112 FEENS: BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 



36. PSOMIOCAKPA, Fresl. in paH. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds stipate, deltoid, sub- 

 bipinnate, tie sterile 6-8 inches higb, pilose, with articulated 

 hairs; pinnae 3-4 inches long; pinnules sessile, decnvreiit, 



-Genus 36.— Portion of fprtUe and barren fronds. No. 1. 



oblong elliptical, ^-f inch long, unequally dentate or sub- 

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

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

 sporangiferous panicle. 



P. apiifolia, Presl. Epim. But. Polybotrya apiifolia, /. 8ni. 

 En. Fil. Fhilipp. ; Kunze, .in Sclih. Fil. t. 62 ; Gard. 

 and Field Sert. t. 30, 31 ; Elook. 8p. Fil. 5, 248.— 

 Luzon. 



37. POLYBOTRYA, mtmb. et Bonpl. 



Vernation uniserial ; sarmentum scandent, squamose. Fronds 

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

 Feiiile segments convolute, pinnatifid or spicaeform, wholly 

 sporangiferous. 



1. P. osmundacea, Hmnh. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. 1, t. 2; Hooh. 

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

 t. 36. Polybotrya speciosa, Schoit. Gen. Fil. t. 7. — 

 Tropical America. 



