POLYPODIUM. 
E OLYPODIUM APPENDICULATUM. (Wall) Caudex? stipes about 1 foot long pubescenti-pilose, fronds 1-2 feet 
long, 6-8 inches broad pinnate, pinnz alternate, membranaceous, sessile or subsessile with a small gland at the base beneath, patent. 3-4 
inches long, š to 1 inch broad, gradually diminishing in size towards the apex and ending in a long acumination, pinnatifid nearly to the 
rachis, segments approximated with narrow sinuses, linear oblong entire or slightly crenated, obtuse at the apex, costa and costules setose 
above, pubescenti pilose beneath, rachis setose and pubescenti-pilose, veins 8-9 pair on each side, all simple not forked scarcely touching 
the margin, the lower pair with their apex above the base of the sinus, sori one to each vein a little below the centre. ⁄ 
The specimen figured is from Nepal (Winterbotham), it is intermediate between P, erubescens and auriculatum, 
PLATE No, CCLVI. 
