312 48. POLTPODIUM, § EUPHEGOPTBRIS. 



with deciduous fibrillose scales ; fr. 3-4 ft. or more I., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinruB 

 12-18 in. 1., with the pinnl. of the lower side the largest, sometimes again 

 corupound, with lanceolate deeply pinnatifid segm. 3-4 in. 1., f in. br. ; ult. 

 entire lohes \ in. br., blunt ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; colmr dark-green ; 

 under swrfaee sprinkled over with pellucid glands ; vekilets of the lobes 6-8 on a 

 side, mostly forked ; sori large, submarginal. — HJc. 8p. 4. p. 254. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Hillebramd, 42. — Most like N. latifrons in general habit. 



43. P. (Pheg.) punctatttm, Thunb. ; rhizome firm, wide-creeping, villose ; st. 

 scattered, 1-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, stramineous, polished, naked or hairy, and 

 viscid ; fr. 1-4 ft. 1., 6-24 in. br. ; lower piimee sometimes 1-2 ft. 1., deltoid ; 

 pirml. and segm. close, lanceolate ; ult. lobes oblong, crenate or pinnatifid, with 

 the edge often more or less reflexed ; textv/re herbaceous ; rachises naked or 

 viscid ; wider side slightly hairy ; sori copious, marginal. — j3, /*. rufftdositm, 

 Labill. ; fr. less compound and more coriaceous ; rachis deep purplish-brown and 

 densely viscid. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 272. 



Hab. Columbia to Chili, Sandwich Isles, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia, 

 Japan, Philippines, Malaccas ; N. India to Ceylon, Bourbon, Tristan d'Acunha, St. Helena. 

 — Very closely, related to Euhypolepis, see page 130. Mettenius regards our two varieties 

 as distinct species. 



49. P. (Pheg.) prasinum, Baker ; St. 2 ft. or more 1., densely clothed below 

 with long, squarrose, linear-subulate scales, naked and glossy upwards •; fr. 6-6 

 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lower pinnm often 1 ft. 1., 4-6 in. br. ; pimnl. distinct, 

 lanceolate, cut halfway down to the rachis into close blunt lobes ; texture 

 herbaceous ; colour bright-green ; rachis slightly scaly, both sides naked ; veinlets 

 about 4 on a side in the lobes ; sori close to the midrib. — P. punctatum, Spruce. 

 Hh.Sp.'k.p.%'o%.{nmThuwb.). 



Hab. Andes of Peru and Ecuador. 



50. P. (Pheg.) sandmcense, Hk. & Arn. ; st. 2 ft. 1., stout, glossy, naked ; fr. 

 S-4 ft. or more 1., 2 ft. or more br. ; lowest pinnce 12-18 in. 1., 6-8 in. br. ; pinnl. 

 lanceolate, spreading, 3-4 in. 1., IJ in. br. ; segm. with a space between them, 

 ovate-lanceolate, truncate on the lower side, deeply pinnatifid, with erecto-patent 

 linear-oblong entire or toothed lobes ; rachis glossy, castaneous ; both sides 

 naked ; veinlets forked ; sori usually 1 near the base of each lobe. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 267. 



Hab. Sandwich and Society Isles. — The New Hebridean P. aneiiense, Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p: 268, is apparently the same species. 



61. P. (Pheg.) connexum, Kaulf. ; st. 3-4 ft. 1., firm, naked ; fr. deltoid, 

 tripinnatifid, 3-4 ft. or more L, 2 ft. or more br. ; lower pintue lanceolate- 

 deltoid, 8-12 in. 1. ; pinrd. 3-4 in. 1., j in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into 

 oblong, entire or slightly crenate lobes J in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and 

 both sides naked ; veinlets of the lobes 5-6 on a side, the lower ones often forked ; 

 sori medial. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 261. 



Hab. Brazil. 



52. P. (Pheg.) splendidum, Kaulf. ; trunk sub arborescent ; st. 2 ft. or more 1., 

 strong, glabrous, angular ; fr. 4-6 ft. or more 1., 2-3 ft. br. ; lower pinrue 12-18 

 in. 1., 6-8 in. br., with distinct lanceolate pinnl. with close, blunt, entire lobes 

 J in. br. ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and midrib beneath slightly -villose ; veinlets 

 of the lobes simple, often obscure. — j8, P. maciropterum, Kaulf. ; piimoe lan- 

 ceolate, 6-9 in. I., 2 in. br., with entire oblong-falcate lobes J-f in. br., reaching 

 down three-quarters of the way to the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 258. 



Hab. Brazil, frequent. Seems only a less compound variety of the last. 



