Fr, 
brevipetiolata, 1'/s° longa, 1Y/.—2’ lata, linearia, fere ad 
costam pinnatipartita; laciniae oblique patentes, oblongae s. 
ovatae, rotundato-obtusae, nervum furcatum exeipientes, 
superiores soriferae, sori in basi interna laciniarum superiorum 
sub apice ramuli antici insert. Madagase, (Boivin.y 
Polypodium Pappei Mett. Rhizoma repens, crassitiem 
pennae anserinae adaequans, paleis 2 longis, membranaceis 
ferrugineo-fuseis, ovatis, acuminatis squamosum, denique 
denudatum viride; folia herbacea firma glaberrima; petiolus 
1—3° longus, lamina 1 longa, 2" lata, lanceolata, utrinque 
inaequaliter acuminata, integerrima, maculae manifestae, 
costales amplae appendice diehotoma, externae 2-4 seriatae, 
sori plerumque in angulo externo macularum costalium; rarius 
et secundus in arcu macularum para costalium, superficiales, 
paraphyses nullae. Cap. b. sp. — Natalia. 
Polypodium Pervillei Mett. Rhizoma elongatum, tenerum, 
paleis rigidulis fuscis oblongo-lanceolatis squamosum, folia 
2-3 distantia, 6-8 longa, sub apice 1” lata, spathulata, 
subeoriacea glaberrima, basi attenuata, subpetiolata, obtusa; 
nervi immersi, indivisi, superiores soriferi; sori terminales, 
pauci sub apice laminae; sporangia inermia ; paraphyses nullae. 
Ins. Sechellae. (Perville.) 
Polypodium pygmaeum Buchinger herb. Rhizoma abbre- 
viatum caespitosum; folia densa membranacea, glabra 6—8° 
longa, spathulata obtusa basiattenuata, subpetiolata integerrima, 
costa flexuosa; nervi indivisi, angulo acuto ascendentes, apice 
leviter inerassato sorum vix superantes; sori utrinque ad 
apicem costulae 1 2, elliptiei, rotundati, costulae approximati; 
paraphyses nullae; sporangia inermia. Ins. Borbonia. 
Polypodium Schimperianum Mett. Rhizoma repens elon- 
gatum, paleis membranaceis, pallide rufescentibus 2—2!/2‘ 
longis, ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis subintegerrimis vel inte- 
ee: imbricatis, subpatentibus vestitum; folia coriacea, 
a, supra sparse, infra densissime pilis stellatis candidis 
denique rufescentibus tomentosa, supra denique glabra, sessilia, 
2-5 longa, 3—5‘ lata, spathulato-lanceolata, obtusa vel 
actiminata, costa supra manifesta, infra tomento obtecta; 
costulae immersae; maculae immersae, appendiculatae, sori 
in apice appendicum. Abyssinia (Schimper.) — Niphobolus 
Buchinger hb. 
Alsophila aethiopica Welw. Truncus 3-6 altus, dia- 
metro 2—3°; folia membranacea utrinque ad costas hirsuta 
s. pilis ferrugineis appressis hispidula: petiolus „tubereulis 
parvis‘“ muricatus, 1". longus, rachis hirsuta, denique pur- 
purascens, nitida, lamina 2-3° longa oblonga acuminata 
pinnato-pinnatipartita; pinnae numerosae, sessiles, 9” longae, 
