POI.YI'ODIUM, § EUPOLYl'OnilJM. 199 



l)asal superior branch soriferous, sori intermediate between 

 the costule and the inarfjin, young ones only quite white ap- 

 parently with a cereacfous substance. — Bojer, J fort. Maurit. 

 [name only) p. 417- Hook. Ic. PL t. 942, and t. 943 [more 

 mature specimen, ivilh shorter sei/ments, and with oval sori). 



Hal). I5ourI)on. Carmichael, and in Herb. Hook, from Herb. Man. Par. Mau- 

 ritius, Prof. Bojer. — This may possibly he a state of P. argenteum of Bory, and 

 comes from the same country; but the wiiite covering is here entirely confined 

 to the young not fully developed sori. 



86. P. (Eupolypodiuni) Funckii, MeLten. ; " caudex elon- 

 gate creeping, stipes stramineous shining 3-4 inches long 

 sparsely clothed with ovali-obtuse appressed scales, fronds 

 memI)ranaceous very glabrous 6-7 inches long lanceolate or 

 elongato-oblong acuminate pinnatifid to the costa, segments 

 contiguous 1-2 lines long 2 lines wide from a broad adnate 

 base (sursum adscendente) linear gradually attenuated sub- 

 falcate acute entire, lowest ones deliexed here and there ab- 

 breviated, veins manifest forked or the lowest ones bifurcate 

 here and there forming areoles of Marginaria, sori in the 

 middle between the costa and the margin 6-9 on each side 

 the costule." Metten. Pohjp. p. 57- 



Hab. " Brazil, Funek el Schlim, 963 and 964." — Unknown to me. 



87- P. (Eupolypodiuni) filicula, Klf. ; "fronds deeply pin- 

 natifid, segments linear very narrow repand alternate disti- 

 chous, stipes rachis costa and margin hirsute, sori minute 

 solitary." Kaulf. En. Fit. App. p. 275. Metten. Polyp, 

 ji. 58.' 



Hah. " Brazil." — The above is a very imperfect description of probably some 

 well known Fern. Mettenius has given a more enlarged character, if it be the 

 same species ; but since, according to Mettenius, it is the Polyp. Plumula, minor, 

 of Willd. Herb., may it not be really a form of that species ? 



88. p. (Eupolypodium) pulchrum, Mart, and Gal. ; cau- 

 dex stout scaly creeping partially paleaceous with subulate 

 scales, stipites subaggregated stout black and glossy as well 

 as the rachis and costules glal)rous, fronds subcoriaceous 1-1 ^ 

 foot long H-2 inches wide almost black when dry lanceolate 

 more or less acuminate deeply almost to the rachis pectinato- 

 pinnatifid, segments quite horizontal very close linear or only 

 very slightly tapering from a rather broad base a little decur- 

 rent below, costules prominent beneath, veins sunk very ob- 

 scure simple (?), sori small intermediate between the margin 

 and the costule, rachis beneath with scattered brown ovate 



