3 1 0 4 8 . POLYPODIUM, § KUPHEGOPTBBIS.
j3 has nearly as wide a range as the type in Europe, and occurs also in the United
States.
36. P . (Pheg.) glanduliferum, Liebm. ; st. tufted, 3-4 in. 1., slender, stra mineous
; f r . 6-8 in. h, 3-4 in. br., lanceolate-deltoid ; lower pinnæ the largest,
about 2 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down to the rachis below into distinct unequal-sided
deeply-pinnatifid pinnl., with erecto-patent, linear-oblong, entire or sliglitly-
toothed lobes ; texture herhaceous ; rachis and both sides finely glandular ;
veinlets immersed ; sori 1 a t the base of each lobe.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 252.
Hab. Mexico, Liebmann.
36. P . (Pheg.) drepanum, H k . ; st. tufted, 12-18 in. 1., with dark-coloured
ovate scales helow ; f r . 1J-3 ft. 1., 8-12 in. ? . ; lowest pinnæ the largest, 6-8 in.
1., lJ -2 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, unequal-sided, auricled on the upper, truimate
on the lower side a t the base, with a broad u n cu t centre and copious spinose
teeth, the lowest stalked ; texture coriaceous ; veins distinct ; both sides nearly
naked ; sori medial.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 249.
Hab. Madeira.—This and the two next have entirely the habit of Polystichum.
37. P. (Pheg.) platyphyllum, H k . ; st. tufted, 12-18 in. 1., clothed towards the
base with ovate scales ; f r . 1-2 ft. 1., 4-12 in. hr. ; lower pinnæ. the largest,
3-6 in. 1., lJ -2 in. br., wdth distinct close unequal-sided, subrhomboidal pinnl.,
very obliquely truncate on the lower side a t the base, the upper side auricled,
with the inner edge parallel with the stem, the central p a rt uncut, the teeth
spinose ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachises fibrillose ; both sides nearly naked ;
venation subflabellate ; sori small, principally in rows near the midrib.—/ f t . Sp.
i . p . 248.
Hab. Cuba and Guatemala to Brazil and Peru.
38. P . (Pheg.) rigidum, H k . & Gr. ; st. tufted, 6-18 in. 1., more or less scaly ;
f r . 1-3 ft. 1., 4-18 in. hr. ; pinnæ 2-9 in. 1., f - l j in. hr., with close unequal-sided
subrhomboidal pinnl. with copious aristate teeth ; texture coriaceous ; rachises
usua lly scaly ; venation subflabellate ; sari principally in rows near the midrib.
—P. rigidum and pycnolepis, H k . Sp. 4. p . 246.
Hab. Guatemala, along the Andes to Peru.—Very variable, tbe forms differing only
by the want of an involucre from the forms of Aspid. aculeatum, to which it should probably
be joined. There is a detailed account of the various forms in the “ Species Eilioum.”
We include here three species of Mettenius,—his rigida, cochleata, andyto'c-oL™»
39. P . (Pheg.) Mannianum, H k . ; st. tufted, 6-9 in. 1., glossy, stramineous,
with scattered lanceolate scales ; f r . nearly 1 ft. 1., 4-5 in .b r., lanceolate ; lowest
pinnae the largest, 2-3 in. 1., l - l j in. hr., cu t down to the rachis below into
ovate-deltoid pnnnl. with deep b lu n t entire lobes ; texture herbaceous ; radds
stramineous ; under surface naked ; veinlets pinnate in the low'er lohes ; sori 2-8
to a pinnule.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 253.
Hab. Fernando Po, 0. Mann.—Habit of the less-divided forms of N. spinulosum.
40. P. (Pheg.) u n i d e n t a t u m , Hk . & Arn. ; S t . tufted, 1 ft. 1., clothed with
squarrose dark-brown linear scales towards the base ; f r . 2-3 ft, 1., 1 ft. or more
hr., deltoid; lower p i n n a e the largest, deltoid, 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 va. br. ■, p i n n l .
lanceolate, the lower s e g m . distinct, ovate-ohlong, deeply pinnatifid, with slightly-
toothed lobes ; t e x t u r e herhaceous ; r a e h i s and both sides n a k e d ; u l t . v e i n l e t s
forked ; s a r i submarginal.—/ f t . Sp. i . p . 267.
