33 G 48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM. 



veinlets fine, simple ; sot^i 0-9 in a row, on each side near the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 jo. 189. P. concinnum, Ilett. Kulin Linn. 2,<o,p. 132. 



Hab. Venezuel.a, Fendler, 212. — Desvaux's plant thus named appears to be P. cuUratum, 

 ■rom which this differs by its distinctly separated pinnte, the largest more than an inch 

 long, narrowed gradually from the base to the point, 



198. P. sporadolepis, Kze. ; rhisome stout, wide-creeping, clothed with grey 

 adpressed scales ; st. 4-6 in. 1., wiry, slightly scaly ; fr. G-12 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; 

 pii/nw horizontal, bluntish, entire or slightly crenate, 2-3 lin. br., narrowed 

 towards both ends, the lowest not reduced ; texture subcoriaceous ; racMs wiry, 

 nearly naked ; under side with minute scattered scales ; veinlets obscure, forked ; 

 sori copious. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 212. 



Hab. Columbia and Ecuador. — This comes near.the next species, but is more slender, 

 with narrower distant pinnae and an ebeneous rachis. 



199. P. pleheium, Schlecht. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, clothed with small 

 grey scales ; st. 4-8 in. I., strong, erect, castaneous, nearly naked ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 

 8-6 in. br., ovate-deltoid ; cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into spreading 

 entire or obscurely crenated pinnw jf-f in. br., the lowest not reduced ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; racliis a«d under side with small scattered scales ; veins obscure ; 

 sori copious. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 213. 



Hab. Mexico to Peru. — Intermediate, as are the following species, in general habit 

 between j)ectinatuin and vulrjare. 



200. P. Hartwegianum, Hk. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, the scales linear, 

 dark-brown ; st. 4 in. 1., erect, naked ; fr. 1 ft. 1., 8| in. br., cut down to the 

 rachis into linear-lanceolate obscurely crenated j»mw?cb, j-f in. br., dilated at the 

 base, the lower ones distinct from the others, the lowest pair defl-exed ; texture 

 papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis slender, villose ; both sides slightly hairy ; veinlets 

 distinct, twice forked ; sori bright-yellow, oval, in two long rows. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 207.— Ic. t. 380. 



Hab. Mexico, Ilartweg, 415. 



201. P. hiaiiricidatum, Hk. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., stout, erect, villose upwards ; j^. 

 12-18 in. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pifincs \\oxizoni&\, 2 in. 1., ^ in, br., the edge entire, both 

 sides distinctly auricled at the base ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both surfaces 

 densely pubescent ; veins immersed, indistinct ; sori filling up nearly the whole 

 space between edge and midrib. — Hk. Ic, t. 121. 



Hab. Peru, Matthews. — Pjaced by Moore in GoniopMebium. 



202. P. puherulum, Schlecht. ; rhizome wide-creeping, scaly ; st. 6-8 in. 1., firm, 

 naked, polished ; fr. 12-08 in, 1., 6-8 in. br. ; lower pinme 8 in. 1., \ in. br., the 

 edge irregularly crenate[ the base distinctly auricled on both sides ; texture 

 papyraceo-herbaceoi^s ; rachis and veins beneath pubescent ; veins in slightly 

 2)innated groups, the main vein prominent ; sori in rows nearer the edge than 

 midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 220. {in part). 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala, — Very near the last, but the position of the sori 

 different, 



200, P. subpetiolathm, Hk. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed with 

 ferruginous lanceolate scales ; st. 4-6 in. 1., firm, stramineous ;fr. 1 ft, or more 1,, 

 6-8 in. br. ; pinna; 8-4 in. 1., | in. br., the point bluntish, the edge incon- 

 spicuously crenate, the lower ones rounded at the base, subpetiolate ; texture 

 p.ipyraceo-herbaceou? ; rachis and ])oth sides finely villose ; veins subpinnate ; 

 sori in rows nearer tlie midrib than the edge. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 220. 



