3G8 48. POLYroDiuM, PIIYMATODES. 



i-1 in. 1., lanceolate-acuminate, the base cordate ; fr. dimorphous, the barren 

 ones sessile, 3-12 in. 1., 2-6 in. br., brown, rigid, bluntly lobed often halfway 

 down, the fertile ones long-stalked, 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br., cut down nearly 

 to the rachis into entire erecto-patent lobes 6-9 in. 1., \-\\ in. br. ; texture rigid ; 

 both sides naked ; main veins distinct to the edge, with 4-6 quadrangular areolse 

 between them between the midrib and edge, enclosing each two large sori and 

 copious lesser areolae. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 96. 



Hab. N. India and S. China to Ceylon, Queensland. 



382. P. (Dryn.) Linncei, Bory ; rhizome stout, the scales 1-2 lin. 1., broadly 

 ovate, with a short acumen from a peltate base ; fr. dimorphous, the barren ones 

 sessile, brown, rigid, bluntly lobed ; the fertile ones long-stalked, 2-3 ft. 1., 

 6-12 in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into entire erecto-patent lanceolate 

 lobes ; texture rigid ; both sides naked ; main veins distinct to the edge, with 

 copious irregular areolce between them, with copious small scattered sori. P. 

 sparsisorum, Desv. 



Hab. Ceylon and Malaccas to Queensland, Solomon Isles, and Fiji. Differs from the 

 last by its small scattered sori. 



383. P. (Dryn.) riffidulum, Sw. ; rhizome stout, wide-creeping, the scales 

 fibrillose, dark glossy-brown ; fr. dimorphous, the barren one sessile, 6-9 in. 1., 

 3-4 in. br., cut down ^- way down to the rachis into blunt lobes, the fertile 

 one 2-4 ft. 1., 12-18 in. br., long-stalked, pinnate ; pinnae 1 in. or more apart, 

 narrowed or stalked at the base, 6-12 in. 1., J- in. br., the point acuminate, the 

 edge more or less deeply inciso-crenate ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both 

 sides naked ; main veins not distinct to the edge ; areolce copious, free veinlets 

 few ; sori immersed in a single row halfway between the edge and midrib. P. 

 diversifolium, R. Br. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 98. G. F. t. 5. 



Hab. Malaccas to Queensland and Fiji. 



**** Fronds pinnate. Sp. 384-389. 



384. P. (Phym. ) palmatum, Blume ; rhizome stout, the scales large, lanceolate, 

 full-brown ; st. 6-12 in. L, firm, erect, glossy ; fr. 6-18 in. 1., 8-12 in. br., with a 

 linear or linear-oblong entire or slightly repand terminal lobe, and 1-6 similar 

 ones on each side, which are 4-6 in. 1., |-1^ in. br., narrowed or dilated, always 

 slightly adnate at the base, those of the barren fr. the broadest ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; both sides naked ; main veins distinct to the edge, the areolse fine, 

 hidden ; sori in a single row midway between the edge and midrib. Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 89. Pleuridium, J. Smith. P. crenulatum, Mett. 



Hab. Malaccas and Philippines. P. angustatum, Blume (P. Lindleyanum, Wall.), and 

 P. palmatum, Blume, appear to be varieties of one species, but the latter has only a very 

 few pinnse, which do not reach down to the rachis. 



385. P. (Phym.) juglandifolium, Don ; rhizome stout, woody, the scales large, 

 ovate, bright-ferruginous ; st. 1 ft. or more 1., firm, erect, glossy; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 

 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce in pairs 1-2 in. apart, 4-8 in. 1., 1-1J in. br., the apex 

 acuminate, the edge thickened and wavy, the base rounded ; texture subcoria- 

 ceous ; both sides naked ; main veins distinct to the edge ; areolce copious, 

 hidden, with free veinlets ; sori large, one between each main vein, forming a 

 row nearer the midrib than the edge. P. capitellatum, Wall. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 90. 

 ft, P. tenuicauda, Hk. ; pinnce narrower, very acuminate, narrowed at the 

 base, and the lower ones often a little stalked. Hk. I. c. 



Hab. N. India, up to 10,000 ft.Pleopeltis moulmeinensis, Beddome, Fil. Brit. Ind. 

 t. 205, is either a form of this or very closely allied. 



