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CKMS XIX. PolyPOlium. I.i.nn. r»h'/>,>(/i: 



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1. P. \ I l.(;.\l<i:, I. inn. ('oihinoii l\>lypiu{y. I\lii/oiiu* t1»'«.liv .iiul t'mul-liki', nnritHl 

 with a fur t't l)n>un siaK-s, rri'i-pinic mi snil t>r mi siirt"ai-i' dT roi'ks or iiinsscd l)aik, 

 jfiviiijyf off at intervals leafy fii>ncls hui lu- on snimitli straw-i-olon-il stijx's (stalks) less than 

 half tlu'ir i>\vn leni^tli. I'lonti nii>ii' of less tiesliy, i-oii.neons (leatlieiv ), iti torni liiu-ar- 

 ohloiif;, i>r sonu-ulial l.ineeolati', aiMnnin.iIi' (with a pinloiiifed narrow point), ili'eply I'lit 

 piniiately into lohi-s, alim>st to the niiilrib, or (piile so, wIumi the iVoiul heeomes pinnate; 

 Uihes (or pinna.') linear-oliloiiLif or oblon,i,^-laneeo!ate, ohlnsi', or i>l"ten ai'iite, rareU' ainnii- 

 iiate, the niaixin nsiially entire or only slightly tootheii, ran-lv si-rr.ite ; veins o'( fri>iul- 

 U>l>es l'oi-ki'il. Sori (frnit-iiots) larj^i- anil roiiiul, ,irr;ini;eil in a row K^^\ i-.ieli siile k^S the 

 midrih ot" tlu'lohe or pinn.i, tniilway hi'twi'en the inii!rii> ;iiui iiiai'i^in. 'I'lieie are two 

 L'anacliaii varieties: 1. I '(//-. iticiDKNTAl.i;, witli larger tronils, more aiiiminale towarils 

 the tips, the lobes all strongly si-rrated. 2. Wir. C'a.mmUU IM, with hroaiU-r, paler, or 

 sonu'wh.it ni.'nieeseeiit troiuls, tlu' l.irj^er lobes eonspienonsh' wiiU'r in the niiiKlle, and 

 a^aiii ilividi'd into lobes or sej^im-nts, the lari;er \.^'( whieh are si-rriilate. Kverj^reen. 



On roeks aiul boiiklei-s in the wooils, when' tin' air is kept moist bv lU'ii^libiiurin^ 

 lakes or stii'.nns. a nil on I lie moss-i-o\i'reil I riniks anil br.inihes of tiees lU'.ir the si -a shore 

 anil by water-falls. Oii/arii) : Not rare around the j4'i\'.'il l.ikes ;inil aloni;' the eourse of 

 the St. Lawrenee River. /'rDi'iiicc Oiii'/wf '. -\.'o\\\mo\\ aronnd the Ciulf shores, and 

 extending eastward to L'ape llaldiniand, (laspe. jVc^ui Scn/ia : Common in Atlantic 

 coast districts, as Halifax and Ciuysborou.nli. A^f7i< /tr/oisii'/'ci- : (.'onimon, except in the 

 northern I'ounties. Af/in/'/tihii ; Plentiful in rocky paits. lirilish (\tlitinhia : N'ot rare, 

 but chielly the \nv\i.'[y urcidcnldfi'. A^-iv/hiDul/tuid : Miquelon ( Delamare). This species 

 is also founil on the Rocky Mountains, and exteiuls northwaril to Xelsv^n and Slave 

 River. It is common in northern Asia and Kurope, and there extends within the Arctic 

 Circle. \'ai". ocridcii/ii/r \\;\.s iii'st foii!iil on the Island of Sitcha. \'.'ir. C(tiiihr'nuin. -On 

 rocks at I'ort Simpson, o\\ I'orllaiul Inlet, Hritish (.'olumbia, opiiosile the southern 

 extremity of Alaska. 



2. P. St on. l.Kl, Hook tV (irev. Scott/cf's /'oh'/ioe/v, — Rhizome thick, short, fleshy, 

 scaly, creepinn'. usu.alK- on b.ark ; stipes two or four inches loni^, li-afy part of fronil six 

 or I'ij^ht inches loui^ b\- about three inches wiile. I'lonil tleshy, bi'cnmini;' coiiaiH'ous, 

 smooth, obloiiqf-ovate, diviileil to the rachis into few pinna', whicli are more or less 

 oblonic, blunt, or much routided at the apex, entire. \'eins of the lobes anastomosinj^ 

 (netted). Sori very hirj4"e in si/.e and tew in number, ranged near the midrib. ICver- 

 green. 



Brilish C(iluiii/)i(i. -.\\hoyn\, W I., anil on the mainlanil, i\ire. 



3. 1'. Famai I'M, Kellos4X. A/c//^(>r/V<' /'V /'//.- Rhizome creepiiii;", succulent ami sweet 

 to the taste, the voun^-er parts scaly ; stipes straw-coloured, half a foot in length, the 

 leafy part of the f ro ul a. foM or more lonif and half as much wide. Frond rather thin 



