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n. sp.—Stipes tufted, 6-9 in. long, densely clothed, as is the rachis, 
with fine soft squarrose pale brown hair-like palew. Fronds 
dimorphous. Sterile lamina oblong-lanceolate, 1-14 ft. long, about 
half a foot broad, bipinnatifid, moderately firm in texture, green on 
both sides, clothed, especially on the upper surface, with long hair- 
like palew like th i i 
8 
—Stipe dull brown, glossy, glabrous, above a foot long. Frond 
oblong-deltoid, thin but firm in texture, green and naked on both 
sides, 12-18 in. long, simply pinnate. Pinne 5-7, oblong-lanceo- 
late, 6-9 in. long, 2-24 in. broad, entire, acuminate, the up 
side ones adnate to the rachis and decurrent, the lowest almost 
petioled, forked on the lower side at the base. Main veins fine, 
are ascen 
f m 
between these. voluere firm, distinct, glabrous.—Forest shade, 
alt. 3000-4000 feet. Allied to N. subtriphyllum and latifolium of 
the Old World. 
—Stipe 14 ft. long, ne mit. 
Frond oblong-lanceolate, 14-2 feet long, 8-10 in. broad, bipinnatifid, 
membranous, glabrous, bright green on both surfaces. Pinne 
lanceolate, those of the upper half of the frond adnate to the 
14 i g 
into contiguous subentire lanceolate-deltoid secondary segments. 
Veins pinnate in the secondary segments ; — 5-6-jugate and 
veins.—Forest shade, $200 feet. Habit and texture of P. flavo- 
punctatum, but the pinne cut down throughout to a narrow wing to 
the rachis. at 
1944. Polypodium inaquale, Fee. 
472. P. andinum, Hook. oe 
ioe P. leucosticton, Fée.—A variety of P. taxifolium, L. 
1578. P. meridense, Motzasch. 
1703 (134*). Potypopium (EvpoLyPoDIUM) ANTIOQUOIANUM, Baker, 
n. sp.—Stipes very. short, densely tufted ; - basal palew minute, 
subulate. Fronds linear, 1-8 in. long, $ in. broad, simply pinnate, 
moderately firm in texture, with an elastic black thread-like rachis, 
both surfaces furnished with a few long hairs. Pinne 20-30- 
