174 



superior veinlet subglobose deep ferruginous. — Hook. Ic. Fl. 

 t. 721. 



Ilab. Andes of Quito, creeping among mosses, Jameson. — One of the hand- 

 somest of the simple-fronded Eupolypodia, the caudex, and fronds, and stipites 

 being alike clothed with copious, bright, ferruginous, or rather aureo-nitent 

 scales, quite unlike any other species known to me. It would appear to be very 

 rare, for I have never received it from any other person than Dr. Jameson, and 

 only on one occasion. 



** Fronds jnnnatifid (rarely once or twice forked) or occasionally more or 

 less pinnated below. (28-106.) 



28. P. (Eupolypodium) nmIti_fldi(m,Bory; caudex minute 

 almost none scarcely scaly radiculose below, stipites tufted a 

 few lines long, fronds 2-3 inches long coriaceous opaque 

 linear lanceolate costate entire tapering below into the short 

 stipes simple or once or twice forked, veins oblique simple, 

 sori between the margin and the costa oval or subrotund very 

 prominent so large that the two series meet at the costa and 

 overhang the margin so as to give an appearance of their 

 being marginal. — Bory, Voy. Isles d^Afr. ii. p. 103. t. 20. f. 2. 

 mi/d. Sp. PL V. p. 163. Kze. in Sc/ik. Fil. Supjjl. i. p. 90. 

 t. 43. /. 1 {the principal figure copied from Bortj). Metten. 

 Poly pod. \\. p. 230. Polyp, furcatum, Desv. 



Hab. Bourbon, Bory {in Herb, nostr., from Herb. Mas. Par.). — A very rare 

 species, apparently only gathered by Bory. My specimens have fronds n.ostly 

 simple ; they are sometimes forked with divaricating branches or segments, and 

 these segments sometimes bifid. 



29. P. (Eupolypodium) furcatum, Metten. ; caudex small 

 erect fibroso-radiculose, stipites densely tufted short 2-3 

 lines long, fronds subcoriaceous glabrous 3-4 inches long 

 1 line wide linear or narrow linear-lanceolate simple or 

 far more generally forked scarcely acuminate below gradually 

 attenuated into the short stipes entire or distantly dentato- 

 sinuate, veins oblique distant simple (" rarely forked," 

 Metten.), sori oval oblong large for the size of the frond. — 

 Metten. Polypod. p. 34. Grammitis, Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. 

 i.p. 62. Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 72. 



llab. Trunks of trees, British Guiana, C. Parker. French Guiana, Le Prieur. 

 Jatiaratc river, Cachoeira, a tributary of the Amazon, Spruce, n. 2452. — Much 

 resembling P. multijidmn. 



30. P. (Eupolypodium) serrulatum, Metten. ; caudex a 

 slender scaly more or less ascending and rooting rhizome, 

 fronds small subhispid tufted (on very short stipites) 2-4-6 

 inches long 2-3 lines wide more or less curved or llexuose 



