48. POLTPODIUM, § EUPHEGOPTERIS. 307 



Hab. Gaadelonpe, L'Eerminier. — Habit not nnlike that of the least-divided fonns of 

 N. FUiz-mas. 



17. P. (Pheg.) refiUgens, Klotzsch ; si. 1 ft. 1., clothed with bright-brown scales 

 throughout ; fir. 1^ ft. L, 1 ft. br. ; pinruB 6-8 in. 1., l-l;j in. br., cut down to the 

 centre into close oblong obtuse sUghtly-toothed lobes J in. br., the lower pinnse 

 stalked and rather narrowed at the base ; texture herbaceous ; raMs and main 

 veins above densely downy, the veins beneath with yellowish glandular hairs 

 and reddish setaceous scales; veinlets simple, 7-12 on each side ; sori medial. — 

 Phegop. Mett. FiL Nov. Gran. p. 240. 



Hab. Panama, Colmnbia, and Gniana. — ^Habit of Neph. caripense. 



18. P. (Pheg.) rude, Kze. ; St. 1^2 ft. L, scaly towards the base, villose 

 upwards ; Jr. ^4 ft. or more 1., 12-18 in. br. ; pinnae 8-12 in. 1., 1^ in. br., cut 

 down nearly to the rachis into subfelcate entire lobes J in. br., the lower pinnse 

 not rednced, but with a gland at the base and the lower lobes small ; texture 

 subcoriaceons ; rachis conspicuously villose and under side less so ; veinlets 

 simple, 12-16 on a side ; sori submarginaL — Hi. Sp. i.p. 243. Glaphyropteris, 

 Fresl. 



Hab. Mexico to Pern. — JS'qih. pUoso-higpidum, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 105, seems to belong 

 here, and I cannot distinguish an involncre. 



19. P. (Pheg.) decussatum, L. ; St. 2-3 ft. 1., stont, erect, scaly towards the 

 base, polished upwards, sometimes slightly muricated ; /r. 3-4 ft. or more 1., 

 12-18 in. br. ; pinnw 8-12 in. 1, 1-1^ in. br., cut down nearly or quite 

 to the rachis into close spreading entire blnnt lobes 1-1 J lin. br., with a lajge 

 subulate gland at the base beneath ; texture subcoriaceous, rigid ; rachis and 

 both sides nearly naked ; veinlets simple, close, 20 or more on a side ; sori in 

 rows near the midrib. — Hi. Sp. 4. p. 244. Glaphyropteris, Presl. 



Hab. West Indies and Panama southward to Pern and Brazil, 



20. P. (Pheg.) unisorum. Baker ; St. tufted, slender, 1 in. 1., dark purplish- 

 brovsTi, clotiied throughout with linear scales ; Jr. 2-3 in. 1., 1 in. br., oblong- 

 lanceolate ; pinnw horizontal, with a roundish terminal hbe 1^2 lin. each way, 

 and 1-2 smaller sessile ones on each side ; texture coriaceous ; rachis densely 

 scaly like the stem ; both sides naked ; veins immersed, flabellate ; one large 

 sorus at the base of each lobe. 



Hab. Monnt Banai, Sandwich Isles, Sittebra'od. — ^A very cnrions and dislmct little 

 plant. 



21. P. (Pheg.) plab/lobum, Baker ; St. 12-18 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly towards 

 the base, finely villose upwards ; Jr. 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; central pihnce 

 6-8 in. 1., 1-1 J in. br., cut down to the rachis in the lower part into blnnt oblong 

 nearly entire subfalcate lobes 5 in. br. ; lower pinnw slightly reduced ; raehises 

 densely villose ; under surface nearly naked ; texture herbaceous ; 'Mitdets about 

 6 on a side, the lower ones forked ; sori almost marginal. — P. rotundatmn. 

 Hi. Sp. i.p. 238. (bob WiUd.) 



Hab. Tarapota, N. E. Pern, Sjprvce, 4656. 



22. P. (Pheg.) JibriUosum, Baker; St. 1 ft. or more 1., densely clothed 

 throughout with spreading fibrillose scales ; fr. lg-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; lower 

 pinnae the largest, sessile, 6 in. 1., 1^ in. br., cut down within 1 lin. of the rachis 

 into close, blunt, nearly entire falcate lobes 3-4 Un. br. ; texture herbaceous ; 

 rachis fibrillose and upwards villose ; both sides nearly naked ; r>einlets forked, 

 6-8 on a side, with the sori close to the midrib. 



Hab. Andes of N. E. Pern, Spruce, 4742. 



