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T A B . C L X X X I I .
P O L Y P O D I U M P U B E S C E N S .
F I L I C E S .— G ï e a t æ . B r . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . K a u l f . F i l i c e s v e ræ . IVilld.
Ge.v. C h a e . P T E I U S , h hm . Aon subrotundi (seriali, sparsi v. conferii). Involucrum ntúlnm. B r .
P o l y p o d iu m pu b e sc en s; fronde ovato-deltoidea subpcctinatim pianata, pinnis oppositis lineari-
oblongis obtusis sumrals conilnentibns, inferioribus valde iuæqualitcr pinnatifidis, omnibus
minute glanduloso-pnbescentibus.
Polypodium pubescens. Gillies M S S .
H a b . In rupibus apud “ Ccrro del Morro, San Luis,” provincia Bonariæ. J . Gillie s, M .D .
Caudex lon ge repens, crassitie pennoe anserinoe, flexuosus, hic illic radicosus, ubique dense squamis vel paleis
ovato-acurainatis reticulatis fuscis tectus.
S tip e s subdigitalis, erectus, fuscus, semiteres, hinc sulcatus.
F ro n s subspithamoea, nunc pedalis, circumscriptione deltoideo-ovata, acuminata, pinnata; pinnis approximatis,
horizontalibus, oppositis, sessilibus, superne conflucntibus, lineari-oblongis, obtusis, costatis, minute pubescenti-
glandulosis, inferioribus ad basin et medium versus præcipue pinnatifidis, laciniis valde inoequalibus.
Sor/numerosi, sparsi, utrinque intra costam et marginem.
Capsidæ pedicellatæ, fuscæ.
S emin a fusca, subreniformi-oblonga.
F ig . I. Capsuloe. f. 2. Semina, f. 3. P ili glandulosi. f. 4 . Squama caudicis auct.
Am on g several curious Ferns brought h om e by Dr. Gillies from his interesting and extensive
travels in South America is the present very distinct species o f Polypodium. The outline or circumscription
o f the frond, the closely placed and opposite pinnæ, and the glandular pubescence, a
its characteristics.
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