338 48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 



210. P. tenuisectum, Blume ; st. tufted, short, wiry, 1-2 in. 1., clothed with 

 soft spreading hairs ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br. ; pinnae close, 2 lin. br., cut down 

 to a narrow rachis into linear very regular erecto-patent lobes ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; rachis erect, straight, villose ; both sides naked ; veinlets simple, 

 immersed, 1 to each lobe ; sori much broader than the lobes, placed at their base. 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 227. (in part}. 



Hab. Java. 



211. P. myriophyllum, Mett. ; st. flexuose, wiry, 4-0 in. 1., densely clothed with 

 long soft spreading brown hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, 1 ft. 1., 3 in. br. ; pinnae 

 close, flexuose, J in. br., cut down to a narrow rachis into linear-subulate lobes, 

 the lower ones distant and shorter ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and under side 

 slightly villose ; veinlets simple, immersed, 1 to each lobe ; sori broader than the 

 lobes, placed at their base. P. tenuisectum, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 227. (in part}. 2nd 

 Cent. t.2l. 



Hab. Peru, Lechler, 2567. Very near the last, but different in habit, with the lobes 

 of the pinnse twice as long and not nearly so close and regular. 



212. P. achillecefolium, Kaulf. ; st. tufted, wiry, 1 in. or less 1., clothed with 

 short soft spreading hairs \fr. 4-5 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., oblong-lanceolate; pinnce 

 close, erecto-patent, deeply pinnatifid with linear lobes, lower pinnae gradually 

 reduced ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and under surface slightly villose ; veinlets 

 immersed, forked, 1 to each lobe ; sori copious. Hk. /Sp. 4. p. 225. 



Hab. Ecuador and Brazil. 



213. P. longisetosum, Hk. ; st. 2-3 in. 1., slender, deciduously villose ; fr. 

 flaccid, pendent, 6-8 in. 1., 2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, the pinnce close, erecto- 

 patent, linear, about 1 in. 1., 2 lin. br., deeply pinnatifid, with blunt rounded 

 lobes, the base decurrent ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; both sides and rachis 

 thinly clothed with long spreading hairs ; veinlets simple, one to each lobe ; sori 

 copious. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 225. t. 278. A. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson, 97. 



214. P. funiculum, Fe'e ; rhizome wide-creeping, wiry, slender, naked ; st. 

 tufted, 1-2 in. 1., wiry, naked ; fr. 3-5 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., oblong-lanceolate ; 

 pinnce ^ in, br., deeply pinnatifid, with blunt oblong lobes, the lowest very 

 small ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets 

 simple, 1 to each lobe ; sori small, yellowish. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 226. 



Hab. Cuba, Linden, Wright. 



215. P. gracile, Hk. ; st. 3-4 in. 1., tufted, slender, wiry, naked ; fr. flaccid, 

 pendent, 6-9 in. 1., |-1 in. br. ; pinnce distinct, J- in. 1., 1 lin. or rather more 

 br., deeply pinnatifid, with broad blunt lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and 

 both sides naked ; veins immersed, obscure ; sori 1 to each lobe. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 224. Hk. & Gr. t. 222. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Cruckshanks. 



216. P. tamariscinum, Kaulf,; rhizome stout, creeping, scaly; st. 2-3 in. 1., 

 naked, wiry, flexuose ; fr. 4-8 in. 1., 1^-3 in. br., ovate-lanceolate ; pinnce close, 

 erecto-patent, j-f in. br., cut down to the rachis into simple or forked linear or 

 oblong lobes ; texture subcoriaceous ; both surfaces naked ; veinlets 1 to each 

 lobe ; sori copious, placed near the apex of the lobes. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 228. 

 Adenophorus, Hk. & Gr. Ic. t. 175. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Tahiti, Malay Isles. A. tripinnatifidus, Gaud., is a form with 



