48. POLYPODIUM, EUPHEGOPTERIS. 305 



Hab. St. Gabriel, Amazon Valley, Spruce, 2153. Very near the last, of which it may 

 be a form. 



5. P. (Pheg.) alleopterum, Kunze ; st. 1| ft. 1. ; fr. 1 ft. 1., 1 ft. br., ovate- 

 oblong, slightly narrowed below ; pinnae 6 in. 1., \\ in. br., the edge inciso- 

 crenate, with subfalcate acute or obtuse lobes, the base unequal, the lower pinnae_ 

 stalked ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinleti 

 2-5 on a side ; sori large, close to the main veins. Mett. Pheg. p. 19. 



Hab. Columbia. 



6. P. (Pheg.) Tijuccanum, Raddi ; st. 1-1 ft. 1., stout, erect, densely clothed 

 with fibrillose brown scales ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br. ; lower pinnce stalked, 

 6-9 in. 1., 1-1 in. br., cut about halfway down to the rachis into blunt entire 

 lobes in. br., lower ones not reduced ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachises 

 scaly ; under side naked ; veinlets 6-9 on a side, simple, with the sori below the 

 middle. tf. Sp. 4. p. 239. 



Hab. Guiana, Brazil, and Peru. 



7. P. (Pheg.) Walkerce, Hk. ; st. 12-18 in. 1., strong, erect, substramineous, 

 deciduously scaly ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; lower pinnce distinctly 

 stalked, 6-12 in. 1., 1 in. br., acuminate, the edge crenated or slightly or deeply 

 lobed ; texture coriaceous ; rachis slightly scaly ; under surface quite naked, 

 glossy ; veins immersed, in free pinnated groups, with 5-6 very oblique veinlets 

 on a side ; the sori distant from the midrib of each. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 234. /3, bi- 

 pinnatum ; lower pinnce 1 ft. 1., with distinct unequal-sided pinnatifid pinnl. 

 cuneate at the base. 



Hab. Ceylon. A doubtful plant ; a is probably a form of Aspidlum caducum, with- 

 out an involucre ; whilst /3 comes near to A. aristatum y, but is without spinose teeth. 

 The various forms are figured by Capt. Beddome, t. 234-5. 



** Pinnce cut more than halfway down to the rachis into close, regular ', subentire 

 lobes. Sp. 8-24. Veinlets all simple except in 20-24. 



8. P. (Pheg.) paucijlorum, Hk. ; st. tufted, 6-8 in. 1., firm, polished, brownish, 

 naked ; fr. 8-10 in. 1., 4-5 in. br., lanceolate ; lower pinnce distinctly stalked, 

 2-3 in. 1., | in. br., cut halfway down or more into close, broad, blunt lobes, 

 lowest not reduced ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and under side a little 

 hairy ; veinlets simple, 4-5 on a side, with a few sori near their apex. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 242. 



Hab. Surinam, Hostmann, 64. 



9. P. (Pheg.) deflexum, Baker ; caud. erect, the scales ovate, dull-brown ; st. 

 2-3 in. 1., slender, naked, stramineous ; fr. 8-12 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnce 1 in. 1., 

 J in. br. ; lanceolate-acuminate, cut down to the rachis into pointed linear- 

 oblong lobes f lin. br., the lower pinnse deflexed, very distant and dwindling 

 down gradually to mere auricles ; texture herbaceous ; rachis naked, stramineous ; 

 both sides slightly hairy ; veins 4-6 on each side ; sori nearer the midrib than the 

 edge. Phegop. Mett. Fil. Nov. Gran. 241. Nephrodium, Presl. 



Hab. New Granada, Lindig, 321. Habit of N. Beddomei. 



10. P. (Pheg.) obtusilobum, Desv. ; st. densely tufted, about 1 ft. 1., slender, 

 nearly naked ; fr. 2 ft. or more 1., 8-10 in. br. ; pinnce 4-6 in. 1., f- in. br., 

 narrowed gradually from the base to the point, cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into entire slightly falcate lobes ^ in. br. ; lower pinnce reduced gradually ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachises naked or slightly pubescent ; veinlets 8-9 on a sid'e ; 

 sori small, medial. 



