POLYPODIUM. 



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way down into blunt lobes. They are of a thin, papery texture, slightly hairy 

 on their under-side, and the spore masses are disposed in rows near the midrib. 

 — Hooker, Species Filicum, v., p. 3. 



P. (Phymatodes) angustatum — Phy-mat-o'-des ; an-gus-ta'-tum (narrow), 

 Swartz. 



This stove species, native of North and Southern India- and of New 

 South Wales, is seldom met with in cultivation. Yet it is so distinct 

 and so striking as to be easily remembered when once seen (Fig. 34). Its 

 strap-shaped, entire fronds, Gin. to 12in. 

 long, Jin. to IJin. broad, and of a very 

 leathery texture, borne on strong, upright 

 stalks 2in. to 4in. long, are produced from 

 a stout, wide-creeping rhizome clothed 

 with whitish and very narrow scales. 

 The upper surface is naked and of a dark 

 green colour, while the under- side is clothed 

 with a cottony substance of a rusty-brown 

 colour. The fertile fronds are set off to 

 advantage by the sori (spore masses), 

 which are large and conspicuous, generally 

 disposed in rows near the edge of the 

 contracted upper part of the frond. P. 

 angustatum of Blume is synonymous with 

 P. palmatum. — Hooker, Species Filicum, 

 v., p. 44 ; Garden Ferns, t. 20. Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening, iii., 

 p. 187. Beddome, Ferns of Southern India, t. 185. 



Fig. 34. Polypodium angustatum 

 (i nat. size). 



P. (Campyloneuron) angUStifolium — Camp-yl-on-eur'-on ; an-gus-tif- 

 ol'-i-um (narrow-fronded), Swartz. 

 This evergreen, stove species, of singular and distinct appearance, which, 

 according to Lowe, was introduced into the Royal Gardens, Kew, in 1841, 

 is a native of the West Indies and America, being found in Cuba, 

 Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, and Brazil. It is a very variable plant as regards the 

 breadth of its fronds, which are produced from a stout rhizome creeping on 



