106 FERNS COLLECTED IN NORTH FORMOSA BY MR. WM. HANCOCK. 



lowest rather reduced and a little deflexed. Areola in two rows, 

 only the inner row with an included free veinlet. Pinn^ of fertile 

 frond narrower and more acute. Sori medial, uniserial, moderately 

 large, superficial, 12-15 jugate. Allied to P. -a nmnum Wall, and 

 P. niponicuin Mett. The latter has been gathered in China both 

 vvjby Shearer and Maries. 



32. P. [Niphobolus) Lingua Sw. 



33. P. pohjdactijlon Hance, Journ. Bot. 1884, 269. — A most 

 distinct and interesting novelty. 



69. P. {Dnjiiaria) conjugatum Lam. 

 96. P. (Phgniatodes) linear ifolium Hook. 



30. P. lineare Thunb. 



25. P. normale var. P. chinense, Mett. 



28. P. normale var. sumatranum Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1880, 

 p. 215. — Only gathered before in Sumatra. 

 45. P. hastatum Thunb. 

 49. P. Dipteris Blume. 

 23. P. jyterojnis Blume, 



31. (298*). Polypodium (Phymatodes) macrosorum, n. sp. 

 — Rhizome wide-creeping, hypogaeous, ^-| in. diam. ; paleiB small, 

 dense, spreading, lanceolate, brown-black. Sterile frond lan- 



^ ceolate, simple, coriaceous, glabrous, 4-8 in. long, nearly an inch 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends, its naked 

 stipe 3-4 in, long. Veins fine, immersed, indistinct. Fertile 

 frond usually much smaller. Sori very large (^ in. diam.), globose, 

 superficial, uniserial, 4-10 on each side of the midrib, confined to 

 the upper half or two-thirds of the frond. Allied to P. accedens 

 Blume. 



100. (360-'=). P. (Phymatodes) Hancockii, n. sp. — Rhizome 

 short-creeping. Pale® small, black, membranous, lanceolate, 

 clathrate. Stipes none, a narrow wing reaching down to the very 

 \i base of the rachis. Frond oblanceolate, simple or slightly com- 

 pound in the upper third, |-1 ft. long, with 2-3-jugate lanceolate 

 pinnae an inch broad ; wing to the rachis ^ in. broad halfway up 

 the frond either in the simple or compound form, narrowed to the 

 base very gradually ; texture thin, but moderately firm ; both 

 surfaces green and glabrous. Main veins indistinct. Areolae 

 copious, hexagonal, with abundant included free veinlets. Sori 

 small, copious, superficial, scattered irregularly. Cutting of the 

 less-divided forms of P. Phymatodes. Sori more like those of 

 P. qlfine Blume. 



21. Gymnogramme Wrightii Hook. 



82. G. elUjJtica Baker. 



20. G. lanceolata Hook. 



47. G. Maingagi Baker. — New to the Chinese area. Known 

 before only at Malacca and Penang. 



2. Antrophgiim. phtntagineiim Kaulf. 



26, 27. Vittaria elongata Sw. 

 77. Menisciam. triphyllum Sw. 



20. Drgmoglossum carnoswn var. ohovntiun Harringt. — Gathered 

 previously only at the same place by Steere. 



