248 POLYPODIACE/K. 



Ilhizoma repens teres 4-5 mm. in diametro squamis dense obtectum, squamis 

 valde adpressis ovato-cuspidatis 2-3 mm. longis. Stipes 20-25 cm. lougus 

 glabemmus esquamatus intus (supra) prof undo sulcatus stramineus. Frons late 

 triangularis stipitem in longitudine subfequans vel eo brevior 20cm. longa 

 25 cm. lata pinnatifida, pinna terminal! linear! 15 cm. longa apice louge 

 acuminatissima 15 mm. lata margine plaua nndulatocrenata vel subintegra, 

 piunis lateralibus pinna terminal! conformibus ;r>quilongis falcato-recurvis 

 apice acuminatis (acuminibus linearibus desuper falcatis) utroque lateiv 

 rhachis frondis 3-4 snboppositis basi longe decurreutibus fere ad rhachin 

 attingentibus 2 cm. a se remotis, sinibns inter pinnas latis rotundatis, costis 

 et costulis supra subelevatis distincte sulcatis, pinnis a costa angulo 60 

 divaricatis patentibus, venis lateralibus utraque pagine elevatis tenuibus a 

 costula augulo 70 divaricatis. Sori utroque latere costse pinna? uniseriatim 

 dispositi inter venas solitarii. 



HAB. Kotosho : leg. T. KAWAKAMI et S. SASAKI, Juli., 1912, (No. 5). 



Near P. palmatum BLUME, but differs from it by the pinnee curving 

 downwards. 



Polypodium gracillimum COPEL. 



Polypodhim cucullatum HAY ATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 445 (Non NEES). 



Compared with a specimen from the Philippines labelled " P. fjracil- 

 limwn COPEL. Mt. Apo, Mindaneo, alt. 6000 ft. Oct. 1904, No. 152G." 



Polypodium lineare THUNB. var. monilisorum ELVYATA n. v. (Fig. 

 173). Rhizoma repens gracile 1-14 mm. crassum, squamis dense obtectum, 

 squamis rubro-castaneis ovato-lanceolatis 2-|- mm. lougis | mm. latis apice 

 acuminatis basi latissimis ovatis peltatis basi rotundatis vel plus minus 

 angulatis a basi usque ad insertionem mm. longis margine remote obscure 

 denticulatis vel subintegris medio rubro-maculatis, maculis ovato-lanceolatis. 

 Stipes circ. 1 cm. longus glaber. Frons linearis curva 15 cm. longa 3-4 mm. 

 lata apice lineari-acuminata basi gradatim attenuata ad stipitem brevem abeuns 

 in exsiccato inter soros plus minus moniliforme constricta supra glabra subtus 

 secus costas squamis remote parceque dispersa vel glabrata supra in exsiccato 

 pallido-viridis subtus pallidissima plus minus flavescens, costis utraque pagine 

 elevatis. Textura tenuiter coriacea. Sori infra acumen 2 cm. longum 2 mm. 



