3] 2 48. POLYPODIUM, EUPHEGOPTERIS. 



with deciduous fibrillose scales ; fr. 3-4 ft. or more 1., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 

 12-18 in. 1., with the pinnl. of the lower side the largest, sometimes again 

 compound, with lanceolate deeply pinnatifid segm. 3-4 in. 1., f in. br. ; ult. 

 entire lobes J in. br., blunt ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; colour dark-green ; 

 under surface sprinkled over with pellucid glands ; veinlets of the lobes 6-8 on a 

 side, mostly forked ; sori large, submarginal. HJc. Sp. 4. p. 254. 



Hab. Sandwich. Isles, Hillebrand, 42. Most like N. latifrons in general habit. 



48. P. (Pheg.) punctatum, Thunb. ; rhizome firm, wide-creeping, villose ; st. 

 scattered, 1-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, s stramineous, polished, naked or hairy, and 

 viscid ; fr. 1-4 ft. 1., 6-24 in. br. ; lower pinnce sometimes 1-2 ft. 1., deltoid ; 

 pinnl. and segm. close, lanceolate ; ult. lobes oblong, crenate or pinnatifid, with 

 the edge often more or less reflexed ; texture herbaceous ; rachises naked or 

 viscid ; under side slightly hairy ; sori copious, marginal. /3, P. rugulosum, 

 Labill. ; fr. less compound and more coriaceous ; rachis deep purplish-brown and 

 densely viscid. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 272. 



Hab. Columbia to Chili, Sandwich Isles, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, 

 Japan, Philippines, Malaccas ; N. India to Ceylon, Bourbon, Tristan d'Acunha, St. Helena. 

 Very closely related to Euhypolepis, see page 130. Mettenius regards our two varieties 

 as distinct species, 



49. P. (Pheg.) prasinum, Baker ; st. 2 ft. or more 1., densely clothed below 

 with long, squarrose, linear-subulate scales, naked and glossy upwards ; fr. 5-6 

 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lower pinnce often 1 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pinnl. distinct, 

 lanceolate, cut halfway down to the rachis into close blunt lobes ; texture 

 herbaceous ; colour bright-green ; rachis slightly scaly, both sides naked ; veinlets 

 about 4 on a side in the lobes ; sori close to the midrib. P. punctatum, Spruce. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 262. (non Thunb.}. 



Hab. Andes of Peru and Ecuador. 



50. P. (Pheg.) Sandvicense, Hk. & Arn. ; st. 2 ft. 1., stout, glossy, naked ; fr. 

 3-4 ft. or more 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lowest pinnce 12-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnl. 

 lanceolate, spreading, 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. br. ; segm. with a space between them, 

 ovate-lanceolate, truncate on the lower side, deeply pinnatifid, with erecto-patent 

 linear-oblong entire or toothed lobes ; rachis glossy, castaneous ; both sides 

 naked ; veinlets forked ; sori usually 1 near the base of each lobe. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 267. 



Hab. Sandwich and Society Isles. The New Hebridean P. Aneitense, Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 268, is apparently the same species. 



51. P. (Pheg.) connexum, Kaulf. ; st. 3-4 ft. 1., firm, naked ; fr. deltoid, 

 tripinnatifid, 3-4 ft. or more 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lower pinnce lanceolate- 

 deltoid, 8-12 in. 1. ; pinnl. 3-4 in. 1., f in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 oblong, entire or slightly crenate lobes J in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and 

 both sides naked ; veinlets of the lobes 5-6 on a side, the lower ones often forked ; 

 sori medial. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 261. 



Hab. Brazil. 



52. P. (Pheg.) splendidum, Kaulf. ; trunk subarborescent ; st. 2 ft. or more 1., 

 strong, glabrous, angular ; fr. 4-6 ft. or more 1., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinnce 12-18 

 in. 1., 6-8 in. br., with distinct lanceolate pinnl. with close, blunt, entire lobes 

 J in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and midrib beneath slightly villose ; veinlets 

 of the lobes simple, often obscure. /3, P. macropterum, Kaulf. ; pinnce lan- 

 ceolate, 6-9 in. 1., 2 in. br., with entire oblong-falcate lobes j- in. br., reaching 

 down three-quarters of the way to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 258. 



Hab. Brazil, frequent. 



