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P l a t e X L IL — F ig . 1 - 3 .
POLY PODIUM P E C T IN A TUM , L i n n æ u s .
C om b -le a ved P o lyp o d y .
P o l y p o d iu m p e c t in a t u m ; — R o o t -s to ck stout, e long a ted ,
m od e ra te ly ch a ffy and often fe r ru g in o u s -tom en to se ; sta lk s a
few inches to n e a r ly a foot long, rigid, bla ck en ed an d pu beru
len t ; fronds one to three feet long, tw o to five inches wide,
linear-lanceolate, som ew h a t cu rved and e la s tic w h en dry , pinnatifid
a lm o s t to the m id r ib ; se gm en ts v e r y nume rou s , sp re ad in
g, one to three inches long, tw o to fo u r lin e s wide, g r a d u a l ly
tap er in g from a dila ted base to a n a rrow b u t obtuse apex,
u su a lly entire ; m id vein stron g, b lackish ; v e in s d a rk a t the
b a se ; v e in lets three or fo u r in each g ro u p , pe llu c id and n e a r ly
invisible, n o rm a lly fr e e ; so ri o ften s l ig h t ly o v a l, p la ced in a
s in g le ro w each s id e the m id v e in about h a lf w a y between it
and the m argin ; spo re s o vo id-ren ifo rm, y e llow ish , the sur fa ce
finely p u stu la ted.
Polypodium pectinatum, L in n æ u s , Sp. PL, p. 1 5 4 5 .— S w a r t z , Syn. Fil.,
p. 3 4 .— W i l ld e n o w , Sp. PL, v , p. 180. — E a t o n , Fil. Wright,
et Fendl, p. 198. — H o o k e r , Garden Ferns, t. 10; Sp. F il,
iv , p. 20 3 .— G r i s e b a c h , FI. Brit. W. I. Islands, p. 699.—
H o o k e r &: B a ic e r , Syn. Fil., p. 3 33 .
The following names are referred to this species by H o o k e r ,
and I do not see how they can be separated from it; but it should be