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Polypodiicm nanum Fee Gen. Fil. p. 238. 



Poly podium seriidarioides J. Sni. 



Artlvropteris tv'ichomanoides J. Sm. 



Polypodiicm Okuhoi Yatabe in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, V. 1891, p. 35, tab. 

 XXI ; Baker in Ann. of Bot. V. p. 465. 



Nom. Jap. Ohuho-shida, okubo-urahoshi. 



Hob. Prov. Sagami : Asbinoyu in Mt. Hakone, on stone-walls and 

 tomb-stones {S. Okubo ! herb. So. Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, 1888; *S'. IHrase ! 

 herb. I.e. Jan. 7, 1891); Prov. Suruga : Mt. Fuzi-san, associated with 

 mosses on trunk of large tree {Z. Umemicra ! July 21, 1899 ; 2\ Mahino ! 

 August 7, 1899) 



Distrib. Tropical Asia and tropical America. 



This pigmy fern is rarely found in Japan. The fronds of my speci- 

 mens from the forest of Mt. Fuzi-san, as cited above, attain 7 cm. in 

 length, and 8 mm. in width. 



Polypodium hirtellum Bl. Enum. Fil. Jav. p. 123 ; Metten. Farn- 

 gatt. Polypod. p. 35, et Filices in Ann. Mus. bot. Lugd.-Bat. II, p. 219 ; 

 Hook. Sp. Fil. IV, p. 166 ; Bedd. Fern. Brit. Ind. tab. 212, et Handb. Fern. 

 Brit. Ind. Ceyl. a. Mai. Penins. p. 305, fig. 159 ; Hook, et Baker Syn. Fil. 

 p. 320. 



Grammitis pusilla Bl. a., /9. alpesiris Bl., et j. lasiosola Bl. Fl. Jav. 

 Fil. p. 109-10, tab. 46, figs. 4-6. 



Polypodium alpestre Bl. Enum. Fil. Jav. p. 123. 



Polypodiicm lasiosora Hook. Sp. Fil. IV p. 166 ; Bedd. Fern. Brit. Ind. 

 tab. 172. 



Gramiiillis nana Fee 6'"^ Mem. Foug. Nouv. p. 7, tab. 6, fig. 1. 



Nom. Jap. Hime-2crabosld (nom. nov.) 



Hab. Prov. Satsuma : Mt. Kaimon-ga-dake, on trunk {M. Shirai and 

 S. Ikeno ! August 27, 1893). 



Distrib. Java, Luzon, and Ceylon. 



The largest frond of my specimens, which I owe to the kindness of 

 Prof. S. Ikeno, measures nearly 2cm. in length, and 2^ mm. in breadth, and 

 it is to be well identified with Fee's plant cited above. 



Polypodium lineare Thuub. var. distans Makino. 



Khizome long-repent, slender, wiry, 1-1^- iiii^i- across, emitting fibrous 



