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3. S. verrucosa, J. Sm. Polypodium verrucosum, Wall.; 

 Hook. Gard. Ferns, t. 41. Marginalia verrucosa, 

 Hook. Gen. Fil. 1. 14, 10 J5. Goniophlebium verru- 

 cosum, /. 8m. Cat. (1857). Malacca. 



9. PHLEBODIUM, E. Sr. ; J. Sm. 



Rhizome thick and fleshy. Fronds large, 2-6 feet high, 

 pirmatifid or subpinnate, membranous, smooth or glaucous. 

 Veins pinnate ; venules arcuately or angularly anastomosing, 



Genus 9. Portion of pinna of mature frond, under side. No. 1. 



producing two or three excurrent veinlets terminating in the 

 areoles ; the costal areoles always vacant. Receptacles puncti- 

 form, on the combined apices of the excurrent veinlets. Sori 

 round, transversely 1 6-serial, destitute of scales. 



1. P. aureum, R. Br. Polypodium aureum, Linn.; Plum. Fil. 



t. 76 ; ScTik. Fil. t. 12. Tropical America. 



2. P. sporodocarpum, J. 8m. Polypodium sporodocarpnm, 



Wittd. Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 6. P. glaucum, Hort. 

 Mexico. 



3. P. areolatum, /. Sm. Polypodium areolatum, Willd. 



Venezuela. 



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