224 POLYPODIUM, § EUPOLYPODIUM. 



135. P.? (Eupolypodium) Beckleri, Hook.; caudex slen- 

 der filiform a foot and more long much branched Ijlack vil- 

 lous rather than scaly, stipites numerous but remote \—\ an 

 inch long and as well as the rachis slender filiform nigro- 

 pubescent, fronds 2-2^ inches long firm-membranaceous 

 dark-green but subpellucid sparingly hirsute oblong atte- 

 nuated below pinnated, terminal pinnse quite free oblong- 

 oval distinctly petiolate, lateral pinnse 12-20 obliquely ob- 

 long obtuse subexcised at the inferior margin and entire su- 

 perior margin unequally crenato-sublobate the base obliquely 

 cuneate subpetiolate, superior base truncate scarcely subau- 

 riculate, lower pinnae more distant smaller, costal vein slen- 

 der flexuose, veinlets distant three or four on each side the 

 costule distant simple or forked not reaching to the margin 

 slightly thickened at the apex, sori ? 



Hab. River IMackay, Australia, //. Beckler, communicated by Dr. Muller. — 

 This may possibly be an Jsplenium, for I possess no sori ; but whether Asplenium 

 or Poll/podium, I know of no species resembling it from Australia or any other 

 country. 



136. P. (Eupolypodium) gracile, Hook. ; caudex short 

 horizontal copiously rooting, stipites tufted 1-2 inches long 

 wiry glaljrous, fronds 6 inches to a span long |-1 inch broad 

 coriaceous drooping glabrous lanceolate or linear-lanceolate 

 moderately attenuated at both extremities pinnated, pinnse 

 distant oblong-lanceolate erecto-patent obtuse contracted at 

 the base but not petiolate sinuato-pinnatifid with rounded 

 lobes recurved when dry, rachis filiform blackish, costule 

 very indistinct, veins immersed not visible, sori one to each 

 lobule rather large nearer the margin than the costule. — ■ 

 Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 222. Metten. Polyp. p. 52. 



Hab. Hualluay, near Pasco, Andes of Peru, Cruckshanks. — The figure of Dr. 

 Greville in the ' Icones Filicum ' is a good representation of the perfect state of 

 the plant, but some of the fronds have much smaller and more erect pinna;, with 

 only one or two lobes on each side. I do not recognize a near affinity with any 

 other described species, and I have never seen any other speciineus than those 

 from Mr. Cruckshanks. 



137. P. (Eupolypodium) athyrioides. Hook. ; stipites 2 

 inches (or more) long hispido-hirsute as well as the rachis, 

 frond 10 inches to nearly a foot long 2 inches wide sub- 

 coriaceous dark-brown when dry, glabrous (except in the un- 

 developed portion) lanceolate acuminate attenuated at the 

 base pinnated throughout, pinnae numerous approximate 

 from a broad quite sessile and adnate slightly auricled base 



