AS. roLYPODiUM, §§§§§ eupolypodilM. 329 



153. P. capiUare, Desv. ; st. tufted, slender, wiry, short, naked or vlUose ; fr. 

 flaccid, pendent,! ft. 1., 2 in. or more br. ; irbmce 1-2 in. 1., distinct, entire, 

 1 lin. br., pinnatifid ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous, ebeneous ; rachis and both 

 surfaces naked ; veinlets 1 to ench h)be ; sori copious.— P. decipiens, Hi: Sp. 

 4. p. 231. t. 279. B. P. pilipes, Mett. non Hk. 



Hab. West Indies to Peru.— The alliance of this is with the preceding species rather 

 than with P. pilipes, which is much more coriaceous in texture, with an indistinct rachis. 



154. P. 52«55m?7e, Baker ; st. scarcely any ; /r. G-18 in. 1., \\-2 in. br,, the 

 pinnce distant, linear, bluntish, about 1 lin. br., entire or slightly crenate, dilated 

 suddenly at the base so as to be almost or quite connected, the lower ones reduced 

 to a mere zigzag wing to the rachis ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis black ; 

 both sides naked or even glossy ; vcifilets simple ; sori in 2 long rows. — P. i)te- 

 ropus, Hk. iSp. 4. p. 192. t. 275 B. 7ion Blume. 



Hab, Columbia, Guiana, and Ecuador. Probably a variety of pendulum. 



155. P. farinosum, Hk. ; st. 1 in. or less 1., wiry, flexuose ; //•. pendent, 4-5 

 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br. ; pitince close, 1 in. or more 1., 2-3 lin. br., the point blunt, the 

 edge obscurely undulated, the base dilated and then narrowed ; texture subcori- 

 iceous ; both sides witli white meal ; veinlets immersed, forked ; sori copious. — 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 223. 2nd Cent. t. 47. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. 



156. P. curvatum, Sw. ; rhizome stout, scaly ; st. 3-4 in. 1., naked, glossy, dark- 

 'n-own ;/r. 12-18 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., pendent, cut down to the curved and flexuose 

 ■acliis into close linear crenated ^;m?2«? l\-2 lin. br., which are decurrent at the 

 •lase ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis finely pubescent ; both sides naked ; veinlets 

 sbscure, 1- or 2-forked ; sori bright-yellow, in 2 long rows. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 201. 

 P. curvans, Mett. 



Hab. Jamaica to Ecuador and Pei-u.— This has a good deal the appearance and texture 

 of P. pectinatum, but is pendent and remarkably flexuose. 



157. P. pendulum, Sw. ; caud. suberect, scaly ; fr. flaccid, pendulous, G-12 

 in. or more 1., 1-2 in. br., subsessile or short-stalked, cut down nearly or quite to 

 tlie rachis into bkint eniixQ pinna} l|-2 lin. br., whioh are dilated at the base, the 

 lower part narrowed into a mere decurrent wing to the rachis ; texture snhcovi- ^ 

 aceous ; rachis naked or villose ; both sides naked ; veinlets forked ; sori slightly 

 immersed, forming a row on each side close to the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. f:». 194. 



Hab. West Indies to Brazil and Peru. 



158. P. siispensum, L. ; st. tufted, 4-8 in, 1., dark chesnut-brown, clothed with 

 soft spreading hairs ; //•. 12-18 in. 1., H-3 in. br., cut down to the rachis into 

 liorizontal entire acute or bluntish pinnw 1^-3 lin. br., dilated at the base, the 

 lower ones not gradually reduced ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; \/ 

 rachis and under side more or less clothed with ferruginous hairs ; veinlets forked ; 

 sori in long rows close to the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 19G. 



Hab. Mexico and Cuba to South Brazil and Ecuador.— This has often an erect stem, 

 with a very decided curve at the top (Plum. t. 102). P. aspleni folium, L., is larger in , 



size, densely clothed with long rough reddish hairs, the pinnse broader, and the lower 

 ones reduced. P. molUssimv.m, Fee, is like the type in habit, but very soft, with the 

 veins simple, and the lower pinnae much reduced. 



159. P. melanopus, Gr. & Hk. ; st. 3-4 in. 1., slender, black, naked, bent so that 

 the frond hangs down ;/r. 7-8 in. 1., 2-3 in. br., cut down to the racliis into linear 

 bluntish faintly crenated pinnce ^ in. br., the lower ones slightly reduced ; texture 



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