306 48. POLYPODIUM, EUPHEGOPTERTS. 



Hab. Mauritius and Madagascar, Bojer; Cameroon Mountains and Fernando Po, Mann; 

 Natal, Buchanan. Habit of Ncph. conten"""- m 



trmvnum. 



11. P. (Pheg.) cyathcasfolinm, Desv. ; s. 12-18 in. 1., firm, naked, stramineous ; 

 jr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce 6-9 in. 1., 2 in. or more br., cut down to 

 a broadly-winged rachis into falcate entire lobes, J- in. br., lowest pair rather 

 smaller and deflexed ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; veinlets 8-9 

 on a side, with the sori about the centre. P. Sieberianum, Kaulf. Hk. Sp. 4.^.235. 



Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon. Occasionally the lowest veinlets join those above them 

 in the same group, and in the barren frond they fork copiously, and join towards the 

 edge. Eesembles most Neph. brachyodon. 



12. P. (Pheg.) erubescens, Wall. ; St. 2 ft. or more 1., tetragonous, glossy, 

 stramineous, naked ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 1-2 ft. br. ; lower pinnce sometimes 1 ft. 1., 

 1^ in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into close acute or bluntish entire lobes 

 2 lin. br. ; texture rigid, subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets 

 simple, often 20 on a side, the sori close to the raised midrib. /3, amboynensis ; 

 lower pinnae on stalks 1 in. 1. and narrowed conspicuously at the base ; sori not 

 close to the midrib. #. Sp. 4. p. 236. 



Hab. N. India (up to 2,000 ft.), Malayan Peninsula and Isles. Habit of N. prolixum, 

 but lower pinnae not reduced. 



_ 13. P. (Pheg.) appendiculatum, Wall. ; St. tufted, about 1 ft. 1., deciduously 

 villose ; fr. l|-2 ft. 1., 8-10 in. br., ovate-lanceolate ; pinnae 3-5 in. 1., |-| in. br., 

 narrowed from the base to an acuminate point, cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into linear-oblong falcate lobes J in. br. ; lower pinnae with a small gland at the 

 . base, slightly reduced ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and lower surface villose ; 

 veinlets 8-12 on a side ; sori close to the midrib. Wall. Cat. 349. 



Hab. East Himalayas and Penang. -^ Intermediate between the preceding and 

 following. }^ 



14. P. (Pheg.) auriculatum, Wall. ; st. tufted, l|-2 ft. 1., deciduously villose ; 

 fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnae 6-8 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into close spreading entire blunt lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; lower pinnce reduced 

 down to mere auricles, furnished with a prominent gland at the base beneath ; 

 texture herbaceous ; rachis densely villose ; under side nearly naked ; veinlets 

 simple, 10-12 on a side, bearing the sori about the middle. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 238. 



Hab. Himalayas, up to 6,000 ft. 



15. P. (Pheg.) Germanianum, Baker ; st. 6-9 in. 1., tufted, firm, erect, nearly 

 naked ; fr. 2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; central pinnce 6 in. 1., 1| in. br., cut three-quarters 

 of the way down to the rachis into linear-oblong blunt entire lobes 2 lin. br., 

 with a space between them, the lower pinnae sessile, much reduced ; texture 

 herbaceous ; racJiis and veins beneath slightly pubescent ; veins pinnate in the 

 lobes, with 8-10 veinlets on a side ; sori medial. Pheg. Fee, Mem. 11-12. t. 13. 



Hab. Guadeloupe, L'Herminier. P. ctenoides, macrotheca, and hydropliila, Fe"e, are 

 allied plants from the same island ; all of them closely resembling Gymnogramme daval- 

 lioides in general habit, but the sori are roundish. 



16. P. (Pheg.) rusticum, Baker; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., strong, densely clothed 

 with lanceolate spreading scales ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 8-10 in. br. ; central pinnce 

 4-5 in. 1., | in. br., cut three-quarters of the way down to the rachis into close 

 blunt entire lobes 2 lin. br. ; lower pinnae distant and dwindling down very 

 gradually ; texture herbaceous ; rachis scaly in the lower part, villose throughout 

 like the costse ; veins pinnate in the lobes, with 6-8 simple veinlets on aside; 

 sori mediaL Phegopteris, Fee, Mem. 11-12. t. 13. 



