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only at the extremity, costule straight black not prominent, 

 veins also black and very conspicuous on the under side of 

 the frond close-placed oblong all extending to the margin 

 once forked below the middle, branches close parallel, sori ? 



Hab. Borneo, Mr. Wallace. — This very distinct-looking Polrjpodium is, I re- 

 gret, only known to me by a solitary specimen, and that destitute of fructifica- 

 tion. There can, however, I think, be no doubt of the genus. 



96. P. (Eupolypodium) lomarimforme, Kze. ; " caudex 

 (creeping ?) paleaceous, stipes squamuloso-pubescent, frond 

 oblong-linear pinnate pinnatifid at the apex coriaceous rigid, 

 pinnae and segments from an unequally dilated base linear 

 obtuse falcate above, upwards revolute (superne sursum revo- 

 lutis) iiiflexed at the margin on the upper side sparingly be- 

 neath, and the rachis on both sides squamoso-hirsute, sori in 

 one series large submarginal at length confluent." — Kze. in 

 Linncea, iK.p. 42. Metten. Polypod. p. 59. 



Hab. Cassapi, Peru, Pceppig, Lechlar. — Very near, according to Kunze, P. molle, 

 II. B. K. (which Mettenius refers, the specimen of Herb. H. B. K., to P. Otites, 

 L., and of the Nov. Gen. Am. and Willd.), and to P. Paridisece, F. and M., and 

 says, " Ab hoc difFert, prater notas indicatas, fronde magis pinnata quam pinnati- 

 fida, pinnis remotioribus, margine non repandis ; ab illo, nobis non viso, frondis 

 rigiditate, pinnarum directione et soris confluentibus distinctum videtur." Met- 

 tenius gives a rather more extended character, and observes, " nervi immersi re- 

 petito-furcati, hinc inde more Marginarice anastomosantes ;" but, unfortunately, 

 lie makes no allusion to its affinities. I possess authentic specimens both from 

 Kunze and from Mettenius ; but, I confess, without their high authority, I should 

 have thought they might have been safely united with P. Paradisece. The more 

 rigid hal)it, the closely approximate and copious yellow sori, almost covering the 

 under side of the frond, seem to be the chief characteristics. Identical, as it 

 appears, with them I have specimens from Ecuador, Seemann, n. 958 (fronds 

 glandulo-pubescent beneath), and from BaSos, Spruce, n. 5667. The caudex is 

 stout, as thick as a finger, horizontal, subulato-paleaceous, and tomentose. 



97. P. (Eupolypodium) pect'inatum, L. ; caudex stout pa- 

 leaceous, stipites approximate 1-5 inches long, fronds de- 

 curved 1-1^ foot long 2-4 inches broad subcoriaceo-mem- 

 branaceous broad-lanceolate or ensiform acuminated more or 

 less attenuated at the base pectinato-pinnatifid nearly to the 

 rachis often pinnate below blackish-green when dry, more or 

 less pubescent especially beneath, segments very numerous 

 horizontally patent from a broad adnate Ijase often much 

 dilated upwards gradually but obtusely acuminated entire or 

 subsinuate strongly costate, veins rather remote obscure once 

 or twice forked rarely anastomosing so as to form large cos- 

 tular areoles, the lowest superior branch of a fork soriferous, 

 sori globose or suboval forming a continuous series on each 



