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POLYPODIUM,
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PHEGOPTERIS.
very nearly so patent 8 - 1 0 inches l o n g 3 inches broad at the
base gradually diminishing to the acuminated and subpinnatifid apex, pinnules 1-14 inch long horizontally patent in g e ­
neral opposite from a truncato-subcuneate sessile base c o n ­
tracted at the point of insertion (not adnate) o b l o n g - o v a t e
or o b l o n g acuminate but obtuse pinnatifid about halfway
down with o b l o n g obtuse quite entire segments, veins pin­
nated in each segment with three or four pairs of veinlets,
1-6 sori on each lobe of the pinnules, rachis bright tawny or
stramineous as well as the costeE which are winged above with a
narrow margin and as well as the costules m o r e or less villous
with rather long scattered deciduous white soft hairs.
Hab. Bourbon, Carmichart. Mauritius, Bojer.—This is remarkable for the
almost invariably opposite'pintiEe a n d pinnules; in that respect somewhat resembling
P. procerum, Brack.
I have failed to find any published description that corre­
sponds with it.
186. P. (Phegopteris) sanctum, S w . ; caudex small short
erect or decumbent concealed b y the copious radicles below
and the tufted slender stipites above which are 1—3 inches
long slender stramineous, fronds membranaceous 3 inches t o
nearly 1 foot long full green very minutely glandular beneath
1-2 inches wide lanceolate acuminate much attenuated at the
base subbipinnate, pinnae sessile rather distant especially the
lower dwarfed ones o b l o n g or linear-lanceolate generally pin­
nated at the base with the lowest pair m u c h longer than the
rest especially the superior one (so that the pinnse are has­
tate) the rest pinnatifid, pinnules and segments linear or o b ­
long obtuse pinnatifid with short lobes, veins simple or o n c e
or twice forked, sori dorsal very small forming a line or se­
ries between the costule and the margin.—Sw. Syn. Fil. p.
39.
Willd. Sp. PL v. p. 198. Acrostichum'•, Linn. Sp. PL pi
1526. A s p i d i u m , Metten. Aspid. p. 76 Phegopteris, Fee.
Pheg. tenella, Fee, Gen. Fil. p. 243, and "Jme Mem. Foug.
Nouv.p. 6 2 . t. 25. f. 2 {small form).
Hab. West Indies : Jamaica, Sloane, Bancroft, M'Fadyen, Alex. Prior, Wil­
son; Cuba, Pcejipig, Linden, n. 1 8 8 4 , 1966, C. Wright, n. 814, 8 1 6 , 8 8 5 . — A n
elegant small Fern, remarkable for the long ear-like segments or pinnules at the
base of the pinnae, giving a hastate form to the latter. I have only seen speci­
mens from Jamaica and Cuba; but it has probably been overlooked in other
islands. I can find no trace of an involucre on any of my numerous fronds.
187- P- (Phegopteris) glanduliferum,
Liebm.; "caudex
small globose clothed with flesh-coloured (squamis carneis)
scales, stipites 3 - 4 from the caudex 1-3 i n c h e s long, frond
membranaceous on both sides glanduloso-punctate 4 - 8