POLYPODHTM, § ET I'O LYPODI UM. 187 



immersed, lowei- ones sterile, superior and al)l)reviated ones 

 soriferous, sori 2-5 on each side the costule very protuberant 

 on the upper surface of the frond internie(Hate between the 

 costule and the margin." Metten.—Klf. Ft. 1S2.3. j). 364. 

 Metten. Pohjpod. p. 45, ivlio also quotes P. suspensum, Sieb. 

 Fl. Mart. n. 353, )tot n. 242 {ivt/ic/i is true suspeiisum), Syn. 

 Fit. n. 182, and P. s^cc?ii\\m, Fee, Gme Mem. p. 10. t. ']./. 3). 

 — P. aliud pendulum minimum, Plum. Fit. p. 68. /. 87. B. 



Ilab. Tropical America : AntWles, Siel/er ; British Guiana, Surinam, and Porto 

 Rico {Metten., in Herb, nostr.), St. Vincent, Lansdown Guildhu/ ; Straits of Juan 

 (le Fuca, Seemann. — This Fern is figured by Fee and described by Mettenius, but 

 the hatter otters no observations on its aflinities. Fee's figure is very good, and 

 lie justly observes that " Cette espece se rapproehe du Calymmodon par ses sjjoro- 

 theces a denii caclu's par le rcpli de la marge des lobules, et du Ctennpterin par 

 dcs si)orothcces en appareiice enfonccs dans la lame ; quoiqu'ils soient supra- 

 cuticulaires." 



60. P. (Eupol3'podium)_^«Z'e//j/b?*me, Lam. ; " caudex C£ns- 

 pitose clothed with ovato-lanceolate scales, stipes 3-4 lines 

 long, fronds membranaceous flaccid glabrous 4-7 inches 

 long linear pinnatifid to the costa (almost ])innatcd), seg- 

 ments 2 lines long broader at the base decurrent below sub- 

 contiguous produced at the upper side irregularlj^ crcnated 

 fertile, veins manifest abbreviated, one or two on the upper 

 half soriferous." Metten. — Lmn. Encycl. v. j). 519. excl. Syn. 

 Plum, [according to Mettenius). Sw. Syn. Fit. p. 33 ? 

 IVil/d. Sp. PI. V. p. 184. Kze. in Linncea, ix. p. 43. Metten. 

 Polyp, p. 46. P. Tovarense, A7. in Linncea, xx. p. 3 75. P. 

 sessile. Fee, 'Jnie Mem. vii. p. 60. t. 25. — /3, minus ; pinnje 

 twice or thrice smaller, costal vein unbranched monosorous. 



Hab. Fern, Pceppig. Cohnnbia, Moritz, n. 4G0 {Herb, nostr., from Mettenim). 

 Venezuela, Fendler, n. 207, 208, and 209 (P. sessile, Fe'e and Eaton). Quitinian 

 Andes, Jameson, n. 405 and 790. Ocafia, Schtim, n. 390 and C37. — 18. Ecuador, 

 on trees, Cerro de Abitagua, Spruce, n. 5271, and Tunguragua, on stones, n. 5272 

 (on this latter Spruce remarks, " a n. 5271 diff'ert pinnis niinoribus supra squama 

 una alterave instructis ;" but I fail to see this scale in the dried state of the plant). 

 - — Kuiize correctly observes of this, " fronde vere lineari, laciniis brevissimis sub- 

 flabellatis, soro solitario, differt a P.jubceformi, Klfs., c<i'terum simillimo." The 

 frond is tiuly pinnated, and the snjicrior base also is free and parallel with the 

 rachis, hence the pinna; (rather than the segments) take a tlabellate form. 



61. P. (Eupolypodium) suhtile, Kze. ; " caudex cicspitose, 

 fronds 2-3 lines long membranaceous soft-setose on every 

 side shortly stipitate linear-lanceolate pinnatitid to the costa, 

 segments 1 ^-2 lines long 1 line wide slightly decurrent at 

 the inferior base contiguous short oblong or produced above 

 ovate obtuse entire, veins manifest abbreviated here and 



