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Poilion of mature IToml.
POLY rODI U M 1) EC UIvI AN UM.
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Phlehodium decumanum,
Polypodium p u lv in a tum ,
Chrysopteris p u lv in a ta ,
Phlehodium p u lv in a tum .
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Polypodium—Polypody. Decumanum—Tall.
I x T H E S e c t i o n P h l e b o d i u m o f A u t h o r s .
A n o t h e r interesting F e rn closely allied to Polypodium aureum,
Polypodium sporadocarpum, and other species figured
ill Pla te X I I , f Polypodium areolatum.) T h e fronds are much
narrower and more slender than Polypodium aureum, and not
nearly so glaucous as th a t species.
An evergreen stove species.
Native of Jamaica, South America, and Brazil.
F ro n d s glabrous, slender, pinnatifid, the segments being lan ceolate
acuminate and membranous, slightly se rra ted on the
edge, and from six to eight inches in length.
Fro n d s lateral, articulate on a creeping scaly rhizoma.
Sori unise rial, circular, and immersed.