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POLYPODIUM SCOLOPENDRIOIDES.
l ’ILiCES.— G y r a t æ . Br. P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. F i l i c e s veræ. Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a k . P O L Y P O D lU M ,^ ^< i t \ .z . .Sor? su b ro tu n d i ( s e n a ti, sp a rs i v. c o n fe rii). Involucrum
n u llum . B r .
P o ly pod ium scolopendrioides ; fro n d ib u s su b lo n g e s tip ita tis su b te n e ris la n c e o la tis s in u a to -p in n a tifid
is , la c iniis o v a to -tria n g u la rib u s o b tu s iu s c u lis , b a s i ap ic e q u e a tte n u a tis , so ris sp a rs is bise-
ria lib u s.
Polypodium scolopendrioides. L in n . Sp. P l. p . 1544. Swartz. S yn. Fil. p . 33. W illd . Sp.
Pl. V. b .p . 181. Spreng. S y st. Vegel. v. 4 . p . 50.
P o ly p o d ium in c isu ris A sp îen ii. Plum. Fil. t. 9 1 .
F ilix J am a ic e n s is s im p lic ite r p in n a tis A sp lc n ii fo liis. Pluken. A h n . t. 2 9 0 . / . 1 .
H ab. I n In s u la M a r tin icæ . Plumier. J am a ic a . Plukenet. Swartz. D . Wiles.
Radix e fibris nigris, ramosis, hic et illic tomentosis.
Caudex repens, stjuamis lanceolatis membranaceis fuscis dense obsitus.
Stipes digitalis et ultra, nigro-fuscus, nitidissimus, basi subpilosus.
Frons palmails ad spithamæam sesquiunciam lata, lanceolata, costata, venisque obliquis ramosis, sinuato-piimatifida,
sinubus acutis, laciniis triangulari-ovatis, obtusiusculis, sub lente remote ciliatis, basi attenuata apice acuminata,
integerrima.
Soì-i parvi, subrotundi, venulis inserti, in duas lineas, venis primariis paralleli, dispositi.
Capsula: longe pedicellatæ, fuscæ, globosæ, annulo elastico lato fere completo.
Semina minutissima, sphærica.
Fig. 1. Portio frondis hinc epidermide sublata, ut venæ intemæ in conspectum veniunt. f. 2. Frondis segmen-
tum contra lucem sub lente visum. f. 3. Capsulæ. f. 4. Semina :—magn. auct.
T h e Polypodium ijicisitm o f Sw a rtz , ap p e a rs , as fa r as we c an ju d g e from th e d e s c rip tio n , to be a
species ve ry n e a rly a llied to th is a n d L in n te u s is h im s e lf s a id to h av e co n fo u n d ed th e two ; th e
P . scolopeiidrioides o f th e firs t ed itio n o f Sp . P I. b e in g n ow co n s id e red as th e P . iticisum, an d
th a t o f th e la s t ed itio n o u r tru e p la n t. Sw a rtz te lls u s th a t th e P . scolopendrioides ha s th e sm a lle r,
b u t b ro a d e r, fro n d s , a n d th a t th e low e r s e gm e n ts o r d iv isions a rc rem o te f rom e a ch o th e r , so as to
b e th e r e p in n a te , as in P lu k e n c t’s fig u re . B u t th e sam e a u th o r e q u a lly re fe rs to P lum ie r’s p la n t,
w h ich ex a c tly , in th is re sp e c t, re sem b le s o n r own, h a v in g th o s e s e gm e n ts coad ú n a te .
In th is F e rn th e cu tic le o r ep id e rm is is e a sily rem o v ed b y th e a id o f a d is s e c tin g k n if e ; a n d th e n
th e n e rv e s a rc re n d e re d d is tin c tly v isib le , w ith th e d o ts o r sc a rs w h e n c e th e so r i h av e p ro c e e d e d ;
as sh ow n a t fig. 1 . o f o u r p la te .
W c aro in d e b te d to A. B . L am b e rt, E s q . fo r o u r sp e c im en s, w h o re c e iv ed th em f rom M r . W ile s
o f J am a ic a .
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