4:8. poLTPODnm, § ErrHZGOPTEEis. 309 



villose all otct ; tembts forked ; sari small, copions, distant from tte midiiK — 

 P. Dianas, Bi. Sp. 4. p. 234. 



Hab. St. Helraia. 



29. F. (Fh^.) caudatma, E^aolf. ; «(. 12-18 in. L, firm, angular, brownish, 

 slightly sc^y ; fr. 2-3 ft. L, 12-15 in. br. ; piana 6-9 in. L, 1-2 in. br, cnt down 

 to a djstinetly-winged rachis into oblong falcate distinctly-tootlied lob^ 2-3 lin. 

 br., lower ones not redaced ; texture herbaceons ; raehix more or less scaly ; both 

 guifaees naked ; veinkis ^mple^ 1 to each tooth, 6-8 on a side ; sort near the 

 midrib.— Bi. ^. 4. p. 241. 



Hab. Cuba to Brazil. 



30. P. (Ph^.) UgerifOe, Baker; st. 1-2 ft. L, slightly scaly ; ^. 2-3 ft. L, 

 1 ft. or more br. ; lower pimuE Hie largest, 6-8 in. L, 2-3 in. br., cnt down to the 

 lachis below into distinct oblong-lanceolaie pmnL 1-2 in. L, with the veinlets 

 pinnate in the lower lobes; texture herbacains; raddses Tillose and sligbtly 

 scaly ; loxner ode nearly naked ; sori in pairs on the lower lobes. 



Hab. Andes of Fern and Ecoador, ^p/ruee, 4656. 



**** Fronds smaU or middle-giAd, tri- or quadripirmatifid. Sp. 31-43. 



' 31. P. (Ph^.) hexagmopterum, Hichx. ; rlazome wide-creeping ; gt. 12-18 in. 

 L, slender, stramineons,' n&ed, glossy ; fr. 8-12 in. 1., nearly as broad, deltoid ; 

 lower /nmus 4^-6 in. 1., tiie low^ pair deflexpd, often 2 in. br., me pmnl. reaching 

 down nearly to tiie rachia, those of the lower side I-I5 in. L, pinnatifid halfway 

 down, witili broad blnnt lobes ; texture thinly herbaceons ; under side slightly 

 viUose ; Unlets pinnate in the lobes ; sori marginal. — HI. Sp. 4. p. 24-5. 



Hab. Canada, sonthward lo Florida. — Geoeial habit of P. Pfiegopiem. 



32. P. (Pheg.) HassebU, Blame ; i^. 9 in. L, slightly scaly ; Jr. abont 1 ft. 

 each way, deltoid, qnadripinnatifid ; lowest pinntB 6 in. 1.,' ^ in. br. ; pirnil. 

 stalked, orate, the lowest mnch the laigest, with OTate-oblong obtnse lobes, the 

 lower ones deeply pinnatifid ; texture coriaceons ; rachis and both sides naked ; 

 reins pinnate in the lobes ; sori mediaL — Ht. Sp. 4. p. 257. 



Hab. Java. 



33. P. (Ph^.) rufeseens, Blnme ; rhizome short-creqnng ; ^. 12-18 in. L, 

 firm, erect, naked ; fr. 12-18 in. L, 9-12 in. br., snbdeltoul ; lower pintuE much 

 the largest, deltoid, 6-8 in. L, 3-4 in. br. ; pimd. lanceolate, nneqoal-sided, 

 bhrntly lobed, the lowest nearly down to tie rachis ; texture snbcoriaeeons ; 

 rachis and both sides naked or slightly pubescent ; veinlets pinnate in the lower 

 lobes, 3-4 on a side ; sori mediaL— .ffit. Sp. 4. p. 257. 



Hab. Jaya, Cfeylon, Kew Caledonia, Queensland. — P. Barteriamam, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 254, 

 from Femando Fo, is evidently the same. 



34. P. (Ph^j^Jn^^Ka^^I;- ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 

 slender, stramiSHfii^naked npwards, slightly scaly bdow ; fr. 6-10 in. each 

 way, deltoid ; lower pinnm mnch the largest ; pimd. lanceolate, only the lowest 

 free, oblong, slightly crenate ; textwre thMy herbaceons ; rachis and both sides 

 glabrons ; smi submarginaL — Ht. Sp. 4. p. 250. B. F. t. 4. — ^, P.-B.i,lert.ianum, 

 Hofiin. ; rMzome thicker, the whole plant more rigid and finely glandular. — 

 B. F. t. 5. 



Hab. Ijapland to the Pyrenees, N. Italy, N. India (S-8,000 ft.), MancdinTia, Japan ; 

 America — Greenland and Sitka to the Booky Monntains and 'Sat&em United States. 



