112 FERNS: HEITISU AND F0KE1GN. 



36. PSOMIOCARPA, Presl. in pent. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds stipate, deltoicif, Etb- 

 bipinnate, the sterile 6-8 inches high, pilose, with artictna'-c 

 hairs ; pinnas 3-4 inches long ; pinnules sessile, decurrent.. 



Genus 36.— Portion of fertile and barren fronds. No. !. 



oblong elliptical, §~f inch long, unequally dentate or sub- 

 laciniated. Veins forked ; venules free. Fertile frond 14-18 

 inches high, long, stipate, slender, wholly contracted, forming a 

 sporangiferous panicle. 



P. apiifolia, Presl. Epim. But. Polybotrya apiifolia, /. Sm. 

 En. Fil. Philipp. ; Kunze, in Sclik. Fil. t. 62 ; Gard. 

 and Field Serf. t. 30, 31 ; Hook. Sp. Fil. 5, 248.— 

 Luzon 



37. POLYBOTRYA, Ilaml. et Bonpl. 



Vernation uniserial ; sarmentum scandent, squamose. Fronds 

 bi-tripinnate, 2-3 feet long. Veins pinnate ; venules free. 

 Fertile segments convolute, pinnatifid or spicseform, wholly 

 sporangiferous. ^ 



1. P. osmundacea, Himib. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. 1, i. C; Hook. 

 Gen. Fil. t. 78 B. P. cylindrica, Kaulf. ; Fee, Acrost. 

 t. 36. Polybotrya spcciosa, Scliott. Gen. Fil. t. 7. — 

 Tropical America. 



