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Only the upper half of a frond of this is in the collection ; but that 

 is in sufficiently good condition to enable us to identify it as Raddi's 

 plant. 



22. Poltpodium formosum, Raddi. 



Palladium formosum, Raddi, Plant. Brasil. p. 25, t. 38 ; Gaud. Bot. Freyc.Voy. p. 361. 



Hab. Corcovado, Bio Janeiro, and Organ Mountains, Brazil. 



The veins of this are branched, but the lower venules occasionally 

 unite with the next ones above, forming elongated areoles. In the 

 plant from the Organ Mountains, the margins of the segments are fur- 

 nished with a few scattered setose hairs. 



23. Poltpodium cAudatum, Raddi. 



Palladium caudatum, Raddi, Plant. Brasil. p. 35, t. 39 j Gaud. Bot. Freyc.Voy. p. 361. 

 Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil. 



Baddi takes no notice of the attenuated, reticulate, brown paleae on 

 the rhachis and costa beneath; otherwise the description and outline 

 of the figure given by him are good. 



24. POLYPODIUM PROCERUM, Sp. Nov. (PL 3.) 



P. rhizomate repente; frondibus elongatis erectis bipinnatis; pinnis oppo- 

 sitis sessilibus horizontalibus lineari-aUenuatis bad pmnatis versus 

 apicem pinnatifidis ; pinnulis subalternis oblongis obtusis crenatw; 

 rhaclii generali glabra, partialibus costis venisque subtus pubescentibus, 

 facie superiori setosa; venis dichotomis; soris parvis distantibus soli- 

 tariis; sporangiis echinatis. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands: in the thickets of low trees. 



Rootstoch creeping. Fronds few, attaining a height of 6 to 8 feet, 



