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1)1 ., and several similar lateral ones on each side, the upper ones broadly adnate
to tlie iiicliis at the base ; textii/v subcoriaceous ; raehis and both sides naked •
¿ g l - ! . “ / / between the midrib and
T «■'‘'apaftoa.—Differs from the next by its more herbaceous
textuie and adnate upper pmii®. P. Richardi, Klotzsch, is a pubescent form.
sniTiliifo? J J J ¥ f r a r i n i f o I i u m , f i a < i . ; rhizome stout, clothed with deciduous,
spieading daik-browi, linear-subulate scales ; si. 1-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, naked ?
■j <\7„ 1 Ko £ Pu'iierotis distinct jo«««« on each side, wliich are
t r f j 1 ‘‘«Li'G'iate, tbe edge entire, the base narrowed ;
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t l i i T l T ®‘'L ‘ rhizocanhn, Willd., is a wide-scandent variety,
i T d iT T llr i r i °tainary form and thus intermediate between it aud the
preceding. Hus includes several species of cultivators. '
meniscnfolimn, L. & F . ; st. 1-2 ft. ]., firm, erect, naked ;
p . ¿-Ó tt. J., 1 it. or more hr., with an entire terminal pin n a G-9 in. 1. lJ -2 in
>'»mei-ous similar ones on each side, all narrowed to tlie base ; íextur'e
¿ r i 1. ¿ T o p f i T J ""ft®’’ * "'"fi" -J fi“ - ; « / « / « and
l i k !i> s £ ‘« 7 ’ ®' " “ "“ ‘-“ fl ‘‘"fl proiiiineiit on the upper side.—
Hab. Panama, Trinidad, Brazil.
** Under surface densely clothed with small scales. Lepicystis, J Sm
Sp. 2G1—203.
261. P. (Gonioiib.) ineanum, S w .; rhizome woody, wide-creeninir tlip scnhs
small, dense dull-brown, fibrillose ; 1 / in. 1., f i r n í erect, f u r r u r c ¿ ¿ ! £ 1 1
pinna, l ' l i Ito I ¿ " i '" / A®*"® subdistant spreading e n tiil blunt
T / v . T fo-, Jilated a t the b a s e ; texture coriaceous; under r i * densely
E l l o i i i r i “ / / / / 7 7 fro® ; ^ori u n i s e r i a l .- / / / . ¿>. 5. p . 209. \ \
Hab. Ohio to Uraguay and Chili; Cape Colony, Natal, Zambesi-land.
2-3 lin bl- the^ lower vp6 , the rachis mto horizontal entire pinnm
Hab. Mexico to Galapagos, Peru, and Rio Janeiro.
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Phlebodium, l i . B r . Veins forming ample regular areolæ, each with
two or more distinct fre e included veinlets, which bear the sori on their united
points, the costal series o f areolæ beinq always destitute o f sori. T ab . 48. fig. g.
Sp. 264-266.
264. P . (Piileb.) nigripes. I lk . ; rhizome stout, the scales black and rigid, with
a deciduous membranous ferruginous edge ; st. nearly 1 ft. 1., firm, erect,
sligbtly scaly ; / r . 1 ft. L, 6-7 in br., cut down nearly or below quite to the
racliis into p innoe J - j in. br., which are slightly crenate towards the bluntish
point ; texture subcoriaceous ; under surface furfuraceous ; sori in single rows on
each side the midrib.—I lk . S p . h .p . 17.
H ab . V en ezu e la, Fendler, 247.
265. P . (Phleb.) aureum, L. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, densely clothed
with bright ferruginous linear-subulate soft scales ; st. 1-2 ft. 1., stout, erect,
naked, glossy ; f r . 3-5 ft. 1., 9-18 in. br., with a long linear-lanceolate terminal
lobe, and cut throughout within j - j in. of the rachis into numerous horizontal
entire or slightly undulated lateral p in næ 4-9 in. 1., about 1 in. hr., with a
rounded sinus between ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked, slightly
glaucous ; areolæ copious, both tlie fertile and barren ones witli free veinlets ;
sori irregularly 1-3 serial ?, P . areolatum, II. B. K. ; f r . smaller, more
coriaceous, very glaucous, the lobes closer, the sori uniserial and barren areolæ
with no free veinlets.—P . sporadocarpum, Willd.—y, P . pulvinatum, L ink ; like
? iu sori and venation, but the frond hardly a t all glaucous and the terminal
lobe very small.—I lk . Sp. 8. p . 16.
H a b . F lo rid a au d Mexico so u thw a rd to Braz il, au d re p o rte d by D r. M u e lle r from
A u stra lia .— Q. trilohata, F é e , is a dw a rf form with only th re e lobes. A p la n t from Spruce
(Andes of Ecuador, 5240), ag re e in g w ith th e sm.all forms of th ia w ith u n ise ria l sori in
hab it an d te x tu re , has th e sori usually te rm in a l on a free v e in le t in th e costal areolæ, as
in ty p ical Goniophlebium, b u t occasionally a sh o rt v e in le t is ca rried from th e cen tre of th e
one th a t bea rs th e sorus to th e n ex t above it, which springs from th e midrib, as in
P. guatemalense, an d as rep re s en ted in th e figure by M e tten iu s of P . pleuvosormn, K z e . ;
so th a t we have th e n a véna tioii midway betwe en th a t of Goniophlebium an d Phlebodium
proper.
266. P . (Ph leb .) deeumanum, Willd. ; rhizome stout, tbe scales bright-ferruginous,
soft ; St. 1-2 ft. 1., stout, erect, glossy ; f r . 1-3 ft. 1., 1-2 ft. br., cut down
nearly, or below quite, to the rachis into nearly entire ligulate-oblong pinnæ often
1 ft. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; texture papyraceous or subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides
naked ; main veins parallel, 2-3 lines apart, with two sets of areolæ about 6 deep
between them, each containing a sorus terminating 2 or 3 free veinlets.—I lk .
S p . 8 . p . l 7 . C. dictyocallis, Âée.
H ab . N ew G ran ad a an d G u ian a to B ra z il an d P e ru .
§§§§§§§§ Campyloneuron, Presl. P r im a r y veins distinct from the midrib to
the edge, connected hy parallel straight or curved transverse veinlets, the areolæ
similar, containing 2 or more sori, the fre e veinlets all directed towards the edge.
Tab. 48. f. j. Sp. 267-290.
* Surfaces naked. Sp. 207-275.
t Fronds simple. Sp. 267-273.
267. P . (Camp.) angustifolium, Sw. ; rhizome stout, epigæous, clothed with
deciduous brown lanceolate scales ; / r . 12-18 in. 1., j i n . b r . , quite entire, the
point acute, the loiver part narrowed very gradually into a generally short stem ;
texture coriaceous ; both sides naked, tlie edges often revolute ; veins immersed,
often obscure ; areolæ and sori in 1-4 rows between the niidrib and edge, the
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