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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Polypodium continued. 



gradually reduced, sori in rows near the midrib. New Zealand, 

 1835. Greenhouse. SYN. Goniopteris pennigera. 



P. percussum (sharp-pointed). rUz. wide-creeping, wiry, with 

 adpraued scales, sti. distant, 2in. to Sin. long, firm, erect. 

 fronds 6in. to 12in. long, Jin. to Hin. broad, entire, gradually 

 narrowed towards both ends, with the under side scaly, son 

 round, distinctly immersed, forming a row midway between the 

 edge and midrib, areolce fine, distinct. Brazil, &c. SYN. 

 Pleopeltis percussa. 



P persicsefolium (Peach-leaved), rhiz. wide-creeping, with dull 

 brown scales. M. 6in. to 12in. long, firm, naked, fronds 2ft. to 

 3ft. long, Sin. to 12in. broad, decurved ; pmn 3m. to 6m. long, 

 nearly fin. broad, distant, with an acuminate apex, a slightly- 

 toothed edge, and the base gradually narrowed, the lower ones 

 being distinctly stalked, sori immersed, uniseriate. areolce in about 

 three rows. Java. SYNS. P. cuspidatum, Goniophlebium persicce- 

 folium. The variety grandidens is a more deeply-toothed form. 



P. Phegopterfs (Phegopteris).* Beech Polypody, rhiz. wide- 

 creeping, slender, sti. slender, 6in. to 9in. long, naked, except 

 toward! the base, fronds 6in. to 9in. long, 4in. to 6m. broad, 

 almost deltoid, slightly hairy beneath ; lower pinnae 2m. to 5m. 

 long Am. to MnAroad, cut three-quarters of the way to the 

 racfis into close, entire or slightly-toothed, blunt lotes, iin. 

 broad, the lowest pair deflexed. sori nearer the edge than the 

 midrib. Northern hemisphere (Britain). 



Fio. 240. PORTION OF FROND OF POLYPODIUM PHYLLITIDB. 



P. Phyllitidis (Phyllitidis). rhiz. hypogeeous, stout, brown 

 scaly, sti. short, scattered or slightly tufted, or none, fronds 

 1ft. to 3ft. long, lin. to 4in. broad, with an acute point and an 

 entire or slightly sinuated edge, the lower part gradually 

 narrowed ; upper surface often cretaceous-dotted, areolce in rows 

 of six to twelve, between the edge and midrib, usually with two 

 sori in each. Florida to South Brazil, 1793. See Fig. 240. 

 SYN. Campyloneurum Phyllitidis. 



P. Phymatodes (Phymatodes). rhiz. woody, wide-creeping, 

 with dark brown scales, tti. Sin. to 12in. long, glossy, firm, erect. 

 fronds varying from simple, oblong-lanceolate, to 2ft. to 3ft. long 

 and 1ft. broad, cut down to the broadly-winged rachis into 

 numerous lanceolate-oblong, entire, acuminate lobes, 4in. to 8in. 

 long, and lin. to IJin. broad, sori large, inunersed, scattered, or 

 one or two-seriate. East Indies, &c., 1823. SYN. Phymatodes 

 vulgarit. P. longipes, P. peltideum, and P. terminate, are merely 

 garden varieties of this species. 



Folypodinm continued. 



P. piloselloid.es (Pilosella-like).* rhiz. very wide-creeping, scan- 

 dent, with squarrose scales, fronds dimorphous ; barren ones 

 lin. to 3in. long, iin. to lin. broad, oblong, entire ; fertile ones 

 narrower and longer ; both on short, ciliated stems, naked, hairy, 

 or scaly, sori large, uniseriate, confined to the large costal 

 areolse. Tropical America, 1793. See Fig. 241. (H. G. F. 18.) 

 SYNS. Goniophlebium piloselloides, Lopholepis piloselloides. In the 

 variety ciliatum, the fertile fronds are so narrow that the sori 

 project along the edge. 



P. platyphyllum (broad-leaved), rhiz. woody, with nearly 

 black scales, sti. Sin. to 4in. long, erect, strong, fronds 1ft. to 

 IJft. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, the edge entire, the point acute, 

 upper surface dirty-white dotted, sori immersed, in single 

 rows between the main veins, eight or nine between the midrib 

 and edge. Java. SYN. P. crassinervium. 



P. plebeium (plebeian), rhiz. wide-creeping, stout, grey-scaly. 

 sti. strong, erect, 4in. to Sin. long, castaneous. fronds 6m. to 12in. 

 long, Sin. to 6in. broad, deltoid-ovate, cut nearly or quite to the 

 rachis ; pinnre spreading, entire or obscurely crenated, Jin. to 

 |in. broad, the lowest not reduced ; under side and rachis scaly. 

 sori copious. Mexico to Peru. 



P. plectolepis (plaited-scaled). rhiz. stout ; scales ferruginous, 

 squarrose. sti. firm, glossy, stramineous, 6in. to 12in. long. 

 fronds 1ft. to 2ft. long, 1ft. broad ; pinnae spreading, numerous, 

 4in. to 6in. long, about Jin. broad, gradually narrowed from base 

 to point, the edge crenate ; both sides finely pubescent, sori and 

 areote in a single series. Mexico and Guatemala. SYN. Qonio- 

 phlebium plectolepis. 



