TAB. XCL 
Polypodium eriophorum, Hook . 
Frondibus cordatis profunde 3-lobis utrinque molliter lanosis, 
lobis lateralibus semicordatis pinnatifidis lobulis infimis 
sinuato-lobatis, intermedio triangulari pinnatifido, vcnulis 
bifidis apicibus soriferis, soris marginalibus, stipitibus fronde 
3-4-plo longioribus lanosis racbibusque nigris, caudice elon- 
gato repente nigro-squamoso. 
Nothochkena eriophora, Fee , Gen . Fil. p. 159. t. 13. f. 3. 
Hab. Shady clefts, near the city of Oeiras, Brazil, Gardner , 
n. 2390. 
M. Fee has examined and figured and described a specimen 
of this plant ; but he has arrived at a different conclusion from 
myself in regard to the genus. To me it appears to be a 
true Polypodium , bearing as it does globose naked sori at the 
extremity of the forked veinlets, near the margin it is true, 
but not u continui, et limbum angustum constituentes.” It 
is clear, however, from his figure above quoted, that M. Fee 
had only a small and imperfectly developed frond before him. 
He describes it indeed, ie sporangiis remotis,” and figures only 
one or two capsules at the extremity of each veinlet ; whereas 
the capsules in our specimens are very copious from each 
receptacle, forming approximate sori, but not a continuous 
line, so copious in the older specimens, so much extended over 
the disk among the copious, lax, woolly hairs, (partially con- 
cealing them), that our lamented friend Mr. Gardner dis- 
tributed his specimens under the name of Hemionitidis sp. 
The wool is of a tawny hue. 
Fig . 1. Upper side of a lobe, and f. 2. Under side of a 
fertile lobe, the wool having been removed : — magnified. 
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