Polypodiwm.] FILICES. 1009 
glandular-pubescent on both surfaces, 3-pinnate; rhachis viscid- 
pubescent like the stipes. Primary pinne in rather distant pairs, 
2-10in. long or more, 1-6in. broad, narrow-deltoid to lanceolate, 
acuminate ; secondary oblong or linear-oblong, acute or obtuse, 
deeply pinnatifid or again pinnate. Pinnules or segments oblong, 
crenate or angulate- dentate or pinnatifid. Veins free, once or 
twice forked. Sori rather large, orbicular, in 2 rows in each 
pinnule, close to the margin, often copious and covering the whole 
under-surface.—Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 312; Benth. Fl. Austral. 
vil. 764; Thoms. N.Z. Ferns, 86; Field, N.Z. Ferns, 136, v. 15, f. 38. 
P. rugulosum, Lab. Pl. Nov. Holl. 11.92, t. 241; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Gel. ii. 41; Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 272. P. viscidum, Spreng. Sp. Plant. 
iv. 61; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct.i.110. BP. viscidum, Col. in Tasmanian 
Journ. Nat. Scv. (1845) 4. P. rufobarbatum, Col. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xvi. (1884) 347. 
NortH AnD SoutH Is~anps, STEWART ISLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS, AUCK- 
LAND AND CAMPBELL IsLanpDsS: Abundant throughout. Sea-level to 2500 ft. 
With the exception of Africa, this is universally distributed throughout 
the tropics and the south temperate zone, advancing as far northwards as 
Japan. It is often confused with Hypolepis tenwifolia, which it much resembles 
in habit and in the shape of the frond. But the stipes and rhachis are 
markedly viscid-pubescent, the frond glandular-hairy on both surfaces, and the 
sori are not so close to the margin, and are not covered by a recurved lobule. 
2. P. pennigerum, /forst. Prodr. n. 444.— Rhizome stout, 
erect, sometimes lengthened into a short caudex 1-2ft. high, 
clothed with fibrous rootlets and the bases of the old stipites. Stipes 
6-12in. long, stout, rather succulent, more or less clothed with 
large ovate-lanceolate brownish scales near the base, smooth and 
glabrous above. Fronds 2-5 ft. long, 9-18 in. broad, oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, thin and membranous, glabrous, pinnate, pinnatifid 
at the apex; rhachis smooth, glabrous or slightly hairy above. 
Pinne numerous, opposite or nearly so, spreading, 3-9in. long, 
4-14 in. broad, the lower ones gradually reduced, narrow linear- 
oblong or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, truncate or almost auricled 
at the base, pinnatifid about half-way to the midrib; lobes ob- 
long or ovate-oblong, slightly faleate, obtuse, entire or obscurely 
sinuate. Veins pinnate in the lobes; veinlets 6-10 on each side, 
the 2 lowest pairs uniting at the tips with those of the adjoining 
lobes. Sori one to each veinlet, forming two rows much nearer 
the midrib than the margin.— Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 381; 
Hook. Sp. Fil. v.7; Hook. and Bak. Syn. Fil. 317; Thoms. N.Z. 
Meyns,o); Mield, N.Z. Ferns; 137, t. 25, £: 3, and t. 26, £. 4. BP. 
subsimile, Col. i Trans. N.Z. Inst, xx. (1888) 233. Goniopteris 
pennigera, J. Sm. Gen. Ferns, 18; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 40. 
Aspidium pennigerum, Swartz, Syn. Fil. 49, 250; A. Rich. Fi. 
Nouv. Zel. 67; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 217; Raoul, Choix, 38. 
