MARATTIACE.E. 313 



99. EU PODIUM, J. Sm. 



(Maratti^} Spec. Kaulf., Raddi.) 



1. Eupodium Kaulfussii, J. Sm. 



Evpodium Kaulfussii, J. Sm. in Lond. Jour. Bot. 2, p. 392 ; Hook. Gen. Fil. 1. 118. 

 Marattia alata, Kaulf. Enum. Fil. p. 32, in Obs.; Raddi, Plant. Brasil. 1, p. 74, t. 

 83, 84. 



Hab. On the Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : in humid forests ; 

 frequent. 



Fronds large, 4 feet and upwards in length, quadripinnaf e : divi- 

 sions spreading ; the ultimate ones sessile, half an inch to an inch in 

 length, oblong-lanceolate, laciniate, . or obtusely serrate, according to 

 their position on the frond, articulated with the winged rhachis. 

 Veins simple or forked, each vein or venule bearing a single spo- 

 rangium. 



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