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obscure ciliatis. Frondibus arcuatim procumbentibus, ob- 
longo-lanceolatis, basi truncatis, subcoriaceis, glabris, supra 
atrovirescentibus, subtus pallescentibus, incise pinnatifidis. 
Segmentis utrinque 16-20-jugis superioribus in apicem 
subintegrum acuminatum gradatim decrescentibus, in. 
tegerrimis acutis, ad basin brevissime decurrentem paululum 
connexis sinu acuto. Costis mediis in parenchymate 
celatis. Rachi haud immerso, utrinque subfusco, furfuraceo. 
Venis i-furcatis. Soris medianis, copiosis, rotundis, leviter 
depfessis, ad apices anteribrurft' venlat-urf: fmpositis. Upper 
slope of Roraima. 
Stipites 7-9 in. 1. erect, wiry. Fronds 6-8 in. 1. 2 in. w. 
Segments f-i in. 1, linear-oblong, barely i in. w. at the 
base, and not much narrowed outwards till the acute point 
is reached. Dark green above, pale metallic-green beneath. 
Intermediate between, P. melanopus, Hook and Grev. and 
P. bruneo-veride, Baker. Resembling the latter exaftly in 
colour, but the fronds relatively broader and shorter. Oc- 
curred in set C. of the collection by mistake for P. Kal. 
breyeri, Baker. 
180,379. Polypodium taxifolium, Linn. Upper slope of the mountain. 
104. Polypodium pectinatum, Linn. In the neighbourhood of the 
encampment. 
124. Polypodium cultratum, Willd. In the neighbourhood of the 
encampment. 
217. Polypodium zanthotrichium, Klotzsch (P. elliptico-sorum, 
Fee) Upper slopes of the mountain. Appears to be distinct 
specifically from P. cultratum by its uniformly elliptical 
sori. 
281. Polypodium rigescens, Bory. Upper slope of the mountain. 
176. Polypodium firmum. Klotzsch. Upper slope of the mountain 
378. Polypodium subsessile, Baker. Upper slope of the mountain. 
190. Polypodium capillare, Desv., Upper slope of the mountain. 
125 (212*) Polypodium (Eupolypodium) melanotrichium n. sp. 
Caudice erefto paleis subulatis crispatis vestito, stipite 
brevissimo gracillimo, frondibus oblongo-lanceolatis parvis 
fiaccidis membranaceis glabris bipinnatifidis, pinnis lanceo- 
latis adnatis, profunde pectinato-pinnatifidis inferioribus 
sensim minoribus, segmentis deltoideis acutis venis brevibus 
