48. POLTPODIUM, § EUPHEOOPTERIS. 305 



arcuate-ascendincf, close, lower twice forked ; son in a single row, not far from 

 tlie edge of the pinnir, terminal on anterior forks of veins. 



Hab. Cuba, C. Wrir;hi, 3924. 



5. P. (Plieg.) alleoptenim, Kunze ; st.'[\ ft. 1. ; fr. 1| ft. 1., 1 ft. br., ovate- 

 oblong, slightly narrowed below ; pinnce G in. 1., If in. br., the edge inciso- 

 crenate, with subfalcate acute or obtuse lobes, the base unequal, the lower pinnse 

 stalked ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinleis 

 2-5 on a side ; son large, close to tlie main veins. — 3Iett. Phcg. p. 19. 



Hab. Columbia. 



6. P. (Pheg.) tijuccamim, Raddi ; st. 1-1 1 ft. 1., stout, erect, densely clothed 

 with fibrillose brown scales ; /r. 2-3 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br. ; lower /)?«?2fe stalked, 

 C-9 in. 1., 1-lf in. br., cut about halfway down to the rachis into blunt entire 

 lobes ^ in. br., lower ones not reduced ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachises 

 scaly ; under side naked ; rcinlets G-9 on a side, simple, with the sori below the 

 miMlQ.—Hk. Sp. 4. p. 239. 



Hab. Guiana, Brazil, and Peru. 



7. P. (Pheg.) Carrii, Baker; st. stramineous, \-l ft., slightly scaly throughout 

 like rachis ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, 1-2 ft., simply pinnate ; pinnce 15-20-jugate, 

 ligulate acuminate, lower short-stalked, 4-G in. 1., |-1 in, br., bluntly lobed, 

 lowest not reduced, base unequal, lower side more cuneate ; texture moderately 

 firm ; surfaces bright-green, glabrous, the midribs below rather scaly ; veins in 

 pinnate groups corresponding to the lobes, with 3-4 distant veinlets on a side ; 

 Bori near main veins. — Fit. Bras. p. 597. 



Hab. Rio Janeiro, Lieut. Carr, Prof Cu7inin(/7iain. 



** Pinnre cut more than halfway down to the rachis into close, regular, subcntire 

 lobes. Sp. 8-24. Veinlets all sitnple except in 20-24. 



8. P. (Pheg.) ccespitosum, Baker ; rhizome short-creeping ; 5^. slender, grey, 

 naked, G-9 in. ; fr. oblong-lanceolate, bipinnatifid, ^ ft. 1. ; pinnce sessile, lanceo- 

 late caudate, lower 2-2f in. 1., |-| in. br., cut down to a narrow wing into close 

 blunt ligulate pinnl. 1 lin. br., lowest pinnre scarcely at all, lowest pinnl. on 

 both sides much reduced ; texture membranous ; surfaces green, the ribs slightly 

 pubescent ; veins simple, distinct, G-7-jugate ; sori minute, inframedial. — Phe- 

 gopteris, Fourn, Fil. Mcx. p. 89. 



Hab. Mexico, Bourgeau, 2005. — General habit of Nc^jhrodium, chrysololum. 



9. P. (Pheg.) defexum, Baker; caud. erect, the scales ovate, dull-brown ; st. 

 2-3 in. 1., slender, naked, stramineous ; fr. 8-12 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinnce 1 in. 1., 

 ^ in. br. ; lanceolate-acuminate, cut down to the rachis into pointed linear- 

 oblong lobes f lin. br., the lower pinnte deflexed, very distant and dwindling 

 down gradually to mere auricles ; texture herbaceous; rachis naked, stramineous; 

 both sides slightly hairy ; vcitis 4-G on each side ; sori nearer the midrib than the 

 edge. — Phegop. Mett. Fil. Nov. Gran. 241. Nephrodium, Presl. 



Hab. New Granada, Lindig, 321. — Habit of A^. Beddomei. 



10. P. (Pheg.) ohtnsilohum, Desv. ; st. densely tufted, about 1 ft. 1., slender, 

 nearly naked ; fr. 2 ft. or more 1., 8-10 in. br. ; pinnce 4-G in. 1., |-| in. br., 

 narrowed gradually from the base to the point, cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 entire slightly falcate lobes ^ in. br. ; loiver jnnnce reduced gradually ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachises naked or slightly pubescent ; veinlets 8-9 on a side ; sori 

 small, medial. — Aspidium Desvauxii, Mett. Kuhn, Fil. Afr. 131. 



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