249 



Metten. Phegopt. p. 12. Aspicl., Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 255. 



Mettcn. Fil. Hort. Lips. p. 88. t. 22. /. 1, 2 {excellent). Po- 



lystichum, Pr. Phegopt. polystichiformis, Fee, Gen. p. 247. 

 Polypod. polystichioides, Kl. m Linn(Ea, xx. p. 383. 



llab. Caraccas, Drcdemeyer, Moritz, n. 45 and 200, Linden, n. 158, Oiio, n. 

 Cll. Venezuela, Fendler, n. 175. Guatemala, Skinner. Jamaica, Bancroft, 

 Wilson. Cuba, C. Wright, n. 832, 1057 (simply pinnate, racliis prolonged and 

 rooting). l?razil, Gardner, n. 132, 54 (large, bii)iiinate, some pinnules II incli 

 long). Soyith lirazil, SpUow, Fox, n. 120. Tara]wta, Spruce.n. 39(Jb. Andes of 

 Ecumlor, Jameson, n. 69 (j . Chimborazo, alt. 3000 feet, Spruce, n. 3965, and 

 Tnnguragua, alt. 7000 feet (" fronds sometimes G feet long ; sti])es long, and 

 stout in pro|)ortion, very paleaceous, with broad blackish scales, f of an inch 

 long; racbisalso very paleaceous, with ferruginous, subulate, curled, long scales," 

 Spruce, n. 5430.) Peru, Mathews, n. 1848, Maclean. — One of the most easily re- 

 cognized of all this group. 



180. p. (Phegopteris) Drepanum, Hook.; caudex ?, stipes 

 a span to li foot long very scaly especially at the base, 

 fronds coriaceo-membranaceous l|-2-3 feet long G-10-12 

 inches wide ovato-lanceolate acuminate bipinnate, primary 

 pinnae spreading petiolate 4-6 inches long from a broad base 

 1-2 inches wide gradually acuminated, lowest superior pin- 

 nule always the largest and petiolate, the rest gradually 

 smaller oblong-lanceolate falcate the base unequally cuneate, 

 superior base truncated and more or less auriculate the mar- 

 gin acutely but not spinulosely serrated, from near or below 

 the middle of the pinnae the pinnules become confluent and 

 the upper half pinnatifid, veins erecto-patent usually once or 

 twice forked, sori small in two series nearer the costule than 

 the margin, rachis costac stramineous sparsely paleaceous. — 

 Aspidium, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 54 and 255. Sclik. Fil. t. 43 b. 

 Lowe, Rev. R. T., FL Mad. p. 6. Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 257- 

 Polystichum, Pr. Phegopteris, Bletten. Phegopt. p. 12. 



Hal). Madeira, Mason, Lowe (Kio de St. George, alt. 3000 feet), Lcmann, etc. 

 — Peculiar, 1 believe, to the Island of Madeira ; but I had myself, at one time, 

 confounded it with a polystichoid Nephrodium of China. 



181. P. (Phegopteris) sylvaticum, Col.; caudex ?, stipites 

 4-5 inches to nearly a span long and as well as the rachis more 

 or less squarrose with paleaceous ferruginous soft flexuose 

 subulate or crinite scales varying in size and generally mixed 

 with linear-lanceolate intensely black glossy firm curved ones 

 pale-brown at the margin, fronds sul)coriaceous 1-2 feet long 

 3-8 inches wide lanceolate acuminate bipinnate, primary 

 pinnae distant petiolate 2-4 inches long ^-Ij hich broad ob- 

 long-acuminate, pinnules ^-^ inch long 1-2 lines wide from 



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