccid, 2 ft. or more 1., fin. br.; pinnce alternate, 

 - in. ]., ^ in. br., ovate-oblong, blunt, entire, the central ones on the same 

 side j in. apart ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; slender black rachis and both 

 sides clothed with soft spreading hairs ; veinlets simple ; sori close to the midrib. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, 567. Like the next species on a smaller scale. 



194. P. alternifolium, Hk. ; st. very short, tufted, slender, flexuose, clothed 

 with soft spreading hairs ; fr. pendent, very flaccid, 2-10 ft. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinncs 

 distinct, alternate, lanceolate, entire, 3-4 lin. br. at the base ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous ; slender rachis and both sides thinly clothed with soft spreading 

 hairs ; midrib ebeneous, slender, flexuose ; veinlets simple ; sori copious. Hk. 

 Sp. 4. p. 222. t. 277. A. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador. 



195. P. sericeo-lanatum, Hk. ; st. 1-4 in. 1., slender, densely clothed with soft 

 spreading grey hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, 1-2 ft. 1., 1^-3 in. br. ; pinnce close, 

 -! in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., blunt, entire, spreading ; texture thick ; raehis and both 

 sides densely matted with soft silky hairs ; veins simple ; sori in 2 long rows. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 221. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia and Ecuador. This and the five preceding in their flaccid 

 pendent mode of growth correspond with the cultratum group. 



196. P. firmum, Klotzsch ; rhizome creeping, the scales large, linear, dull- 

 brown ; st. 1-2 in. 1., wiry, naked ; fr. loosely spreading, 8-12 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; 

 pinnce distant, 1 in. 1., in. br., blunt, upcurved, dilated at the base, the lower 

 ones reduced ; texture firm ; rachis slender, black, wiry, clothed with short stiff 

 black hairs ; loth sides nearly naked ; midrib black ; veins simple ; sori in two 

 long rows. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 185. (in part). 



Hab. Guiana, Richard Schomburyk, 1170; New Granada, Lindig, 300. Scarcely more 

 than a variety of rigescens, with pinnae more separated. 



197. P. lanigertim, Eaton; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., densely clothed with soft 

 spreading reddish-brown hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, 6-9 in. 1., l-2 in. br., cut 

 down to the rachis into erecto-patent blunt entire pinnce 2-3 lin. br., the lower 

 ones reduced ; texture herbaceous ; both sides thinly coated with soft hairs ; 





