AN ENUMERATION OE CULTIVATED EERNS. 1G ( J 
multi fid, and from 1-6 feet high. Veins forked or pinnate ; 
venules free. Receptacles punctiform, terminal, medial, or hasal. 
Sori round, rarely oblong, naked. 
§ 1. Vernation fasciculate, erect, becoming ccespitose. 
(Anopodium.) 
1. P. alpestris, .7. Sm. Polypodium alpestre, Hoppe ; Hindi. 
and Moore's Brit. Ferns, t. 7, A, B, G ; Sowerby's 
Ferns, 2, t. 49 ; Lowe's Ferns, 1, t. 39. Aspidium 
alpestre, Hoppe ; Sw. ; Schk. Fil. t. 60, exclus. syn. 
Linn . — Europe, Britain. 
2. P. flexilis, 7. Sm. Polypodium flexile, Moore. Polypodium 
alpestre, var. flexile, Hindi, and Moore's Brit. Ferns, 
t. 7, D, E ; Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 6. — Scotland. 
§ 2. Vernation fascicidate, erect ; caudex becoming elevated, 
solitary. (Desmopodium.) 
3. P. hastsefolia, 7. Sm. Polypodium hastaefolium, Sw. ; 
Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 203 ; Lowe’s Ferns, 2, t. 55 . — 
Jamaica. 
4. P. Walkerse, Hook. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 233. — Ceylon. 
5. P. Sieberianum, Fee. Polypodium Sieberianum, Kaulf. ; 
Hook. Sp. Fil. 4, p. 235. — Mauritius. 
6. P. decussata, 7. Sm. Polypodium decussatum, Linn. 
(Plum. Fil. t. 24) ; Lowe’s Ferns, 2, t. 54. Polypodium 
grammicum, Spr. — Wect Indies. 
7. P. macroptera, Fee. Polypodium macropterum, Kaulf. 
Polypodium formosum, Lowe’s Ferns, 2, t. 53. Also- 
phila Fischeriana, Regel, Hort. Petrop. — Brazil. 
8. P. ampla, Fee. Polypodium amplum, Humb. ; Lowe’s 
Ferns, 9, t. 52. — Martinique. 
9. P. spectabilis, Fee. Polypodium spectabile, Kaulf.; 
Lowe’s Ferns, 2, t. 43. — Tropical America. 
10. P. laehnopoda, 7. Sm. Polypodium lachnopodium, 
J.Sm. En. Fil. Hort. Kew (1846); Lowe’s Ferns, 1, 
t. 33.— Jamaica. 
