242 POLYPODIUM, § PHEGOPTERIS. 



ones quite sessile adnate and decurrent (often the entire in- 

 ferior lobe has more attachment to the rachis than to the 

 pinnae), uppermost ones confluent and also decurrent, all 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate ending in a finely acuminated 

 serrated point pinnatifid to within a short distance of the 

 rachis, segments distant linear-oljlong subfalcate acute 

 coarsely serrated, sinuses very broad and obtuse, veinlets 

 distant simple or forked sometimes pellucid often obscure, 

 sori dorsal or terminal upon a short branch nearer the mar- 

 gin than to the costule, costae and costules quite glabrous. — 

 Kaulf. En. Fil.p. 113. Raddi, Fil. Bras. p. 25. t. 39 {hvo 

 piniuB only, coarsely rej^resented, but very faithful). Phego- 

 pteris. Fee, and Metten. PhegojJt.p. 27. Poly pod. pedicula- 

 ria3folium, Pr. — Var. yS, segments less numerous on the 

 pinnae and broader very obtuse. 



Ilab. Brazil, Raddi, Gardner, n. 131, Macrae. Jamaica, Wilson, n. 538. 

 Cuba, C. Wright, n. 1053. — $. Venezuela, Feiidler, n. 194. — A distinct and well- 

 marked species, varying somewhat in the size of the pinnae and segments, and in 

 the more or less deep serratures. It has the pellucid dots of the three preceding 

 species, but is extremely different in other respects. 



170. P. (Phegopteris) sa/ic?yb/iMm, Hook. ; caudex?, stipes 

 a foot long stramineous smooth and scaleless glossy rather 

 slender, frond 14 inches long 8-10 inches broad firm-coria- 

 ceo-membranaceous dark-green opaque ovate acuminate pin- 

 nated to the very apex, pinnae 4-6-7 inches long distant al- 

 ternate erecto-patent subfalcate from an olDtuse rather con- 

 tracted unequally cuneate base narrow-lanceolate shortly 

 petiolate tapering above the middle into a long-acuminated 

 entire point, the rest of the margin is pinnatifido-lobate, 

 lobes small rounded obtuse with shallow rounded sinuses, 

 terminal pinna like the rest but more petiolate, veins patent 

 fasciculato-pinnate, veinlets 6-8, sori large copious in the 

 upper half of the frond extending to the very narrow apex 

 dorsal upon the veinlets not arranged in any regular series 

 but scattered sometimes over the whole pinna, rachis slender 

 flexuose firm and glossy and together with the costae (promi- 

 nent on the under side) very pale straw-colour. 



Hab. Tovar, Venezuela, Fendler, n. 474. — I do not find this noticed in Eaton's 

 ' Filices Wrightianse et Fendlerianse.' It appears to me to be a good and a new 

 species, with the pinnae singularly uniform in character. 



171- P- (Phegopteris) pauciflorwn, Hook.; caudex short 

 erect woody paleaceous, stipites aggregated 6-8 inches long 



