PO L Y PO D IUM CRINITUM.
F I L I C E S .— G y e a t ®. B r . F o l y p o d ia c ïæ . K a u l f . F i l i c e s v e ræ . W i l l d . , S p r e n g .
G e n . C i i a r . P O L Y P O D I U M , Sm. Nori su b ro tu n d i, {seriali, sp a rs i v. c o iifc rti). Im o lu a -um
nuUuin. B r .
P o ly p o d iu m crinitum-, f ro n d e p in n a ta , p in n is lan c eo la tis p in n a tifid is , la c in iis o b lo n g is o b tu s is su b -
incecpiilateralibus in te g e rrim is s u b tu s c o s ta n e rv isq u e su b p u b e s c e n tib u s , s tip ite ra c h iq u e s e to sis,
so ris m in u tis .
P o ly p o d ium c r in itum . P o ir e t in E n c y c l. B a t . S p r e n g . S y s t . V eg e t. v . A. p . 5 7 .
P o ly p o d ium th e ly p te ro id e s ! D e s v . iu B e r i. M a g . 1 8 1 1 . 3 1 ? . S p r e n g . S y s t . V eg e t. v. 4 . p . 56.
(n o n S icb e ri, S y n . F il. n . 50.)
Po ly p o d iim i fn s co -s e ta c eum . B o je r . M S S .
H a b . l u insitla M a u r itii : in m o n tib u s exc e lsis, lo c is um b ro s is . B o je r .
Caudex subpalmavis, erectus, teres, hinc canaliculatus, nitidus, insigniter setosus, setis longis membranaceis, subu-
laüs, fuscis.
Rachis etiam fusco-setaceus, versus apicem pubescens.
Froiis pedalis, chcumscriptione ovato-subpyramidalis, pinnata, pinnis plerumque oppositis, subhorizontalibus
quadri- ad sex-pollicaribus, lanceolatis, breviter acuminatis, profunde pinnatifidis, fere omnino glabris, costa
(setosa) nervisque pubescentibus, laciniis semiunciam longis, paululum falcatis, obtusis, oblongis v. lineari-
oblongis, inoequilateralibus, basi suboequalibus versus apicem sensim mmoribus, penninervibus.
Sori biseriales, nervis ultimis seu venulis prope medium utriuque inserti, parvi.
Capsidoe sphoerico-subcompressoe, annulo crasso cinctæ, pediceUatæ.
Seminà subreniformia, flavescentia, pellucida.
Fig. 1. Pinnæ lacinia, a dorso visa, cum soris. f. 2. Capsulæ. f. 3. Semina:—vtagn. auct.
T h e difficiüty o f d is tin g u ish in g m a n y o f th e spe c ie s o f F e rn h y m e re d e s c rip tio n s is, it m u s t be
a ck n ow led g ed , v e ry g re a t. I n lo o k in g s im p ly a t th e s h o r t c h a ra c te r o f P . the lypte roide s g iv en by
D e sv au x a b o v e q u o te d , i t is q u ite in d ic a tiv e o f o u r p r e s e n t p l a n t ; b u t th e n h e de sc ribe s i t a fte rwa
rds as h a v in g “ v c r y / « a le av e s (p in næ ), o f Dvo in ch e s a n d a h a lf in le n g th , th e fro n d o n ly five
in ch e s lo n g , an d th e s tip e s e ig h t o r n in e in ch e s in le n g th :” in w h ich re sp e c ts , h e te lls u s , i t differs
from th e P . c r in itum o f P o ir c t. P o ir c t’s d e s c rip tio n , a g a in , p e rfe c tly ag re e s w ith o u r p la n t in
eve ry th in g e x c e p t in n o t h a v in g th e so ri in s e rte d u p o n th e e x trem itie s o f th e ve in s ; th e y a re
e v id en tly in s e rte d n e a r th e m iddle .
S ie b e r s P . thelypteroides m u s t n o t b e co n fo u n d ed w ith o u r p la n t, s im ila r as it is in th e s tru c tu r e
o f its p in næ ; fo r it is p u b e s c e n t o n b o th sides, a n d th e stip e s, ra chis, c o s ta a n d n e rv e s , a re s im ply
p u b e s c e n t, q u ite d e s titu te o f setæ.