3i2 48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§§ GONIOPHLEBIUM. 



herbaceous ; groups of veins usuallj' joining once ; sori large, in single rows 

 near the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 18. {not 3Iett.). 



Hab. Califoruia. — P. intermedium, H. & A., is a form with the groups of veins uniting 

 but rarely. This and the next are very like P. vulgare in general habit. 



235. P. (Gonioph.) Scouleri, Hk. & Gr. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, the 

 scales lanceolate, spreading, dull-brown ; st. 3-4 in. 1., firm, erect, naked ; fr. 

 C-12 in. 1., 4-8 in. br., cut down to the rachis into close blunt subentire />mm(B 

 ■|-| in. hr. ; texture very coriaceous ; both sides naked ; groups of veins uniting 

 once; sori very large, in a single row close to the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 19. 

 //. & Gr. t. 56. P. pachyphyllum, Eaton. P. carnosum, Kellogg. 



Hah. Vancouver's Island, Oregon, British Columbia.' — The specimens figured are very 

 small compared with those of Professor Eaton. 



23G. P. (Gonioph.) pa^ews, J. Sm. ; rhizome stout, the scales fibrillose, bright- 

 ferruginous, crisped ; st. 2-4 in. 1., firm, stramineous, naked ; fr. G-12 in. 1., sub- 

 deltoid, with a linear entire terminal pinna and 3-4 similar ones on each side, 

 which are 3-5 in. L, f-^ in. br., narrowed gradually from the base to the apex ; 

 tcicture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; areolce and sori in a single series. — 

 Hk. Sp. 5. p. 23. 



Hab. Panama, Seemann, 25. 



237. P. (Gonioph.) translucens, Kunze ; rhizoine stout, the scales large, lan- 

 ceolate, ferruginous ; st. 4-6 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy ; fr. 8-12 in. 1., 6-8 in. br., 

 subdeltoid, with an irregularly crenated terminal pinna 3-4 in. 1., \-\ in. br., 

 and several close similar ones on each side which are sometimes connected at the 

 base ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veiiis distinct, 

 the areolae in one principal row, with the sori some distance from the midrib. — 

 Hk. Sp. 5. p. 22. 



Hab. Juan Fernandez. 



238. P. (Gonioph.) lachnopus, Wall. ; rhizome wide-creeping, densely clothed 

 with spreading black bristly scales ; st. 2-4 in. 1., slender, naked ; fr. flaccid, 

 12-18 in. I., 8-4 in. br., cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into spreading 

 slightly-toothed pinnce \\-2 in. 1., j in. br. ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; both 

 sides naked or the rachis beneath slightly scaly ; areolce and sori in a single 

 BQXiQ%.—Hk. Sp. 5. p. 25. 2nd Cent. t. 62. 



Hab. N, India, up to 11,000 ft. 



239. P. (Gonioph.) puhescens. Ilk. & Gr. ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales 

 lanceolate, spreading ; st. 4-8 in. 1., naked, stramineous ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 3-4 in. 

 hr., cut down to the rachis into numerous spreading nearly entire ^m^fe l|-2 in. 

 1., §-J in. br., the lowest pair deflexed, rather reduced ; texture subcoriaceous ; 

 rachis and under side slightly glandular and hairy ; veins fine ; areolce and sori 

 generally in a single series. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 19. Hk. & Gr. t. 182. 



Hab. Andes of Peru. 



2-40. P. (Gonioph.) plesiosorum, Kunze ; rhizome stout, the scales ovate or 

 lanceolate, dense, reddish ; st. 2-4 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 4-6 

 in. br., cut down to the rachis into close entire pinnce §-^ in. br., narrowed 

 gradually upwards, dilated slightly on both sides at the base ; texture herba- 

 ceous ; areolce usually in two rows, the prominent sori in a single row close to 

 the midrib. — P. loriceum, Hk. Sp. 5. p. 21. {i?i part). P. rhodopleuron, gona- 

 todes and colpodes, Kze. 



Hitb. Mexico to Venezuela. — DiflFera from P. loriceum by its shorter and broader frond, 



