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CATALOGUE OE PERNS. 
decumbent. Fronds varying from pinnate to decompound-mul- 
tifid, and from 1-6 feet high. Veins forked or pinnate ; venules 
free. Sporangia terminal, medial, or basal. Sori round, rarely 
oblong, naked. 
§ 1. Anopodium, J. Sm. — Vernation fasciculate, forming an 
erect corm or caudex. 
1. P. hasteefolia, J. Sm. Polypodium hastsefolium, Sw. ; Hook. 
et Grev. Ic. Fit. t. 203. — Jamaica. 
2. P. mollicnla, J. Sm. Polypodium molliculum, Kunze. — 
(Hort. Berol.) 
3. P. submarginalis, /. Sm. Polypodium submarginalis, Lang. 
et Fisch. t. 12. — Brazil. 
4. P. deeussata, J. Sm. Polypodium decussatum, Linn. ; : 
Plum. Fit. t. 24. Polypodium grammicum, Spr. — West 
Indies. 
5. P. macroptera, Fee. Polypodium macropterum, Kaulf. 
Alsophila Fischeriana, Reg el, Hort. Petr op. — Brazil. 
6. F. formosaj Fee. Polypodium formosum, Radd. Fil. Bras. 
t . 38. — Brazil. 
7. P. ampla, Fee. Polypodium amplum, Humb.— Martinique. 
8. P. spectabilis, Fee. Polypodium spectabile, Kaulf. — Tro- 
pical America. 
9. P. lachnopoda, J. Sm . Polypodium lachnopodum, J. Sm. , 
Fn. Fil. Hort. Kew. (1846). — Jamaica. 
10. P. alpestrisj J. Sm. Polypodium alpestre, Spr. ; Lindl. 
and Moore's Brit. Ferns, t. 7, A, B, C. Aspidium alpestre, 
Hoppe ; Sw. ; ScKk. Fil. t. 60, exclus. syn. Linn. — Europe. 
11. P. flexilis, J '. Sm. Polypodium flexile, Moore. Polypo- 
dium alpestre, var. flexile, Lindl. and Moore's Brit. Ferns, 
t. 7, L>, F. — Scotland. 
12. P. drepanvisii, /. Sm. Aspidium drepanum, Sw. ; Schk. 
Fil. t. 43, C. Polystichum drepanum, Presl. — Madeira. 
§ 2. Catapodium, J. Sm. — Vernation fasciculate, decumbent. 
13. P. divergens, Fee. Polypodium divergens, Willd. Poly- 
podium multifidum, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 643. — West Indies. 
