48. POLTPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM, 335 



pinnl. simple ; sori copious, 1-6 to a pinna. — HIc. Sp. 4. p. 229. Hi. S Qr. Ic. 

 1. 108. P. variabile, AfeU. 



Hab. Mesieo along the Andes to Ecuador. — Resembles P. trichomanoides in texture. 



191. P. reclinatum. Brack. ; st. subtufted, slender, very short, vUlose ; fr. 

 pendent, very flaccid, 1-2 ft. 1., 1-lJ in. br. ; pintim close, ovate-oblong, blunt, 

 entire, ;|-§ in. br. ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and under side clothed 

 with fine soft hairs ; veinlds simple ; sori 2-5 in a, row. — P. semiadnatum, 

 HJc. Sp. 4. p. 222. (in part). 



Hab. South Brazil, Gardner, 112 ; Brackemridge. Probably ciiUralvm, var. 



192. P. semiadnatum, Hk. ; st. 4-6 in. 1., slender, flexuose, slightly vUlose ; 

 fr. flaccid, pendent, 1-2 ft. 1., j-l|^ in. br. ; pinnw very numerous, close, oblong, 

 ^^ in. 1., 2 Un. br., blunt, distinctly crenated, the lower ones reduced and 

 distant ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and under side with a few long soft hairs ; 

 vdnlets forked ; sori copious. — Hk. i>p. 4. p. 222. (in part). 2nd Cent. t. 48 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Jameson. 



193._ P. d^endens. Baker ; st. tufted, short, thread-like, clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs ;/r. pendent, very flaccid, 2 ft. or more 1., J in. br. ;pinnce alternate, 

 J-f in. 1., ^ in. br., ovate-oblong, blunt, entire, the central ones on the same 

 side J in. apart ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; slender black rachis and both 

 sides clothed with soft spreading hairs ; veinlets simple ; sori close to the midrib. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador, Spnux, 567>— Like the next species on a smaller scale. 



194. P. aUemifolium, Hk. ; st, very short, tufted, slender, flexuose, clothed 

 with soft spreading hairs ; fr. pendent, very flaccid, 2-10 ft. 1., 2 in. br. ; pinn(B 

 distinct, alternate, lanceolate, entire, 3-4 Un. br. at the base ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous ; slender rachis and both sides thinly clothed with soft spreading 

 hairs ; midrib ebeneons, slender, flexuose ; veinlets simple ; sori copious. — Hk. 

 Sp. i. p. 222. t. 277. A. 



Hab. Andes of Ecuador. 



195. P. sericeo-lamatwm, Hk. ; St. 1-4 in. 1., slender, densely clothed with soft 

 spreading grey hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, 1-2 ft. 1., 1^3 in. br. ; pinncB close, 

 f-1 J in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., blunt, entire, spreading ; texture thick ; raehis and both 

 sides densely matted with soft sUky hairs ; vein^s simple ; sori in 2 long rows. — 

 Hk.Sp.i. p. 221. 



Hab. Andes of Columbia and Ecuador. — ^This and the five preceding in their flaccid 

 pendent mode of growth correspond with the cuUratv/m group. 



196. v. firmum, Klotzsch; rhizome creeping, the scales large, linear, dull- 

 hrown ; st. 1-2 in. 1., wiry, naked ; fr. loosely spreading, 8-12 in. 1., 2 in. br. ; 

 pinwB distant, 1 in. 1., J in. br., blunt, upcurved, dilated at the base, the lower 

 ones reduced ; texture firm ; rachis slender, black, wiry, clothed with short stiff 

 black hairs ; both sides nearly naked ; midrib black ; veins simple ; sori in two 

 long rows. — Hk. Sp. 4t.p. 185. (in part), 



Hab. Guiana, Bichard Schomburgh, 1170; New Granada, Lindig, 300. — Scarcely more 

 than a variety of rigescem, with pinnae more separated. 



197. P. lanifferum, Eaton; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., densely clothed -vrith soft 

 spreading reddish-brown hairs ; fr. flaccid, pendent, 6-9 in. 1., lJ-2 in. br., cut 

 down to the rachis into erecto-patent blunt entire pinncB 2-3 lin. br., the lower 

 ones reduced ; texture herbaceous ; both sides thinly coated with soft hairs ; 



