GENUS VII.
I IY P O L E P IS . E k u n h a k d i .
A SM A L L family of tropic al E erns with creeping rhizomas.
Of large size. Veins forked and free. Sori marginal, sub-
globose, and small. Ind u sium formed of a reflexed changed
venule.
Only one species is well known in this cou n try ; however
Sir W . H o o k e r in his “ Species F ilicum ,” enumerates the
following ;—
tcnuifolia. Bernhardi. N ew Zealand.
Guianensis. Klotzsch. British Guiana.
Dicksonioides. Hooker. Norfolk Island.
amaurorachis. Hooker. New Holland.
setigera. Hooker. ■Java.
alpina. Hooker. Java.
resinifera. Hooker. J ava.
polypodioides. Hooker. Java.
pallida. Hooker. Java.
repeus. Prosi. Jamaica.
resistens. Hooker. Neilgherries.
parallelogramma. Hooker. P e ru .
nigresceiis. Hooker. Jamaica.
anthriscifolia. Pre si. Bourbon.
elata. P re sl. So u th Africa.
aspera. P re sl. South Africa.
Bergiana. Hooker. South Africa.
rugulosa. Hooker. Otahcite.
millefolium. Hooker. N ew Zealand.
hostilis. P re s l. P e ru .
F u rd ie an a . Hooker. N ew Grenada.
distans. Hooker. N ew Zealand.
Schimperi. Hooker. Abyssinia.
Californica. Hooker. California.