POLYPODIUM,
§ EUPOLYPODIUM.
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spreading fulvous hairs, fronds drooping membranaceous
subpellucid 3-5 inches long subspathulato-membranaceous
yellow-green obtuse entire when young in maturity lobatopinnatifid, lobes rounded entire, on the upper side sparingly,
beneath and at the margins copiously crinite with long patent
ferruginous hairs, veins patent flexuose pinnate, veinlets clavate at the apex, sori sub-4-serial small having hairs among
the capsules.—Hook. 2d Cent, of Ferns, tab. 13.
Hab. On trees, Forest of Arehedona, Quitinian Andes, Jameson, n. 3 4 9 . — A
well-marked species, having some affinity with P. setigerum of Blume, from
Java, but abundantly distinct.
41. P. (Eupolypodium) Andinum, H o o k . ; caudex short
ascending copiously rooting, stipites 2-3 lines long tufted,
fronds 4-6 inches long membranaceous bright-green pellucid
\ an inch wide linear-oblong moderately tapering at each ex­
tremity crinite with long patent scattered fulvous hairs pinnatifido-lobate with short rounded lobes, veins forked, sori
globose or oval forming two series one on each side nearer
the costa than the margin.—Hook. 2d Cent, of Ferns, t. 6.
P. crispatum ?, Willd. Sp. PI. v. p. 180. Plum. Fil.p. 85. t.
102. B?.
Hab. Andes of Quito, near the River Hondache, Jameson, n. 780, and Cerro
de Alitagua, on trees, Spruce, n. 5282. Mount Picote, near Mayobamba, Peru,
C. W. Nelson (Spruce, n. 4 7 8 0 ) . — A very distinct species, as may be seen by the
plate above quoted. Plumier's figure, the P. rispatum, Willd., has no slight re­
semblance to this species; but that appears to be much more flaccid and pendulous.
42. P. (Eupolypodium) decorum, Brack.; caudex short
rather thick creeping densely ferrugineo-squamose, stipites
approximate subterminal on the caudex 2-4 lines long rather
stout, fronds coriaceous glabrous 6-12 inches long ^-1 inch
broad narrow-lanceolate much and almost caudato-acuminate
the base very gradually attenuated into the short stipes
deeply and nearly to the rachis pinnatifid, segments hori­
zontally patent narrow-oblong obtuse quite entire, below
gradually becoming shorter and broader and forming shallow
elongated lobed wings at the base, costa glabrous or pilosulous, costule and veins quite sunk and inconspicuous, sori
oblong 5-8-10 in two rows parallel with the costa and be­
tween the costa and the margin partially sunk in a hairy
cavity (but with no raised border) at length confluent.—
Brack. Fil. U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 7. t. 2. / . 2 {excellent).
P.