322 48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 



108. P. (Gram.) australe, Mett. ; rhizome creeping, forming a dense mass ; 

 fr. 1-6 in. 1., 2-6 lin. br., the small ones spathulate, the larger ligulate, bluntish 

 at'the point, tapering gradually downwards into the short stem ; texture coria- 

 ceous ; st. and both sides naked or slightly ciliated, the edge not bordered ; veins 

 oblique, often forked ; sori close, copious, oval or oblong, in rows nearer the 

 midrib than the edge. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 167. 



Hab. Southern extremity of America and adjacent islands ; Tristan d'Acunha, New 

 Zealand, Australia, as far north as Queensland and New Caledonia. 



109. P. (Gram.) sessilifolium, Hk. ; fr. tufted, 3-9 in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., narrowed 

 gradually below the point, bluntish, the edge entire or slightly undulated ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins forked ; sori oblong, placed end 

 to end in two long rows close to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 168. t. 272. A. 



Hab. Philippines and Malaya. 



110. P. (Gram.) fasciatum, Mett. ; rhizome strong, wide-creeping, clothed with 

 broad grey scales ; st. 1-2 in. 1., rigid, deciduously ciliated ; fr. 1 ft. or more 1., 

 - in. br., narrowed gradually towards both ends, the edge entire ; texture coria- 

 ceous, the surface naked, midrib very prominent ; veins immersed, forked ; sori 

 oblong, in two long rows end to end close to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 169. 



Hab. Malaya. 



111. P. (Gram.) Deplanchei, Baker ; rhizome stout, densely coated with stiff 

 spreading dark-brown fibrillose scales ; fr. sessile, 6-9 in. 1., -| in. br., narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, the edge entire or with a few conspicuous blunt teeth 

 about the middle ; texture very coriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins oblique, 

 once forked ; sori oblong, oblique, immersed, in close rows in the upper half of 

 the frond near the edge. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Deplanche, 5. 



** Fronds lobed or dichotomously forked. Sp. 112-114. 



112. f.flabettivenium, Baker; rhizome wiry, slender, wide-creeping, hardly at 

 all scaly ; st. 1-2 in. 1., wiry, naked, very slender ; fr. J-f in. 1., nearly as br., 

 roundish or broadly oblong, the edge very distinctly thickened, subentire or with 

 a few shallow rounded lobes ; texture thick and rigid ; veins flabellate, three or 

 four times dichotomously forked, distinctly visible when the frond is held up to 

 the light, sometimes the ultimate forks uniting before they reach the broad 

 thickened border ; sori distinctly immersed, 1-6 to a frond, all in the upper half, 

 not far from the edge, on the back of the veins. 



Hab. Borneo ; gathered by Signor Beccari, communicated by Mrs. Lyell. A very 

 distinct and interesting novelty j more like Drymoglossum riyidum in texture than 

 anything else. 



113. P. multifidum, Bory ; st. tufted, very short, slender, naked ; fr. 2-3 in. 1., 

 1J-2 lin. br., entire or forked, tapering downwards gradually ; texture coria- 

 ceous ; both sides naked ; veins immersed, simple, oblique ; sori large, roundish, 

 prominent, close, when mature projecting over the edge. Ilk. Sp. 4. p. 174. 



Hab. Bourbon and Mauritius. The forking is probably abnormal ; and if so, this 

 should be placed next to P. parasiticum. Bojer's " Grammitis obtusa, Willd.," is 

 evidently the same plant. 



114. P. fvrcatum, Mett. ; st. densely tufted, short, naked ; fr. 3-4 in. ]., 1 lin. 

 br., once or twice dichotomously forked, gradually attenuated below, the edge 



