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Polypodium punctatum Thunb. — Widely spread in both hemi- 

 spheres. 



55.* Polypodium (Phegopteris) loxoscaphoides Baker, n. sp. 

 — Stipe short, slender, naked, castaneous. Frond oblong-deltoid, 

 decompound, a foot long, moderately firm, green and glabrous on 

 both sufaces. Lower pinnae the largest, oblong-lanceolate sub- i — 

 equilateral, 4-5 in. long. Ultimate segments Jg- in. long, cuneate 

 with two veins or oblong with a single vein, with a single sorus 

 dorsal on the vein in the centre of the segment. No indusium 

 seen. — Mount Musgrave and 9200 ft. on Owen Stanley range. 

 Habit of Dava/lia (Laxoscaphe) rjibberosa and nif/rescens. 



98.* Polypodium (Eupolypodium) trichopodum F. Muell. Piecord, 

 p. 41. — Ehizome short-creeping, -J in. diam., densely clothed with 

 small ovate imbricated pale brown paleas. Stipes very slender, 

 contiguous, brown, wiry, clothed with inconspicuous fine spreading ^ 

 hairs. Frond simple, linear, obtuse, entire, 1-2 in. long, \ in. 

 broad, narrowed gradually to the base, thick and moderately firm 

 in texture, clothed with fine spreading brown hairs. Veins erecto- 

 patent, forked. Sori globose, superficial, costal. — Mount Victoria 

 and Mount Knutsford. Very distinct. 



99.* Polypodium (Eupolypodium) mollipilum Baker, n. sp. — 

 Rootstock not seen. Stipe slender, brown, wiry, 1-1^- in. long, 

 clothed with fine spreading hairs. Frond simple, linear, entire, 

 3-4 in. long, \ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the 

 base and apex, moderately firm and thick, densely clothed with fine 

 spreading brown hairs. Veins forked. Sori globose, superficial, 

 costular. — Near the summit of the Owen Stanley range. Near P. 

 Hookeri Brack., and P. hirtum Hook. 



101*. Polypodium (Eupolypodium) Stanleyanum Baker n. sp. 

 — Rootstock not seen. Stipe naked, £ in. long. Fronds linear, 

 obtuse, entire, 3-5 in. long, ^-^ in. broad, very thick and rigid in ' 

 texture, glabrous and scaleless, narrowed gradually from the middle 

 to the base. Veins quite hidden. Sori globose, superficial, medial 

 between the midrib and edge, confined to the upper part of the 

 frond. — Near the summit of the Owen Stanley range. Allied to P. 

 zeylanicum Mett. 



101.* Polypodium (Eupolypodium) Knutsfordianum Baker, 

 n. sp. — Rhizome short-creeping, t l in. thick, clothed with small 

 pale brown ovate densely imbricated palete. Stipe very short, 

 densely clothed with brown spreadingyhairs. Frond simple, linear, 

 entire, 3-4 in. long, \ in. broad, firmrin texture, clothed with a few / 

 spreading brown hairs, obtuse, narrowed gradually to the ba.se. 

 Veins distinct, furnished with 2 short anterior branches. Sori 

 globose, superficial, forming 2 spaced-out rows near the midrib. — 

 Mount Knutsford. Also allied to P. zeylanicum. 



108.* Polypodium (Kipolypodium) subselligueum Baker, ^ 

 n.sp. — Rootstock not seen. Stipe naked, H-2 in. long. Frond simple, 

 linear, entire, thick, glabrous, 5-6 in. long, \ in. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and base. Veins quite 

 hidden. Sori oblong, superficial, $— \ in. long, confined to the 

 middle of the frond, placed close to the midrib and parallel with it 



