48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUAI. 



entire or slightly crenated pinnce g in. br., dilated at the base, the lower ones 

 narrowed down gradually to a wing to the rachis ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 and both sides naked or slightly villose ; veinlets oblique, simple or forked ; sori 

 few, scattered. //. Sp. 4. p. 195. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. Very near the next. 



147. P. Adenophorus, Hk. & Arn. ; fr. subsessile, flaccid, pendulous, 6-12 

 in. 1., f-1 in. br., cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into acute slightly 

 sinuated horizontal or even rather decurved pinnce ^ in. br., which are dilated at 

 the base, the lower ones shorter and broader ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and 

 both sides nearly naked ; veinlets simple or forked ; sori in rows close to the 

 midrib. HL Sp. 4. p. 195. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Peru. The alliance of this is with tLe two preceding. 



148. P. obliquatum, Blume ; st. tufted, 1 in. or more 1., rigid, naked or villose ; 

 fr. 8-12 in. L, 1^-2 in. br., cut down to the rachis throughout into entire close 

 subhorizontal linear pinnce 1-1| lin. br., dilated at the base, the lower ones short 

 and blunt ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked or hispid ; both sides naked ; 

 veinlets simple ; sori sunk in a cavity, 4 to 6 on each side, the edge of the fertile 

 pinnse sometimes undulated. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 190 (in part). Cryptosorus, Fee. 



Hab. South India, Ceylon, Malaya, Philippines. Forms the genus Ccelopteris, A. Br., 

 and with P. papillosum, Thylacopteris of Kunze. 



149. P. repandulum, Mett. ; st. tufted, very short, naked ; fr. 4-6 in. 1., 1-1J 

 in. br., cut down to the rachis throughout into erecto-patent blunt crenated pinnce 

 |-f lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets simple ; 

 sori slightly immersed, filling nearly the whole space between the midrib and 

 edge. P. obliquatum, Hk. Sp. 4. p. 190 (in part). 



Hab. Ceylon, Gardner, 1147, 1290 ; TJtwaites, 3900. A smaller and less coriaceous 

 plant than the last, with the sori indistinctly immersed. 



150. P. sulsecundo-dissectum, Zolling. ; st. tufted, J-^ in. 1. ; fr. 4-8 in. 1., f-1 

 in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into numerous close subdimidiate oblong 

 pinnce, which are quite entire or only slightly toothed towards the point on the outer 

 side, but cut down nearly to the rachis on the inner side into 4 to 6 oblong lobes ; 

 texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; both sides clothed with soft spreading yellowish 

 hairs ; veins abbreviated ; sori close to the midrib. Mett. Fil. Ind. 2. p. 220. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger, 1578. Characterized in the group by its subdimidiate pinnae. 



151. P. minutum, Blume ; st. tufted, 2-3 in. 1., clothed with soft yellowish 

 hairs ; fr. 4-6 in. L, f-f in. br. ; pinnce 1-1^ lin. br., close, erecto-patent, blunt, 

 slightly crenated, the lower ones reduced.; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; both 

 sides clothed with soft yellowish hairs ; veins simple, very short ; sori 1 to 3 on 

 each side, close to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 188. 



Hab. Ceylon, Malay Isles, and Philippines. 



152. P. subfalcatum, Blume ; st. densely tufted, under 1 in. 1., thinly clothed 

 with soft spreading hairs ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 1-1^ in. br. ; pinnce close, spreading, 

 rather sharply toothed from one-third to halfway down, decurrent at the base, 

 the lower ;ones gradually reduced ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; both sides 

 slightly villose ; veinlets simple ; sori in rows, 1 to each tooth. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 193 

 (in part). 



Hab. Malay Isles. The Javan P. lividum, Mett., is said to differ by its firmer texture, 

 Bhorter hairs, and immersed sori. 



