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3. S. verrucosa, J. Sm. Polypodium verrucosum, Wall. ; 

 Sooh. Oard. Ferns, t. 41. Marginaria verrucosa, 

 Hoolc. Gen. Fil. t. 14, 10 B. G-oniophlebium verru- 

 cosum, /. Sm. Cat. (1857).— Malacca. 



9. PHLEE ODIUM, B. Br. ; J. Sm. 



Rhizome thick and fleshy. Fronds large, 2-6 feet high, 

 pinnatifid or subpinnate, membranous, smooth or glaucous. 

 Veins pinnate ; venules arcuately or angularly anastomosing, 



Genus 9. — Portion of pinna of mature frond, under side. No. 1. 



producing two or three excitrrent veinlets terminating in the 

 areoles ; the costal areoles always vacant. Receptacles puncti- 

 form, on the combined apices of the excurrent veinlets. Sori 

 round, transversely 1-6-serial, destitute of scales. 



1. P. aureum, B. Br. Polypodium aureum, Linn. ; Plum. Fil. 



t. 76 ; SchJc. Fil. t. 12. — Tropical America. 



2. P. sporodocarpum, /. Sm. Polypodium sporodocarpum, 



Willd. Lowe's Ferns, 2, t. 6. P. glaucum, Hort. — 

 Mexico. 



3. P. areolatum, J. Sm. Polypodium areolatum, Willd. — 



Venezuela. 



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