332 48. POLYPODIUJI, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM. 



texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and under surface thinly clothed with minute ovate 

 toothed scales ; veinlets obscure, simple ; sori in 2 long rows. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 27G. B. 



Hab. Guatemala ; gathered by Mr. Skinner. 



173. P. furfuraceum, Schlecht. ; rhizome strong, densely clothed witli brown 

 woolly fibrils ; St. 3-4 in. 1., rigid, erect, scaly and villose ; fr. 12-18 in. 1., 2-4 

 in. br., cut down to the rachis into linear acute or bluntish entire pinnce 2 lin. 

 br., dilated on both sides at the base ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and under side 

 clothed with dense scales and soft spreading hairs ; veinlets forked ; sori in 2 long 

 vows.— Hi: Sp. 4:. p. 213. 



Hab. Mexico. — Rigid habit and dense scales of Lepicystls, but the veins free. 



174. P. papillosum, Blume ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, scaly ; st. 4-6 in. 

 1., erect, slender, rigid, naked ; //-. 1 ft. or more 1., 2 in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into close horizontal blunt entire or faintly crenated pinnce 2-3 lin. br. ; 

 texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked ; veins black, 

 distinct, once forked ; sori in rows near the edge, deeply immersed, the cavity 

 prominent on the upper side. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 198. 2nd Cent. t. 46. 



Hab. Java and Philippines. 



175. P. apiciilatum, Kze. ; rhizotne stout, woody, short-creeping or suberect ; 

 basal scales grey, linear cancellate ; st. 1-2 in., rigid, erect, grey, finely pubescent 

 like rachis ; /r. lanceolate-caudate, 6-8 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br., cut down to racliis 

 into adnate 30-40-jugate, linear, subacute pinnce 1 lin. br,, the lowest gradually 

 reduced ; texture moderately firm, not flexible ; surfaces dull-green, naked ; veins 

 8-12-jugate, obscure, forked ; sori round, superficial, filling vip the space between 

 edge and midrib. — HL Sp. 4. p. 185. haher, Fil. Bras. p. 515. P. confluens, 

 F'ee, Fil. Bras. t. m.fig. 3. 



Hab. Columbia, Guiana, and Brazil. 



176. P. clasticum. Rich. ; rhizome stout, woody, short-creeping or suberect ; 

 sca/es brown, linear ; st. 1-3 in., black, slender, naked ; fr. lanceolate, 9-18 in. I., 

 2-4 in. br., cut down to rachis into ligulate, patent, adnate, entire, blunt 40-100- 

 jugate pinnce, lower gradually reduced ; texture very elastic ; surfaces naked, 

 except black wiry rachis ; veinlets forked, obscure, 15-20-jugate ; sori minute, 

 superficial, medial. P. Plumula, H. B. K. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 200, ex parte. P. pul- 

 chrum, M. & G., Hk. Sp. 4. p. 199. P. Schkuhri, Raddi. 



Hab. Mexico to Peru and Brazil. — P. Filicula, Kaulf., is a small variety. 



177. P. taxlfolium, L. ; rhizome stout, scaly ; st. subtufted, 2-4 in. 1., ei-ect, 

 rigid, clothed with soft spreading hairs ; fr. 0-12 in. or more 1., 1^-3 in. I)r., cut 

 down to the rachis into close entire or slightly crenated blunt horizontal pinnce 

 1^-2 lin. br., the lower ones distant and much reduced ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; rachis naked or villose ; both, sides naked ; veinlets 

 simple, very distinct, with the sori terminal upon them. — P. Plumula, Hk. Sp>. 

 4. p. 200, ex parte. P. L'llerminieri, Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 12. 



Hab. Guatemala, West Indies, Ecuador, South Brazil. — Well distinguished by its 

 finely-cut pectinate habit and simple oblic^ue usually distinctly-marked veinlets, with the 

 sori terminal upon them. 



178. P. recurvatum, Kaulf. ; rhizome creeping, the scales ovate-lanceolate, 

 bright-feja-uginous ; st. 8-6 in. 1., firm, erect ; fr. 1-3 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br., cut down 

 to the racliis into close entire acuminate jnnnce \-\ in. br., the lower ones 

 quite distinct, not smaller than the others ; texture subcoriaceous ; racliis finely 

 pubescent ; veiiis obscure, forked ; sori in a single medial line. — Mett. Poli/p. 

 p. GO. 



