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feet, as large as the human leg, undivided, covered with the 

 ends of the fallen petioles, which are dark brown, as big as 

 the finger, two or three inches long, thick set with short and 

 sharp prickles. Native of South America, and the islands. 



106. Polypodium Horridum. Fronds superdecompound ; 

 pinnas semisagittate, connected at the base, serrate at the 

 tip ; trunk prickly. Native of the West Indies. 



107. Polypodium Pyramidale. Fronds superdecompound; 

 pinnas terminating, lanceolate, very long, serrate ; stipe 

 prickly at bottom. Native of America. 



108. Polypodium Asperum. Fronds superdecompound; 

 pinnas obtuse, serrate at the tip, the terminating ones acu- 

 minate; trunk arboreous, prickly. Native of America. 



109. Polypodium Muricatum. Fronds hipinnate ; pinnas 

 ovate, toothlet-spiny. Native of America. 



110. Polypodium Villosum. Fronds bipinnate, hirsute; 

 pinnas oblong, obtuse, the terminating ones acuminate. 

 Native of the West Indies. 



111. Polypodium Decussatum. Fronds bipinnate; pinnas 

 horizontal, quite entire, obtuse, the terminating ones lanceo- 

 late. Native of the East Indies. 



******* Frond superdecompound. 



112. Polypodium Axillare ; Slender Polypody. Frond 

 tripinnate, smooth; pinnas oblong, serrate at the tip, adnate, 

 few-flowered. Native of the island of Madeira. 



113. Polypodium Umbrosum; Madeira Wood Polypody. 

 Frond tripinnate, smooth ; pinnas lanceolate-linear, serrate, 

 adnate, many-flowered. Native of Medeira. 



114. Polypodium Dryopteris; Branched Polypody. Fronds 

 superdecompound; leaflets torn, bipinnate. Root thread- 

 shaped. The plant is from five to eight inches or a foot high. 

 The pinnas do not grow exactly perpendicular, but decline 

 towards the horizon. Fructifications in two rows of round 

 dots upon each lobe. Bolton figures a variety with larger 

 leaves, which he found in White Scars near Ingleton, York- 

 shire ; and in the Peak of Derbyshire. The species is a native 

 of many parts of Europe, on rocks, and in shady places. With 

 us, chiefly in the northern counties; as at Cornbury quarry in 

 Oxfordshire; in woods E. N. E.of the road up Frocaster Hill, 

 Gloucestershire; about North Brierly in Yorkshire; among 

 the rocks at the fall of Lodore on the side of Derwentwater, 

 Cumberland ; in Barrowfield wood, and other rocky woods 

 near Kendal ; in Scotland, at Langholm and Broomholm in 

 Eskdale; about Dunkeld in Stormount; and near Tintern 

 Abbey in Monmouthshire, South Wales. 



15. Polypodium Calcareum; Rigid Three-branched Poly- 

 pody. Frond tcrnate, doubly pinnate, erect, rather rigid; 

 segments obtuse, somewhat crenate; dots confluent. Native 

 of mountainous heaths, on a calcareous soil : abundant about 

 Matlock bath, Derbyshire. 



116. Polypodium Speluncee. Fronds superdecompound, 

 hairy ; leaflets lanceolate, pinnate ; pinnas opposite, pinna- 

 tifid. Native of both Indies, Cochin-china, and Egypt. 



117. Polypodium Capense; Cape Polypody. Frond super- 

 decompound ; leaves bipinnate ; pinnas one-flowered at the 

 base. Native of the Cape. 



118. Polypodium jEmulum ; Dwarf Madeira Polypody. 

 Frond quadripinnatifid, smooth ; pinnas oblong-linear, gashed ; 

 pinnules toothletted at the tip. Native of Madeira. 



119. Polypodium Denticulatum. Frond quadriparite at bot- 

 tom, at top tripinnate, smooth : pinnules wedge-ovate, gashed, 

 toothletted; fructifications solitary. Native of Jamaica. 



120. Polypodium Armatum ; Armed Polypody. Fronds 

 quadripinnate; pinnules lanceolate, crenulate, smooth above, 

 hirsute at bottom; fructifications crowded, branched; branch- 

 lets rough ; trunk arboreous, prickly. Native of Jamaica. 



