48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 329 



153. P. decipiens, Hk. ; st. tufted, slender, wiry, short, naked or villose ; fr. 

 flaccid, pendent, 1 ft. 1., 2 in. or more br. ; pinnae 1-2 in. ]., distinct, entire, 1 lin. br., 

 pinnatind ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; ebeneous rachis and both surfaces 

 naked ; veinlets 1 to each lobe ; sori copious. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 231. t. 279. B. 

 P. pilipes, Mett. non Hk. 



Hab. West Indies to Peru. The alliance of this is with Jhe preceding species rather 

 than with P. pilipes, which is much more coriaceous in texture, with an indistinct rachis. 



154. P. subsessile, Baker ; st. scarcely any ; fr. 6-18 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., the 

 pinnae distant, linear, bluntish, about 1 lin. br., entire or slightly crenate, dilated 

 suddenly at the base so as to be almost or quite connected, the lower ones reduced 

 to a mere zigzag wing to the rachis ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis black ; 

 both sides naked or even glossy ; veinlets simple ; sori in 2 long rows. P. pte- 

 ropus, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 192. t. 275 B. non Blume. 



Hab. Columbia, Guiana, and Ecuador. 



155. P. farinosum, Hk. ; st. 1 in. or less 1., wiry, flexuose ; fr. pendent, 4-5 

 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br. ; pinnce close, 1 in. or more 1., 2-3 lin. br., the point blunt, the 

 edge obscurely undulated, the base dilated and then narrowed ; texture subcori- 

 aceous ; both sides with white meal ; veinlets immersed, forked ; sori copious. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 223. 2nd Cent. t. 47. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. 



156. P. curvatum, Sw. ; rhizome stout, scaly ; st. 3-4 in. 1., naked, glossy, dark- 

 brown \fr. 12-18 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., pendent, cut down to the curved and flexuose 

 rachis into close linear crenated pinnce 1^-2 lin. br., which are decurrent at the 

 base ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis finely pubescent ; both sides naked ; veinlets 

 obscure, 1- or 2-forked ; sori bright-yellow, in 2 long rows. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 201. 

 P. curvans, Mett. 



Hab. Jamaica to Ecuador and Peru. This has a good deal the appearance and texture 

 of P. pectinatum, but is pendent and remarkably flexuose. 



157. P. pendulum, Sw. ; caud. suberect, scaly ; fr. flaccid, pendulous, 6-12 

 in. or more 1., 1-2 in. br., subsessile or short-stalked, cut down nearly or quite to 

 the rachis into blunt entire pinnce 1 ^-2 lin. br., which are dilated at the base, the 

 lower part narrowed into a mere decurrent wing to the rachis ; texture subcori- 

 aceous ; rachis naked or villose ; both sides naked ; veinlets forked ; sori slightly 

 immersed, forming a row on each side close to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 194. 



Hab. West Indies to Brazil and Peru. 



158. P. suspensum, L. ; st. tufted, 4-8 in. 1., dark chesnut-brown, clothed with 

 soft spreading hairs ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 1^-3 in. br., cut down to the rachis into 

 horizontal entire acute or bluntish pinnae l|-3 lin. br., dilated at the base, the 

 lower ones not gradually reduced ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and under side more or less clothed with ferruginous hairs ; veinlets forked ; 

 sori in long rows close to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 196. 



Hab. Mexico and Cuba to South Brazil and Ecuador. This has often an erect stem, 

 with a very decided curve at the top (Plum. t. 102). P. asplenifolium, L., is larger in 

 size, densely clothed with long rough reddish hairs, the pinnae broader, and the lower 

 ones reduced. P. mollissimum, Fde, is like the type in habit, but very soft, with the 

 veins simple, and the lower pinnae much reduced. 



159. P. melanopus, Gr. & Hk. ; st. 3-4 in. 1., slender, black, naked, bent so that 

 the frond hangs down \fr. 7-8 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., cut down to the rachis into linear 

 bluntish faintly crenated pinnce \ in. br., the lower ones slightly reduced ; texture 



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