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THE UNIVERSAL HERBAL; 



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42. Polypodium Aureum ; Golden Polypody. Fronds 

 pinnatifid, smooth, and even; pinnas oblong, distant, the 

 lowest patulous, the terminating one very large; fructifi- 

 cations in rows. It flowers in March. Native of Jamaica 

 and Martinico, on the trunks of large trees. 



43. Polypodium Quercifolium ; Oak-leaved Polypody. 

 Barren fronds sessile, shorter, blunt, sinuate, fruiting ; fronds 

 alternate; pinnas lanceolate. Native of the East Indies. 



*** Frond trifoliate ; Peduncle with three Leaflets. 



44. Polypodium Trifoliatum; Three-leaved Polypody. 

 Fronds ternate, sinuate, lobed, the middle ones larger. 

 Native of the West Indies. 



**** Prond pinnate. 



45. Polypodium Lonchitis ; Rough Polypody, or Spleen- 

 U'ort. Fronds pinnate ; pinnas crescent-shaped, ciliate-ser- 

 rate, declined ; stipes strigose. Dr. Withering observes, 

 that this plant is about four inches long and an inch broad, 

 generally curved, and that the larger serratures of the pinnas 

 end in semi-transparent thorns. Native of Britain, Norway, 

 Switzerland, Dauphiny, Carniola, Monte Baldp, and Virginia. 

 In Wales it is found on the highest mountains of Caernar- 

 vonshire ; on Glydar, near Llanberys ; and in Scotland at the 

 foot of the rocks among the Highland mountains. 



46. Polypodium Muricatum ; Thorny-leaved Polypody. 

 Fronds pinnate ; pinnas falcate-lanceolate, subserrate, eared 

 upwards, at bottom and in front spiny ; stipe scaly. Native 

 of Jamaica. 



47. Polypodium Semicordatum ; Half-heart-leaved Poly- 

 pody. Frond pinnate; pinnas parallel, lanceolate, very 

 smooth, obliquely cordate at the base ; the lower lobe more 

 gibbous ; fructifications in four rows. Native of Jamaica. 



48. Polypodium Sagittatum; Arrow-leaved Polypody. 

 Frond pinnate ; pinnas lanceolate, blunt, entire, having a 

 toothlet on each side at the base, the lower one mutilated, 

 triangular, minute. Native of Jamaica. 



49. Polypodium Exaltatum ; Lofty Polypody. Fronds 

 pinnate; pinnas ensiform, entire, gibbous at the base inwards, 

 at the upper base upwards. Native of Jamaica, and the 

 continent of South America. 



50. Polypodium Rhizophyllum ; Rooting-lcaved Polypody. 

 Fronds pinnate, decumbent, trailed at the tip, the fruiting 

 ones rooting ; pinnas ovate-deltoid. Native of Jamaica. 



51. Polypodium Auriculatum ; Eared Polypody. Fronds 

 pinnate ; pinnas falcate-lanceolate, serrate, truncate at the 

 base, eared upwards. Native of the East Indies. 



52. Polypodium Unitum. Fronds pinnate ; pinnas ensi- 

 form, serrate ; serratures semiovate, nerved. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



53. Polypodinm Sophoroides. Fronds pinnate; piunas 

 ensiform, gash-serrate ; serratures semiovate, nerved, the 

 lowest serrature longer above. Native of Japan. 



54. Polypodium Triangulare. Frond pinnate ; "pinnas 

 triangular, toothed. Native of South America. 



55. Polypodium Obliteratum. Frond pinnate ; pinnas 

 alternate, broad-lanceolate, attenuated, crenate, notched at 

 the tip and base, obliterated on both sides. Native of 

 Jamaica. 



56. Polypodium Crenatum ; Notch-leaved Polypody. Frond 

 pinnate ; pinnas oblong-lanceolate, crenate, smooth ; fructi- 

 fications in double rows. A noble Fern, whose stalks are 

 erect, angular, one or two feet high : fronds nearly as long, 

 of a few large leaflets beset with a row of small dots of cap- 

 sules on each side of every transverse vein. Native of Ja- 

 maica and Hispaniola. 



