POLYPODIUM, § EUPOLYPODIUM. 219 



firm subcoriaceo-membranaceous glanduloso-pubescent on 

 l)oth sides, moderately acuminated pinnated to the very apex, 

 ultimate jiinnrr! subcaudate pinnatiHd at its l)asc, tlie lateral 

 pinnfc G-f!, inches long ^-f of an inch wide not diminisliing 

 at the base from a ratlier contracted obtusely cuneated ses- 

 sile base elongato-oblong moderately but obtusely acumi- 

 nated grossly dentato-serrate, serratures oI)tuse, costule pro- 

 minent beneath stramineous, veins black when seen between 

 the eye and the light, three or four times forked, sori large 

 copious moderately distant forming two series intermediate 

 between the costule and the margin, rachis rather stout 

 brown. 



Hal). Cobar, Vera Paz, Guatemala, Salvyn. — This is among the largest of the 

 Eupolt/podium-p-ou[) ; certainly bearing the largest pinnae, and is quite distinct 

 from any other known to me. 



126. P. (Eupolypodium) .9orormm, II. B. K. ; caudex stout 

 long repent paleaceous with ferruginous ovate sharply acu- 

 riiinated crisped scales, stipites distant stout a span to a foot 

 long brown glabrous as is generally every part of the plant, 

 frond 1-2 feet long 5-9 inches broad iirm-membranaceous 

 broad-ovate or ovato-oblong dark-green (when dry) pinnated 

 pinnatifid towards the apex, pinnse 4-6 inches long h-l inch 

 broad very patent distant from a narrow contracted but ses- 

 sile base oblong-lanceolate acuminate entire or obscurely 

 sinuato-subdenticulate, upper ones more or less decurrent at 

 their bases, upper or confluent ones (segments) decurrent at 

 their lower base with broad sinuses, terminal lobe generally 

 caudato-elongate, costa prominent beneath, pale-brown, 

 veins black slender three or four times forked, sori oval or 

 oblong distant obliquely patent (not quite transverse) form- 

 ing a series halfway between the costule and the margin. — 

 H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. i. p. 10. Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 191. 

 Metten. Polyp, p. 62. P. dissimile, L. ?, and P. attenuatum, 

 Willd. ? 



Ilab. Tropical America : New Granada, //. B. A'., MorUz, n. 354 ; Tarapota, 

 Eastern Peru, Spruce, n. 4C52 ; Andes of Ecuador, Montana de Canelos, Spruce, 

 n. 5270. West Indian Islands, frequent, L. GuUding, Imray (abnormal foiin, 

 with some pinnae deeply pinnatifid in the middle only, and there 2 inches wide). 

 Cuba, Llmhn, n. ]8'J0, C. jrWy/i/, w. 805.— This and P. niacrodon, Hook. n. 125, 

 are the largest of all the Enpdli/jindium-section. My numerous specimens all ex- 

 hibit free venation ; hut Mettenius says of the veins, " hinc inde more Marginarice 

 atiastoniosaiites," and hence he seems disposed to consider the P. dissimile, Schk. 

 (an Linn..' Goniophleb.,Vii.),&\\AGo7uophlebium e/a^wm, Fee, Gen. p. 25G, the 

 same. 



