poLTPODrusii 438 



'**iVemhU Aat Tinobiedipui reaching the,' edgi, «U untally fertile, 



w .^eUiBtermear the, end of each. Mhiiome.iwithi fronds M iU 



end. GYitNOCA«EiiJM Newjn. ■ :) ' , .-^ •. . , 



2, P.? Phegop'teris (1j.) ; /rbmfe ^j«nafe, pinnes linear-lanceo- 

 late united at the basftpiniiii,tifid^with,lii)Bar-oblongl)luiit lobes, 

 looped pair of pj,nnm turned dowmwarda^ an,d forwards the jjest 

 il^Wards, elusteM mST^n&l.-^E^ ii. 2224.- ' ' N. llS.-^RJiizo'me 

 neafly 'black, wiry, sligh|;ly scaly; breepitig extensively. ']?ronds 

 trialngular. Pihflte vferjf' aotfte, poiptmg upwards,' ratbet' hairy; 

 CQiineoted by their whole width with the'rachis;' lowest pair 

 c[iiit6 distirict, with a minute stalk, standing forwardSl and point- 

 ing frbih the' otherS.^Roth (PI. &etih. i\i.7<i) found an evanes- 

 cent 'indusium, which no other person appears to have Sden.-— 

 Pamp places,! ),ovirig Ijhfi spray of waterfalls, , P. VII. — IX. 

 Z':'2 . ' ;. " ' ,,'•.' ',"''. y '■:.■: ' ' ' ,, %^- 1- 



'^8; P.f Dryop'teris(h.); fronds iernate glabrous, divisions pin- 

 nate, pinnas pinhatifld Miint uppermost nearly entire,' clu'sters 

 marginal.— -E. .B.'616.' N. 123. — Rhizpme black, wiry, creeping. 

 Slightly scaly. Stipe slender, brittle. The 'three divisions of 

 the frond' ibosely spreading-, the middle ,one rathSf the' largest. 

 Very young fronds resembling 3 littU balls on wirbs. Not at all 

 glandular. — Shady mouiitainous places. P, VI. VII. E. 8. 1. 



4. P. ? Mobertidnum (HoHln.) ; fronds triangular subtemate 

 glandular-mealy, lower branch<>s pinn&te, pinnae pinuatifld blunt 

 upperniost nearly entire, clusters marginal.— P. fialcaKeu/ir^ Sm., 

 E. B. '1528. N. l3l. — More erect and rigid than tlie preceding, 

 always covered "with 'very minute stalked glands giving a mealj' 

 character to' the' surfe,ce. Frond scarcely ''a-tid, the .lower 

 branches being much smaller, in proportion to the middle one ; 

 all the' 3' 'erect, rigid. — ^Oa broken limestoile ground. P. VII. 



Vm. -.1 ■■- -- ' < ;.l i- ^' • E. 



*** Jldnlets'Mot knobbed, scarcely reaching the edfe, siinple or 

 branched, each bearing a cluster below its ' end or thai of its 

 anterior, branch. Partly ther-e is an oblique curved false in- 

 dusium. Pse'ubathybium: Newm. ' • •■ ' 



6. P. alpes'ir'e (Hoppe), ; fronds lanceolate bipinnate, pi»ice 

 narrow^lanceolUte with' a broad' base contiguous, ■pmnuiBS widest 

 at their base acute pinnatifid with serrate lobes and branched 

 veinlets.^:-^ 49;— Fronds subeieet; I^ — 3 ft. high. Much like 

 Aihyr. J^&a;-/i:E»TO»a.-^High mountain- vaUeys. P. VII. Vm.j S. 



,, ,6. J!,.flex'ile, (Moore);; fronds linear-lanceolate bipinnate, 

 gmnee ■quatei-^nceqlat^ distant,^pim)^lf^,njarrow at t/mr tcise, oh- 

 ovate jblimtish serrate and with unbranche^,veinlets. — K ed. 8. 



