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with darker veins, exhibiting a beautiful network. We 
have it from the Malayan Archipelago. 
Polypodium subauriculatum. Half-eared Polypody . 
Fronds pinnate, 4 feet long, pendulous ; leaflets narrow, 
tapering, bright green, slightly eared at the base. A 
noble plant, a native of the isle of Luzon. It should be 
planted where the fronds can droop at their will. 
Polypodium sepultum . Covered Polypody . Fronds pin- 
nate and lance-shaped, the leaflets thickly covered with 
fringed greyish scales. In form it greatly resembles the 
common Polypody of our walls and trees, but its more 
numerous segments and scaly covering mark its rarity. 
It is a South American species. 
Poly podium vacciniifolium . Bilberry -leaved Polypody . 
Caudex creeping upon trees, shaggy ; barren fronds 
simple, egg-shaped, 1 inch long ; fertile fronds simple, 
rather longer, and narrower so as to approach the lan- 
ceolate form. The whole plant, with its shaggy creeping 
caudex and dark oval fronds, resembles an entire- leaved 
Ivy. Its home is tropical America. 
Goniophlebium is a genus allied to Polypodium ; its 
name is derived from gonia , an angle, and phlebs , a vein, 
and refers to the angular placing of the veins. 
Goniophlebium Catharine. St. Catherine’s Goniophle- 
bium. Caudex creeping, scaly; fronds pinnate, triangular ; 
leaflets blunt, oblong; sori in one row, on the upper 
part of the frond. We have it from Brazil. 
Goniophlebium cuspidatum. Sharp-pointed Goniophle- 
bium. Caudex slightly creeping, scaly ; fronds pinnate, 
3 feet high ; leaflets lanceolate. A native of Java. 
Goniophlebium meniscifolium. Men iscium- leaved Go- 
niophlebium. Caudex creeping, scaly ; fronds pinnate, 3 
feet in length; leaflets lance-shaped, wavy, bright green, 
