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* * Veins connivently anastomosing.
G o n io p te r is . F r e s l, T e n t. P te r id . 181.
(Olypholoenium, / . S w à iP o ly p o d U sp, X « i. Meniscii sp. X « i.G ym n o g i-am m a tis sp. Xaci. ; Aspidii sp, Xaci.
Ctenopteridis sp., J . DmiBi Pliegopteridis sp. Auct).
Sori non-iiidusiate, globose ; tho receptacles medial or terminal. 7à«s pinnate, prominent, mnults (the lower pair or men,
connivently anastomosing at an acute angle, from the apex is produced an excurrent veinlet, which is cither short and free or lengtheatJ
to reach and unite with the next pair of the venules.
Fronds herbaceous or anb-coriaceons, pinnatiSd, pinnate, or pinnato-pinnatifid. Spore cases often ecbinate. Ehizome shoil,
decumbent. (Moore).
This genus bears the same relation to Polypodium in Polypodieæ, as Nephrodium does to Lastrea in Aspidieæ.
1. eoniopteric proliféra. (Presl). Caudex thickish, snb-repaud, stipites clustered, erect, varying in length, fronds glabrous oi|
pUosuIons, 1-2 feet and more long, snb-corlaceons pimrated, and a t the apices and tbe axils of the pinnos repeatedly proliferous and widelj
extended, pinnæ 3-6 incbcs long, sessUc oblong-lanceolate acuminate, sometimes anrioled a t the base, vennies 4 to 5 pairs or 8-10 in tli
larger pinnæ connivent at an acute angle, from the apex of which are produced excurrent veinlets, which are generaUy all united, so a
to form a continued spurious vein or costule ; these veinlets however are sometimes short and free, and sometimes some are altogether want
ing ; sori oval, rather than sub-rotund in the middle of the veinlet, sometimes near the point of jmrctiou, and then confluent and meniscioi
Hook Sp. F i t ’, iy. 13;—Polypodium prolifernm,Hoa;S.*i Wall. C a tu . 312, ("noi i a i i f / j ; Meniscinm, Sui. Sgn. Fil., p . 19 and 20 7 ;-
IIoolc. 2nd Cent, o f Feins t. 15 ¡— Wttld. Sp. PI. v., p. 135 P . luxnrians, Kee.,— Phegopteris, Maten ,— Ampelopteris elegans, Kee. k i
Bot. Zeit. vi., p. 114 ;—A. firma, Kee. in L in. xxiv., p. 133.
Hills near Kamptee and Jubbulpore, very common—Nilgiris, (Zenker).
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but varymv io à » and form and inolnding numerous free divaricating veinlets more or less impressed,
nnnrerons, united into smaller areoles b J o ^ are cosU
and forming pustules at the back, ^ ;_ p „ l,p o d ium phymatodes, Lenn. Maut. p. 3 6 0 ;-D r y -
the margin, or p L (fldA Metten) ,-P o ly p o d i.m ensUorme, Are. in S e ll. F « .t. 54. / . « , -
Malabar, at no great elevation.
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- , ■ 1 - /w iiv i. 1 ( -a u d e x v e rv thick, creeping, paleaceous w i th o v a t e o p p r e s s e d d e c id u o u s p e lta t e s c a le s , s tip i te s
2. Pleopeltis letorhiza. (Walhch.) Caud^ y 2-3 feet lonv oblone or oblong-ovate pinnated, pinnæ
1 ^ Mid more feet long, stout, f r o n d s am p le , subconaceo mem rana^^^^^^ ^ finely acuminated, cuneate and slightly petioled,
1Î 12-3O, erecto-patent 8-12 inches and more l i r e , venation manifest uniform, costules scarcely
P o ly p o d ium le io rb iz o n , Wall. Cat. n. 3 0 3 .
Anamallays. on the Kooch Mallay 4 .3 0 0 feet elevation.
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* * * Veins reticulated with free included vdnlets.
Free vdnlets, divaricate.
P l e o p e l t i s . H um h o ld t a n d B o u p la u d . W illd . S p . P I. v. 211. (e x ien s ).
(Atactosia, Ffume Anapeltis, J . Smith ¡— Qhxyo-giena, Linh in /—Microgramma, P r e s / /—Microsorium, L in l ; -
Anaxetum, 5 c7io « /—Pleuridium, P m / /—Phymatodes, P m / L e p i s o r u s , J . Sm ith ; Phyllitidis, J . Nm. Symplecium, Kunze
Microterus, P re s //—Dryomenis, J . Colysidis sp., Pres/./—Mecosori sp., Klotzsch. /—Polypodii sp., Auct. /—Teetariæ sp., Cavanilles:
Drynariæ sp., Awci/—Craspedaria sp., A« c /—Phebodü ap., Auct. /—Dryostachyi sp., A u c t . Dipteridis sp., J . S m . Niphoboli sp,,
Auct. /—Sellignea sp., Presl. /—Marginariæ sp., Bory.
Sori non-indusiate, sometimes covered while young by peltate scales, rotundate or elliptic (sometimes with the receptacle
diffuso-confluent in lines) superficial or immersed ; the receptacles compital, / e., produced on the points whence several reticulated veins
radiate, rarely medial. Vdns pinnate or pinnato-furcate, from a central costa, parallel or fiexuose, sometimes evanescent, the venules mucii
branched, reticulated in (usually) several series ot irregular or hexagonal areoles, within the ultimate of which are produced variously
directed straight curved or hamate, often numerous, free sterUe vdnlets which are generally distinctly clavate a t their apices.
Fronds membranaceous, or more or less coriaceous, often opaque, simple pinnatifid or pinnate, sometimes furnished with scm-
tered peltate scales. Sori serial or irregular, rhizome creeping, the fronds articulated, (Moore.)
1. Pleopeltis phymatodes. (Linn.) Caudex long, creeping, more or less clothed with dark-brown deciduous subulato-setaceous seal«
or bristles, in age the caudex is covered with a chalky-white coat, stipites 2-3 inches to 1 foot and more long, fronds very p olymorphoui.
carnoso-coriaceous from a few inches to 2-3 feet long, often simple (undivided) and lanceolate, and then rarely exceeding 10 inches long,
or trifid or tripartite, or more or less deeply pinnatifid, and then appearing to attain the largest size and a diameter of 10-12 inclic'
deltoideo-ovate, the segments as many as 17-23 to 3-8 inches long, 1-D lanceolate oblong or linear, acute or obtuse, the margm
thickened entire, venation internal, generally obscure, sometimes when the frond is transliitent the veins are apparent, but veniform soon j
d iv e rg in g and anastomosing, and forming a series of large coatular areoles with often lesser but unequally-sized ones, secondary veiW;
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