57. Polypodium Cordifolium; Heart-leaved Polypody. 



Fronds pinnate ; pinnas cordate, blunt, quite entire, repand. 

 Native of America. 



58. Polypodium Simile. Fronds pinnate ; pinnas lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, distant; the upper ones smaller; dots in 

 rows. Plant three feet high, upright. Native of America 

 and China. 



59. Polypodium Dissimile. Fronds pinnate ; pinnas lan- 

 ceolate, subpubescent, confluent, the lower ones distinct ; 

 dots scattered. Native of Jamaica. 



60. Polypodium Serra ; Saw-leaved Polypody. Frond 

 bipinnatifid ; pinnas linear, very long, attenuated, serrate ; 

 serratures semiovate, acute, striated. Native of Jamaica. 



61. Polypodium Tetragonum ; Square-stalked Polypody. 

 Fronds bipinnatifid ; pinnas lanceolate, acuminate, opposite, 

 distant, horizontal ; segments ovate, bluntish ; stipe four- 

 cornered. Native of Jamaica. 



62. Polypodium Sanctum. Fronds subbipinnate ; upper 

 pinnas coadunate; lower linear, blunt, entire; lowest biggest, 

 acute, crenate. Native of Jamaica. See Acrosticlium Sanc- 

 tum ; they are the same. 



63. Polypodium Reticulatum ; Nttted-leaved Polypody. 

 Fronds pinnate ; pinnas oblong, quite entire, anastomosing, 

 rectangular; dots rectangular, approximating. Native of 

 America. 



64. Polypodium Deltoideum ; Deltoid Polypody. Frond 

 bipinnatifid ; lower pinnas abbreviated, entire, oblong, del 

 toid, reflex. Native of Jamaica. 



65. Polypodium Cicutarium. Fronds ternate ; leaflets 

 bipinnate, laciniate at the base, bluntly gash-serrate, acu- 

 minate, the lowest more gibbous. These little plants rise 

 three or four together from a tufted fibrous root, Native of 

 Virginia and Jamaica. 



66. Polypodinm Fontanum ; Rock Polypody. Fronds 

 pinnate, lanceolate; leaflets roundish, sharply gashed; stipe 

 even. Dr. Smith has removed this species into the genus 

 Cyathea. Native of England, Germany, Switzerland, the 

 south of France, Piedmont, and Siberia, upon moist shady 

 rocks. It is found above Hammersham church ; and near 

 Wyburne in Westmoreland; and also in Buckinghamshire. 



67. Polypodium Falcatum ; Sickle-leaved Polypody. 

 Fronds pinnate ; pinnas cordate, falcate, acuminate, entire ; 

 fructifications approximating, scattered. This resembles the 

 forty-fifth species, but the frond is larger, the leaflets on 

 petioles, though very short ones, more pointed, and very 

 bluntly serrate. Native of Japan. 



68. Polypodium Marginale. Fronds pinnate ; upper pin- 

 nas coaleseent ; lower ensiform, eared upwards, gashed; stipe 

 villose. Native of Japan. 



70. Polypodium Hirsutulum. Fronds pinnate; pinnas 

 oblong, bluntly serrate, eared upwards at the base. Native 

 of the Society Isles. 



71. Polypodium Tenellum. Fronds pinnate; leaflets 

 alternate, remote, linear, acuminate, -waved. Native of the 

 islands in the South Sea. 



72. Polypodium Dissectum. Fronds pinnate; leaflets 

 piunatifid ; pinnules oblong, bluntly serrate, the lower ones 

 longer, scarcely coalescent. Native of the islands in the 

 South Sea. 



73. Polypodinm Nymphale. Fronds pinnate, pubescent; 

 leaflets linear, very long, pointed, serrate, pinnatifid at the 

 base ; segments oblong, blunt, scarcely falcated forwards. 

 Native of the islands in the South Sea. 



74. Polypodium Invisum. Fronds pinnate, smooth ; leaf- 

 lets linear, very long, pointed, serrate, pinnate ; pinnas lan- 

 ceolate, falcate, acute, connate at the base. Native of New 

 Zealand. 



