26 POLYPODIUM, § GONIOPHLEBIUM. 



Sp. PL V. p. 1549. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 38. Willcl. Sp. PL v. 

 p. 1549 {not of Schk.). Lowe, Brit, and Ex. Ferns, ii. p. 35. 

 Goniophlebium, J. Sm. Polyp, chnoodes, Spreng. Syst. 

 Veget. iv. p. 53. Metten. Polyp, p. 77- Marginaria, Pr. 

 Goniophleb., Fee. 



Hab. Tropical South America : West Indies, frequent, Schwanecke, L. Guild- 

 ing, March, Wilson, H Herminier, Dr. Imray, C. Wright, n. 1019; Trinidad, on 

 Cocoa-trees, Lockhart ; Venezuela. Fe7idler,n. 238. — A most distinct species, re- 

 markable for its frequently opposite and perfectly horizontal pinnae, looking as if 

 they were perfoliate. The dense mass of scales of the caudex are peculiar, 

 glossy and reticulated, as in the leaves of Sphagnum. 



270. P. (Goniophlebium) fraximfolium,^ Jacq. ; caudex 

 creeping or scandent much thicker than a swan's quill, when 

 young clothed with subulate black imbricated scales of 

 which the bases alone are persistent centrally attached 

 with a brown membranaceous margin or wing giving the 

 appearance of a snake's skin, stipites often stout varying 

 much in length 1-2 feet long testaceous, fronds oblongo-ovate 

 10 inches to 2-3 feet and more long 6-18 inches wide sub- 

 coriaceo-membranaceous pinnated throughout, terminal pin- 

 na petiolate and often larger than the rest, lateral pinnje 

 varying in number 4-10 inches long and from |-2 inches 

 wide sessile from an ol)liquely cuneate sessile base elliptical 

 or oblongo-lanceolate finely acuminated entire or sinuato- 

 serrate, primary veins straight and parallel costuliform, op- 

 posite veinlets uniting so as to form six to eight areoles each 

 of them including a short usually soriferous veinlet, the sori 

 (which are rather small) are often disposed in six to eight 

 longitudinal series and as many obliquely transverse series 

 as there are costuliform veins with great regularity, marginal 

 veinlets short free. — Jacq. Ic. Par. t. 639 [small specimen). 

 Sw. Syn. FiLp. 38. JVilld. Sp. PL x. p. 195. Metten. Po- 

 lyp, p: 79. P. distans, Raddi, Fil. Bras. p. 21. /. 31. Go- 

 niophlebium, /. Sm. Polyp, rhizocaulon, JVilld. Sp. PL v. 

 p. 196. P. Richard! and P. cymatodes, Kze. P. triseriale, 

 Sw. P. articulatum, Desv. and Kze. {in Herb, nostr.) 



Hab. Tropical America, frequent : from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Schlim, n. 

 121, 656, Linden, n. 174, 524," and 530 ; Venezuela, Fendler, n. 235, 236, 237, 

 Moritz (" P. rhizocaulon, Willd.") ; Ecuador, Jameson, Spruce, n. 5730 (pinnae 



* It is requested that at p. 4 of this vol., sp. 229, line 17, the name "fraxini- 

 folium, Jacq., Kaulf." be erased, and that of diversifolium, Sw., not Willd., be 

 substituted; the synonyms of Jacq. Ic, Sw. Syn., and Willd. Sp. also be erased ; 

 and that, instead of " Goniopteris, Pr." at line 5 from the bottom, Goniopteris 

 fraxinifolia, Pr., be substituted. 



