330 48. POLTPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 



subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets very distinct, once forked ; 

 sori in 2 long rows. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 200. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. This may be a form of the last, but the pinnae are 

 longer and closer. 



160. P. celeUcum, Blume ; st. 3-5 in. 1., tufted, villose \fr. 12-15 in. 1., 2 in. br., 

 eut down to the rachis throughout into close nearly horizontal entire bluntish 

 pinnae 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture coriaceous ; rachis ciliated, the rest nearly naked ; 

 veinlets simple ; sori deeply sunk, 8 to 12 in a row on each side the midrib. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 191. 



Hab. Borneo and Celebes. 



161. P. griseum, Liebm. ; rMzome stout, "wide-creeping, scaly ; st. 4-6 in. 1., pale- 

 brown, polished, villose ; fr. flaccid, 1-2 ft. or more 1., 3-4 in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into entire acute or bluntish lanceolate pinnce j- in. br. ; texture herba- 

 ceous ; rachis densely villose, and both sides finely pubescent ; veins fine, close, 

 2- or 3-forked, the groups sometimes joining ; sori in 2 long rows midway between 

 the midrib and edge. Hk. Sp. 4. j?. 202. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala, 



162. P. sublanosum, Hk. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., firm, erect, greyish, villose throughout ; 

 fr. 12-15 in. 1., 3 in. br. ; pinnce close, alternate, 1^ in. 1., J-| in. br., bluntish, 

 entire, dilated at the base, only the lowest, which are shorter and deflexed, quite 

 free ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; weak rachis and both sides villose ; veinlets 

 twice forked, very fine and inconspicuous ; sori in medial rows. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 221. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, Gardner, 122. 



163. P. pilipes, Hk. ; st. tufted, flexuose, 3-4 in. 1., densely clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs ;fr. pendent, 6-9 in. 1., 2-4 in, br., cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into close linear lobes, which are often deeply pinnatifid ; texture coriaceous ; 

 rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets 1 to each lobe ; sori copious. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 230. Ic. t. 221. 



HaK Peru, Matthews. 



C. fronds more than half an inch broad, erect or suberect. Sp. 164-186. 



164. P. macrocarpum, Presl ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed with 

 lanceolate adpressed scales ; st. 1-3 in. 1., wiry, often flextrose, deciduously scaly ; 

 fr. 3-4 in. 1., 1 in, or more br., lanceolate, cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 blunt entire or obscurely toothed pinnce in. br., dilated at the base, and with a 

 rounded sinus between them ; texture coriaceous ; veins hidden, forked ; upper 

 surface naked, lower densely coated with scales ; sori large, copious. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 215. P. Tweedianum, Hk. Ic. t. 86. 



Hab. Bolivia to Chili. Habit and scales like those of P. incanum. 



165. P. madrense, 3. Sm. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed with 

 minute scales ; st, 2-4 in. 1., firm, erect, naked or slightly scaly ; fr. 3-5 in. ]., 

 If -2 in. br., cut down very nearly to the rachis into horizontal blunt entire pinnce 

 % in. br., with a rounded sinus between them ; texture coriaceous ; ebeneous rachis 

 and under side thinly coated with minute scales ; veinlets 2-forked, obscure ; sori 

 large, copious. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 214. 



Hab. Sierra Madre, N, W. Mexico, Seemann, 1941. About midway between the last 

 . pectirwttum. 