Hab. Sandwich Isles.—This also, which is now in cultivation at Kew, is like a Nephrodium
of the Lophodium group.
41. P . (Pheg.) Oldhami, Baker ; St. tufted, 12-18 in. 1., clothed a t the base
with long dense linear-subulate bright-hrown scales, and throughout with small
adpressed scales; /®. lJ -2 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more hr., deltoid ; lower pinnæ much
the largest ; p innl. of the lower side 2-3 in. 1., with distinct lanceolate deeply-
pinnatifid segm. ; largest ult. lohes J in. 1., J in. br. ; texture herhaceous ; rachis
densely furfuraceous like the stem ; under side rather glossy ; sori very dense
and numerous, close to the midrib.
Hab. Formosa, Oldham.
42. P. (Pheg.) alpestre, Hoppe ; St. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., scaly below ; f r . 1-2 ft. 1.,
e-S in. br., oblong-lanceolate ; pinnæ lanceolate, 3-4 in. 1., 1 - lJ in. br. ; pinM.
lanceolate, deeply pinnatifid, with toothed lobes ; texture herbaceous ; rachises
and both sides nearly naked ; veinlets pinnate in the lobes ; sori small, 1-4 to each
lobe.—B rit. F . t. 6.—f t P . flexile, Moore ; hahit more flaccid ; pinnl. oblong,
with fewer lobes and a broad u ncut centre.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 261. Pseudathyrium,
Newm.
Hab. Lapland and Scotland to the Pyrenees, Alps, and Central Russia ; Sitka, Oregon,
California.—Habit of Athynum filix-foemina, which see.
43. P . (Pheg.) Bojeri, H k . ; St. firm, erect, polished, stramineous ; f r . 2 ft. or
more 1., 12-18 in. hr. ; lower p innæ the largest, 6-10 in. 1., 2 in. or more hr.,
lanceolate ; p innl. lanceolate, J - J in. hr., cut down n early to the raohis below
into close entire b lu n t lohes ; texture herbaceous ; raehis and under surface
slightly pubescent ; veinlets of the lohes simple ; sori small, copious.—P . sessilifolium",
H k . Sp. 4. p . 261. P. ammifolium, Bojer (non Lam.).
Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon.
***** Frauds Sp. 44-65.
44. P . (Ph eg .) crinale, H. & A. ; st. tufted, stout, densely clothed with
squarrose fibriilose scales ; f r . 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnæ ovate-lanceolate
or subdeitoid ; pinnl. lanceolate, blu n t, lJ -2 in. 1., with rounded blunt
lohes lJ -2 lin. hr., the lower ones reaching down to the m id rib ; texture
coriaceous ; rachises densely fibrillose ; both surfaees naked ; ultimate veinlets
forked ; sori (in our specimens) 1 to each lobe near the upper edge.—H k . Sp. 4.
p. 266.
Hab. Sandwich Isles.
46. P . (Pheg.) asperulum, J . Sm. ; st. firm, terete, hrownish, pubescent ; f r .
lJ-2 ft. h, 1 ft. or more bri ; lower pinnoe 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; pin n l. lanceolate,
J in. br., unequal-sided, cut down to the rachis below into oblong-
pinnatifid unequal-sided segm.; texture subcoriaceous; ®ac/iis and both surfaces
villose; veinlets immersed ; sori copious, one to each ult. lobe.—H k . Sp. 4 .p . 267.
Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 63.
46. P . (Pheg.) aquilimm, Thouars ; rhizmne creeping ; St. 1-2 ft. 1., stout,
erect, brown, pubescent, densely scaly at^ the base ; f r . 2-4 ft. 1., ' ’
pinnæ much imbricated, the lowest 6-9 in. 1., 4-6 in. hr. ; p innh lanceolate or
oblong-lanceolate, with linear-oblong, entire or sinuato-pinnatifid_ texture
coriaceous ; rachis and under side viilose ; veins immersed ; sori minute, copious,
the margins recurved.—H k . Sp. 4. p . 270.
Hab. Tristan d’Acunha.—General habit of Pteris aquilina, and all the aspect of a
plant grown in a very exposed situation.
47. p . (Pheg.) milebraiidi, Hk. ; St. 2 ft. or more 1., stout, clothed below
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