P. plesiosorum.* rhiz. stout, reddish-scaly, sti. firm, erect, 



FIG. 241. PORTION OF CREEPING RHIZOME (WITH FRONDS) OF 

 POLYPODIUM PILOSELLOIDKS. 



a. to 4in. long, glossy, fronds 6in. to 12in. long, 4in. to 6in. 

 broad, cut to the rachis ; pinnae close, entire, about iin. broad, 

 gradually narrowed upwards, slightly dilated on both sides at 

 the base, sori prominent, in a single row close to the midrib 

 (whence the specific nameX areolce usually in two rows. Mexico 

 to Venezuela. SYNS. P. colpodes, P. gonatodes, P. rhodopleuron. 



p. Plumula (feathered). A synonym of P. elasticum. 



P. proliferum (proliferous), rhiz. stout, creeping, sti. 2in. to 

 Sin. long, spreading, fronds 1ft. to 2ft. or more long, 6in. to 12in. 

 broad, erect or decumbent, often elongated and rooting at the 

 point, and copiously branched from the axils ; pinnae 4in. to 6in. 

 long, iin. to fin. broad, broadest at base, truncate or cordate, the 

 edge bluntly lobed ; under side and rachis sometimes slightly 

 pubescent, xori medial, oval, sometimes confluent. India, 

 China, &c., 1820. SYN. Goniopteris jprolifera. 



P. propinquum (allied), rhiz. wide-creeping, woody, with 

 bright ferruginous scales, fronds dimorphous ; barren ones 4in. 

 to 9in. long, Sin. to 4in. broad, cut half or three-quarters of the 

 way into acute or bluntish lobes ; fertile ones lift, to 3ft. long, 

 often 1ft. broad, with a distinct stem, and lobes 4in. to 6in. long, 

 iin. to fin. broad, reaching nearly or quite to the rachis. sori in 

 a row near the midrib, placed at the junction of several veinlets. 

 areolce copious. India, &c. SYNS. P. Wildenovii (H. G. F. 55), 

 Drynaria propinqua. 



P. pruinatum (frosted). Basal scales ferruginous, fronds 

 sessile, densely tufted, oblanceolate, erect, iin. long, iin. broad, 

 blunt, deltoid at base, cut more than half way to the rachis into 

 five or six-jugate, blunt lobes ; surfaces hairy, the lower slightly 

 pruinose. sori round, four to the central lobes, medial. 

 Chontales, Nicaragua. 



P. punctatum rugulosum (dotted, slightly wrinkled), rhiz. 

 wide-creeping, firm, villous. sti. scattered, 1ft. to 2ft. long, firm, 

 erect, polished, viscid, fronds 1ft. to 4ft. long, 6in. to 2ft. broad ; 

 lower pinnae sometimes 1ft. to 2ft. long, deltoid ; pinnules close, 



lower pinna 

 lanceolate ; 



ceolate ; rachis deep purplish-brown, and densely viscid ; unde 

 side slightly hairy, sori copious, marginal. New Zealand, 

 Australia, &c. Greenhouse. SYNS. P. rugulosum, Phegopteris 



hiz. much- 

 brown, squarrose 



. Scented Polypody. 



svide-scandent, woody, with dark bro , 

 lin. to Sin. long, fronds varying from entire, 3in. 



P. pustulatum (blistered). 

 branched, wid 

 scales sti. lir 



to 9in. long, and Jin~ to iin. b'road, narrowed to both ends, to 

 1ft. to ljft. long, and Sin. to 4in. broad, cut down to a broadly- 

 winged rachis throughout into lanceolate lobes, sori immersed, 

 uniseriate, sub-marginal, areolce rather large, irregular. New 

 Zealand and Australia. Greenhouse. See Fig. 242. SYN. 

 Phymatodes pustulata. 



P. quercifolium (Oak-leaved).* rhiz. stout, with bright brown 

 scales, nearly iin. long, fronds dimorphous ; barren ones Sin. to 

 12in. long, 2in. to 6in. broad, sessile, brown, rigid, bluntly lobed 

 often half way down ; fertile ones on long stalks, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 

 1ft. or more broad, cut nearly to the rachis into erecto-patent, 

 entire lobes, 6in. to 9in. long, iin. to liin. broad ; main veins 

 our to six 



distinct to the edge, with fou 



quadrangular areoloe between 



them between the midrib and edge, inclosing each two Large sori 



and copious lesser areolse. India, Queensland, &c., 1824. SYN. 



Drynaria quercifolia. 

 P. Reinwardtii (Beinwardt's). A variety of P. subauricu- 



latum. 

 P. repens (creeping), rhiz. wide-creeping, tortuous, firm, slender, 



with deciduous scales, tti. lin. to 5in. long, firm, scattered. 



fronds 6in. to 18in. long, lin. to 3in. broad, slightly sinuated or 



entire, the base gradually narrowed, the point acute ; both sides 



