48. rOLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM. 335 



pinnl. simple ; sori copious, 1-G to a pinna. — Hi. Sj). 4. p. 229. JR: £ Or. Ic. 

 t. 108. P. varialjile, Mett. 



Hab. Mexico along the Andes to Ecuador. — Resembles P. tricJiomanoides in texture. 



191. P. reclinatum. Brack.; st. subtufted, slender, very short, villose ; /r. 

 pendent, very flaccid, 1-2 ft. 1., 1-lj in. br. ; pinnce close, ovate-oblong, blunt, 

 entire, j-§ in. br. ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and under side clothed 

 with fine soft hairs ; veiydets simple ; sori 2-5 in a row. — P. semiadnatum, 

 Hk. Sp. 4. p. 222. {in part). 



Hab. South Brazil, Gardner, 112 ; Brackenridrjc. Probably cullralum, var. 



192. P. semiadnatum, Hk. ; st. 4-G in. 1., slender, flexuose, slightly villose ; 

 fr. flaccid, pendent, 1-2 ft. I., |-lj i^. br. ; pinn(B very numerous, close, oblong, 

 \-^ in. ]., 2 lin. br., blunt, distinctly crenaied, the lower ones reduced and 

 distant ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and under side with a few long soft hairs ; 

 veinlets forked ; sori copious. — Hk. ISp. 4. p. 222. {in part). 2nd Cent. t. 48 



Hab. And«s of Ecuador, Jameson. 



193. P. dependens, Baker ; st. tufted, short, thread-tike, clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs ;/;•. pendent, very flaccid, 2 ft. or more 1., | in. br. ; pinnce alternate, 

 \-'^ in. 1., \ in. br., ovate-oblong, blunt, entire, the central ones on the same 

 side J in. apart ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; slender black rachis and both 

 sides clothed with soft spreading hairs ; veinlets simple ; sori close to the midrib. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spruce, 567.— -Like the next species on a smaller scale. 



194. P. alternifoliuni, Hk. ; st. very short, tufted, slender, flexuose, clothed 

 •with soft spreading hairs ; fr. pendent, very flaccid, 2-10 ft. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinncs 

 distinct, alternate, lanceolate, entire, 3-4 lin. br. at the base ; texiure papyraceo- 

 herbaceous ; slender rachis and both sides thinly clothed with soft spreading 

 hairs ; midrib ebeneous, slender, flexuose ; veinlets simple ; sori copious. — Hk. 

 Sp. 4. p. 222. t. 277. A. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador. 



195. P. sericeo-lanatum, Hk. ; st. 1-4 in. 1., slender, densely clothed with soft 

 spreading grey hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, 1-2 ft. 1., 1^-3 in. br. ; pinnce close, 

 |-1^ in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., blunt, entire, spreading; texture thick ; rachis and both 

 sides densely matted with soft silky hairs ; veins simple ; sori in 2 long rows. — 

 Hk. Sp. 4:. p. 221. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia and Ecuador. — This and the five preceding in their flaccid 

 pendent mode of growth correspond with the cuUratum group. 



196. P. firmum, Klotzsch ; rhizome creeping, the scales large, linear, dull- 

 brown ; St. 1-2 in. 1., wiry, naked ; fr. loosely spreading, 8-12 in. 1., 2 in. br, ; 

 pinnoe distant, 1 in. 1., \ in. br., blunt, upcurved, dilated at the base, the lower 

 ones reduced ; texture firm ; rachis slender, black, wiry, clothed with short stiff 

 black hairs ; both sides nearly naked ; midrib black ; veins simple ; sori in two 

 long rows. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 185. {iii part), 



Hab. Guiana, Richard Schomburgk, 1170; New Granada, Lindig, 300.— Scarcely more 

 than a variety oi rigescens, with pinnae more separated. 



197. P. lanigerum, Eaton; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., densely clothed with soft 

 spreading reddish-brown hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, G-9 in. L, 1^-2 in. br., cut 

 down to the rachis into erecto-patent blunt &i\\.\v% pinnce 2-3 lin. br., the lower 

 ones reduced ; texture herbaceous ; both sides thinly coated with soft hairs ; 



