AN ENUMERATION OF CULTIVATED FEENS. 1G9 



multifid, and from 1-6 feet high. Veins forked or pinnate ; 

 venules free. Receptacles punctiform, terminal, medial, or basal. 

 Sori round, rarely oblong, naked. 



1. Vernation fasciculate, erect, becoming ccespitose. 

 (Anopodium.) 



1. P. alpestris, /. Sm. Poly podium alpestre, Hoppe ; Lindl. 



and Moore's Brit. Ferns, t. 7, A, B, G ; Sowerby's 

 Ferns, 2, t. 49 ; Lowe's Ferns, 1, t. 39. Aspidium 

 alpestre, Hoppe ; Sw. ; Schk. Fil. t. 60, exclus. syn. 

 Linn. Europe, Britain. 



2. P. flexilis, J". 8m. Polypodium flexile, Moore. Polypodium 



alpestre, var. flexile, Lindl. and Moore's Brit. Ferns, 

 t. 7, D, E; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 6. Scotland. 



2. Vernation fasciculate, erect ; caudex becoming elevated, 

 solitary. (Desmopodium.) 



3. P. hastsefolia, /. Sm. Polypodium hastsefolium, Sw. ; 



Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 203 ; Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 55. 

 Jamaica. 



4. P. Walkerse, Hook. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 233. Ceylon. 



5. P. Sieberiamim, Fee. Polypodium Sieberianum, Kaulf. ; 



Hook. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 235. Mauritius. 



6. P. decussata, /. Sm. Polypodium decussatum, Linn. 



(Plum. Fil. t. 24) ; Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 54. Polypodium 

 grammicum, Spr. West Indies. 



7. P. macroptera, Fee. Polypodium macropterum, Kaulf. 



Polypodium fonnosum, Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 53. Also- 

 phila Fischeriana, Regel, Hort. Petrop. Brazil. 



8. P. ampla, Fee. Polypodium amplum, Humb.; Lowe's 



Ferns, 9, t. 52. Martinique. 



9. P. spectabilis, Fee. Polypodium spectabile, Kaulf.; 



Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 43. Tropical America. 



10. P. lachnopoda, /. Sm. Polypodium lachnopodium, 



J.Sm. En. Fil Hort. Kew (1846) ; Lowe's Ferns, 1, 

 t. 33. Jamaica. 



