330 '48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM. 



subcoriaceous ; racMs and both sides naked ; veinlets very distinct, once forked ; 

 s(yri in 2 long rows. — Hk. Sp. 4. jj. 200. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. — This may be a form of the last, but the pinnae are 

 longer and closer. 



160. P. celehicum, Blume ; st. 3-5 in. 1., tufted, villose ;/r. 12-16 in. 1., 2 in. br., 

 cut down to the rachis throughout into close nearly horizontal entire bluntish 

 piimce l|-2 lin. br. ; texture coriaceous ; rachis ciliated, the rest neai'ly naked ; 

 veinlets simple ; son deeply sunk, 8 to 12 in a row on each side the midrib. — 

 HLSp.4:.p. 191. 



Hab. Borneo and Celebes. 



IGl. P. griseum, Liebm. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, scaly ; st. 4-6 in. 1., pale- 

 brown, polished, villose ; fr. ilaccid, 1-2 ft. or more 1., 3-4 in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into entire acute or bluntish lanceolate j?innoe j-§ in. br. ; texture herba- 

 ceous ; rachis densely villose, and both sides finely pubescent ; veins fine, close, 

 2- or 3-forked, the groups sometimes joining ; sori in 2 long rows midway between 

 the midrib and edge. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 202. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. 



1G2. P. lasiolepis, Mett. ; rhizome short-creeping ; scales lanceolate, dull 

 brown ; St. \-l in., densely shortly pilose ; fr. lanceolate, 2-5 in. 1., 1^ in. br., 

 cut down to rachis into ligulate, entire, adnate, blunt pinnce, the lower gradually 

 reduced ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces shortly finely brown-hairy ; 

 veins erecto-patent, G-12-jugate, simple, bearing at the tip the slightly immersed 

 round submarginal sori. Kuhn, Linn. 80. />. 131. 



Hab. Martinique and Guadeloupe. 



1G3. P. pilipes, Hk. ; st. tufted, flexuose, 3-4 in. 1., densely clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs ifr. pendent, 6-9 in. 1.. 2-4 in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into close linear lobes, which are often deeply pinnatifid ; texture coriaceous ; 

 rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets 1 to each lobe ; sori copious. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 230. Ic. t. 221. 



Hab. Peru, Matthews. • • 



C. Fronds more than half an inch broad, erect or suherect. Sp. 1G4-18G. 



1 G4. P. macrocarpum, Presl ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed with 

 lanceolate adpressed scales ; st. 1-3 in. 1., wiry, often flexuose, deciduously scaly ; 

 fr. 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. or more br., lanceolate, cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 blunt entire or obscurely toothed pinnce \ in. br., dilated at the liase, and with a 

 rounded sinus between them ; texture coriaceous ; vei7is hidden, forked ; upper 

 surface naked, lower densely coated with scales ; so7-i large, copious. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 215. P. Tweedianum, Hk. Ic. t. 8G. 



Hab. Bolivia to Chili. — Habit and scales like those of P. incanum, 



165. P. madrense, J. Sm. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed with 

 minute scales ; st. 2-4 in. 1., firm, erect, naked or slightly scaly ; fr. 3-5 in. 1., 

 1 1-2 in. br., cut down very nearly to the rachis into horizontal blunt entire pinnce 

 J in. br., with a rounded sinus between them ; texture coriaceous ; ebeneous rachis 

 and under side thinly coated with minute scales ; veinlets 2-forked, obscure ; sori 

 large, copious. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 214. P. ontolepis. Fee. 



Hab. Sierra Madre, N. W. Mexico, Scemann, 1941. — About midway between the last 

 and P. j)cc(imtum. Kuhn joins- it with vlebeium. 



