POLYPODIUM, § EUPOLYPODIUM. 17^ 



Spreading fulvous hairs, fronds drooping membranaceous 

 subpellucid 3-5 inches long subspathulato-meinl)runaceous 

 yellow-green obtuse entire when young in maturity lobato- 

 pinnatifid, lobes rounded entire, on tiie upper side sparingly, 

 beneath and at the margins copiously crinite with long patent 

 ferruginous hairs, veins patent tlexuose pinnate, veinlets cla- 

 vate at the apex, sori sub-4-serial small having hairs among 

 the capsules. — Hook. 2d Cent, of Ferns, tab. 13. 



Hab. On trees, Forest of Archedona, Quitinian Andes, Jameson, n. 349. — A 

 well-marked s[)ecies, having some affinity with P. setigerum of Blume, from 

 Java, but abundantly distinct. 



41. P. (Eupolypodium) Andinum, Hook. ; caudex short 

 ascending copiously rooting, stipites 2-3 lines long tufted, 

 fronds 4-G inches long membranaceous bright-green pellucid 

 ^ an inch wide linear-oblong moderately tapering at each ex- 

 tremity crinite with long patent scattered fulvous hairs pin- 

 natifido-lobate with short rounded lobes, veins forked, sori 

 globose or oval forming two series one on each side nearer 

 the costa than the margin. — Hook. 2d Cent, of Ferns, t. 6. 

 P. crispatum ?, TVilld. Sp. PL v. p. 180. Plum. Fil. p. 85. t. 

 102. B?. 



Hab. Andes of Quito, near the River Hondache, Jameson, n. 780, and Cerro 

 de Alitagua, on trees. Spruce, n. 5282. Mount Picote, near Mayobaraba, Peru, 

 C. W. Nelson {Spruce, n. 4780). — A very distinct species, as may be seen by the 

 plate above quoted. Pluraier's figure, the P. rispatum, Willd., has no slight re- 

 semblance to this species ; but that appears to be much more flaccid and pendulous. 



42. P. (Eupolypodium) decorum, Brack. ; caudex short 

 rather thick creeping densely ferrugineo-squamose, stipites 

 approximate subterminal on the caudex 2-4 lines long rather 

 stout, fronds coriaceous glabrous 6-12 inches long ^-1 inch 

 broad narrow-lanceolate much and almost caudato-acuminate 

 the base very gradually attenuated into the short stipes 

 deeply and nearly to the rachis pinnatifid, segments hori- 

 zontally patent narrow-oblong obtuse quite entire, below 

 gradually becoming shorter and broader and forming shallow 

 elongated lobed wings at the base, costa glabrous or pilosu- 

 lous, costule and veins quite sunk and inconspicuous, sori 

 oblong 5-8-10 in two rows parallel with the costa and be- 

 tween the costa and the margin partially sunk in a hairy 

 cavity (but with no raised border) at length confluent. — 

 Brack. Fil. U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 1.t.2. f. 2 [excellent). P. 