121. Polypodium Glaucum. Fronds quadripinnate; 

 branches and branchlets lanceolate; pinnas lanceolate, pin- 

 natifid; segments ovate, acute glaucous underneath. Native 

 of Jamaica. 



122. Polypodium Dissectum; Cut Polypody. Frond quad- 

 ripinnatifid, smoothish ; pinnules ovate, blunt, gash-serrate ; 

 fructifications solitary ; branches and branchlets pubescent. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



123. Polypodium Effusum; Spreading Polypody. Frona 

 quinquepinnatifid, smoothish, membranaceous ; pinnules 

 acute, finely serrate; rachis of the branches margined. 

 Native of Jamaica. 



124. Polypodium Ilvense. Fronds pinnate; leaflets oppo- 

 site, united, blunt, hairy underneath, very entire at the base ; 

 see Acrostichum Ilvense. Found on Ben Lawers in Scotland, 

 and Clogwyn y Garnedd in Wales. 



125. Polypodium Arvonicum. Fronds pinnate ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, pinnatifid, hairy underneath; stipe hairy. Found 

 in Wales. 



126. Polypodium Dentatum. Fronds pinnate; leaflets 

 opposite, pinnatifid ; lobes sparingly cut at the sides, finely 

 toothed at the ends; stipe very slender. Found in the 

 highlands of Scotland. 



127. Polypodium Spinulosum. Fronds bipinnate; pinnas 

 lanceolate ; pinnules linear, ovate, with sharp-pointed teeth. 

 Found on bogs on Birmingham heath, and Holluways in 

 Devonshire. 



128. Polypodium Trifidum. Fronds bipinnate; pinnas 

 lanceolate, blunt; pinnules of the lowermost pinnas mostly 

 trifid ; stipe bordered. Found near Denbigh in North Wales. 



129. Polypodium Vestitum. Fronds subbipinnate; pinnns 

 rhomb-ovate, gash-serrate, the lowest lobed, subbipinnate; 

 stipe covered with scariose scales. Native of New South 

 Wales. 



130. Polypodium Nudum. Fronds bipinnate; leaflets and 

 pinnas rhombed, gashed, crenate; stipe rugged. Native ol' 

 New South Wales. 



131. Polypodium Setosum. Fronds bipinnate; leaves 

 subbipinnate; pinnas linear, gashed, serrate; serratures seta- 

 ceous ; stipe villose. Native of New South Wales. 



132. Polypodium Aristatum. Fronds bipinnate; lower 

 leaflets pinnate ; pinnas rhomb-oblong, gashed ; segments 

 mucronate, serrate ; stipe somewhat villose. Native of New 

 South Wales. 



133. Polypodium Adiantiforme. Fronds subbipinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate, gashed ; lobes ovate, obtuse, crenate-serrate, 

 the lowest separate; stipe scaleletted, rough. Native of New 

 South Wales. 



134. Polypodium Medullare. Fronds bipinnate; leaflets 

 pinnate, very long, pointed ; pinnas oblong, subfalcate, acute, 

 crenate; stipe rough; trunk arboreous, hispid. This is fre- 

 quent in the woods of New Zealand, where it is called 

 Mamuga. The natives eat the pith of the root and lower 

 part of the trunk roasted. It has a taste like that of the 

 Turnip, but better, and approaches to the Sago. 



135. Polypodium Extensum. Fronds bipinnate; leaflets 

 pinnate, acuminate, serrate at the tip; pinnas oblong, serrate; 

 stipe rough, with dots; stem arboreous. Native of the islands 

 in the South Sea. 



136. Polypodium Dealbatum, Fronds bipinnate; leaflets 

 pinnate, acuminate, white underneath ; pinnas oblong, sub- 

 falcate, serrate ; stipe rough ; trunk arboreous. Native of 

 New Zealand. 



137. Polypodium Affine. Fronds bipinnate ; leaflets pin- 

 nate, acuminate, white underneath; pinnas acuminate, linear- 

 oblong, crenate. Native of the islands in the South Seas. . 



