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bft snen by his figurp and description, has given P. repenx* (see his Fil. Ilort. Lips, 

 t. 24. f. 1, 2) for P. Phi/lliliili.i, Ixit ignored the figure of Piumier, while he re- 

 fers to Phini. t. 130, for P. P/n/lUtidis ; and tlie P. repenn of most authors is his 

 P. ccespitostim, Lk. Witli regard to Mr. Moore's Campijlon. latum, I possess nu- 

 merous specimens so named l)y the author ; hut I do not see that his very long spe- 

 cific character justifies its separation from P. Phyllitidiit. "It is larger in every 

 way," he says, " than any of the forms referred to C. PhylUlidis, though near to 

 this plant, as figured hy Piumier ; and as it cannot be satisfactorily referred to any 

 of the pul)lished species, it is here placed under a name which indicates one of its 

 chief peculiarities." — I ])ossess a var. of P. PhijlUlidis, from Jamaica (Purdie), 

 which is several times dichotomously branched, even from near the base. A less 

 remarkable form is given by Plum. t. 131. 



292. P. (Campyloneuron) rcpens, Linn.; caudex slender 

 rarely much thicker than a crow's quill branched tortuous 

 often much entangled on the ground and on trunks of trees, 

 the young portions paleaceous witli subulate deciduous scales, 

 stipites remote usually elongated and slender but varying 

 from 1-4 or 5 inches long stramineous, fronds a span to nearly 

 2 feet long |-2^ inches wide firni-rnembranaceous or sub- 

 coriaceo-membranaceous opaque (not glossy) oblongo lanceo- 

 late more or less acuminate and more or less attenuated and 

 decurrent at the base sometimes near to the caudex, primary 

 veins or costules straight remote, areoles 5-8 or 10 each un- 

 divided and each bearing (except the costal areole which has 

 only one) 2 remote soriferous veinlets rarely more, sori small 

 biserial between the costular veins. — Pluvi. Fil. 1. 134 [exagge- 

 rated in size) . Siv. Syn. Fil. p. 29, and JFiUd. Sp. Plant, v. 

 p. 156 {according to their references to Piumier). Campylo- 

 neuron repens, Pr. Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 'Jl A. Cyrtophlebium, 

 /. Sm. C. caespitosum, Lk., Fee, J. Sm. Metten. Fil. Hort. 

 Lips. p. 34. t. 24. /. 4, 5 {very good). Polyp, chrysopodon, 

 Kl. P. oligophlebium, Kze. P. nitidum, Ktfs. En. Fil. p. 92, 

 Kze.,Fee. Metten. Polyp, p. S^. Campyl. polyanthum, Pr., 

 and C. crispum. Fee. 



Hab. Tropical South America ; from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and thronjrh- 

 out the West Indies. — This indeed varies much in size, but I have never seen 

 such a coarse specimen as Piumier represents. Mettenius's figure of P. ccpxpifo- 

 sum well exhibits a medium-sized specimen. Some with smaller and narrower 

 fronds than usual, very much resemble P. fCampylnneurumJ fasciale, but the 

 venation is very different. My specimens of " P. fasciale. Eat.,'' from Fendler, 

 Planta; Venezuel. n. 229 and n. 230, and of Richard Schomburgk, from British 

 Guiana, are P. repens. Again, Spruce's specimens from Tarapota, Eastern Peru, 

 n. 3912, 4G46, and 4647, and from Chimborazo, though resembling P. fasciale, 



* It is just possible that as his figure represents one of the larger forms of 

 P. PhyUitidis, he may have had Mr. Moore's Campyl. latum in view. If so, Mr. 



Moore does not acknowledge it. 



