252 POLYPODIUM, § PHEGOPTERIS. 



very nearly so patent 8-10 inches long 3 inches broad at the 

 base gradually diminishing to the acuminated and subpinna- 

 tifid apex, pinnules 1-lj inch long horizontally patent in ge- 

 neral opposite from a truncato-subcuneate sessile base con- 

 tracted at the point of insertion (not adnate) oblong-ovate 

 or oblong acuminate but obtuse pinnatifid about halfway 

 down with oblong obtuse quite entire segments, veins pin- 

 nated in each segment with three or four pairs of veinlets, 

 1-6 sori on each lobe of the pinnules, rachis bright tawny or 

 stramineous as well as the costee which are winged above with a 

 narrow margin and as well as the costules more or less villous 

 with I'ather long scattered deciduous white soft hairs. 



Hah. Bourbon, Carmichael. Mauritius, fiq/er.— This is reraarkal)le for the 

 ahnost invariably oppositc'pinnfE and pinnules; in that respect somewhat resembling 

 P. procerum, Brack. I have failed to find any published description that corre- 

 sponds with it. 



186. P. (Phegopteris) sanctum, Sw. ; caudex small short 

 erect or decumbent concealed by the copious radicles below 

 and the tufted slender stipites above which are 1-3 inches 

 long slender stramineous, fronds membranaceous 3 inches to 

 nearly 1 foot long full green very minutely glandular beneath 

 1-2 inches wide lanceolate acuminate much attenuated at the 

 base subbipinnate, pinnee sessile rather distant especially the 

 lower dwarfed ones oblong or linear-lanceolate generally pin- 

 nated at the base with the lowest pair much longer than the 

 rest especially the superior one (so that the pinnae are has- 

 tate) the rest pinnatifid, pinnules and segments linear or ob- 

 long obtuse pinnatifid with short lobes, veins simple or once 

 or twice forked, sori dorsal very small forming a line or se- 

 ries between the costule and the margin. — Siv. Syn. Fil. p. 

 39. JVilld. Sp. PL v.p. 198. Acrostichum, Z/iw7i. Sp. PL p. 

 1526. Aspidium, Metten. Aspid. p. 76 Phegopteris, Fee. 

 Pheg. tenella. Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 243, and "ime Mem. Foug. 

 Nouv.p. 62. t. 25. /. 2 [small form). 



Hah. West Indies : Jamaica, Sloane, Bancroft, M'Fadyen, Alex. Prior, Wil- 

 son ; Cuba, Pappicf, Lmden, n. 1884, 19G6, C. JFriffht, n. 814, 816, 885.— An 

 elegant small Fern, remarkable for the long ear-like segments or pinnules at the 

 base of the pinnse, giving a hastate form to the latter. I have only seen speci- 

 mens from Jamaica and Cuba ; but it has probably been overlooked in other 

 islands. I can find no trace of an involucre on any of ray numerous fronds. 



187. P- (Phegopteris) glanduUferum, Liebm. ; " caudex 

 small globose clothed with flesh-coloured (squamis carneis) 

 scales, stipites 3-4 from the caudex 1-3 inches long, frond 

 membranaceous on both sides glanduloso-punctate 4-8 



