48. POLYPODIUM, ETJPOLYPODIUM. 325 



coriaceous ; both sides quite naked ; veinlets forked ; sori medial. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 193. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger, 165. 



127. P. discolor, Hk. ; fr. tufted, subsessile, 4-6 in. 1., - in. br., cut down 

 within a short distance of the rachis into close, blunt, entire, linear-oblong lobes 

 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture coriaceous ; upper surface with small white dots, the lower 

 clothed with white chalky meal ; veins obscure ; sori in rows of 3-4 on each side 

 close to the edge. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 189. Ic. PL t. 4. 



Hab. British Guiana, Schomburgk, 1031. 



128. P. crassifrons, Baker; rhizome stout, the scales spreading, fibrillose, 

 dark-brown ; st. tufted, firm, very short, densely clothed with short dark- 

 brown hairs ; fr. 5-6 in. 1., ^ in. br., narrowed very gradually downwards, cut 

 down nearly to the rachis into close entire blunt lobes 1 lin. br. ; texture very 

 thick ; under surface, especially the midrib, clothed with short brown tomentum ; 

 veins hidden ; sori in close rows of 6-8 each, close to the edge of the lobes. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Deplanche. The alliance of this is with the preceding. 



129. P. subserratum, Hk. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 4-5 in. 1., erect, rigid, slender, 

 nearly black, clothed above with short stout black hairs ; fr. 8 in. 1., 2 in. br., 

 cut down nearly to the rachis into close blunt entire lobes in. br. ; texture 

 papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis black, erect, hispid, like the stem ; both sides 

 naked ; veins close, black, distinct, once forked ; sori not known. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 202. 



Hab. Borneo ; gathered by Mr. Wallace. 



130. P. khasyanum, Hk. ; st. tufted, very short, fringed with soft hairs ; fr. 

 1 ft. or more 1., 1^ in. br., flaccid, cut down within a short distance of the rachis 

 into linear-oblong entire or slightly undulated blunt lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; texture 

 thick, subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides ciliated ; veinlets simple ; sori sunk, 

 in rows of 4-6 on each side the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 191. 2nd Cent. t. 49. 



Hab. Khasya and Assam (3-4,000 ft.). 



131 . P. incequale, Fee ; st. tufted, very short ;fr. 18 in. ]., 3-4 in. br., cut down 

 within i in. of the rachis throughout into linear-oblong bluntish or acute 

 subentire lobes, those of the lower part 1^-2 in. 1., 2 lin. br., the lowest much 

 reduced ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins nearly all forked ; sori 

 nearer the edge than the midrib. Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 12. 



Hab. Guadeloupe and Jamaica. 



***** Fronds pinnate. Sp. 132-207. 



f Pinnae close, dilated and casually confluent at the base. Sp. 132-186. 

 A. Fronds half an inch or less broad. Sp. 132-143. 



132. P. moniliforme, Lag. ; rhizome stout, creeping, densely clothed with dull- 

 brown linear or lanceolate scales ; st. 1-3 in. 1. , erect, rigid, slightly villose ; fr. 

 6-9 in. 1., j in. br., cut down to the rachis into close entire rounded pinncs 

 ^ in. each way ; texture very coriaceous ; rachis black ; both sides naked ; veins 

 hidden ; sori 1-4 to each pinna. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 182. P. subcrenatum, Hk. Ic. 

 t. 719. Jamesonia adnata, Kze. 



Hab. Along the Andes from Mexico to Peru. Distinguished in the group by its very 

 rigid habit and short broad often decurved pinnae. P. humile, Mett., appears to be a 

 variety with the sori nearer the edge than usual. 



