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Sori utroque latere costse l-seriatim sulx>pp)sitim disijositi, a se 2-3 mm. 

 remoti oblongo-rotuudati Ijmra. Lmgi. 



B.AB. Ai-isaoi, iuter Fuukiko et Taroyeu, ad GOOO ijed. alt., leg. B. 

 H.\YATA et S. S.vsAKi, Jau., 1912. 



Yery uear the ijpe ■\vliicli is kuowu to esist iu Celebes aud tlie 

 Philippines. I liave uot seeu eitber tbe autbentic speeimeu or original descrip- 

 tiou. So far as is coucerued a specimeu from tbe Pbilippiues labelled " Pohj- 

 podium decresccns Christ, teste Chelst, Bagneu, Lepauto, Liizou, G500 ft. 

 Nov. 1905, No. 1916," and figm-es giveu iu tbe Pbilip. Jom-u. Sc. I. Supp. 

 II. t. 17, tbe present fern is sbgbtly difierent from tbe type in baviug 

 broader frouds aud longer stipes. Tbis new variety is somewbat uear 

 P. obliquatum Drude, but quite distiuguisbable froui it iu baviug bnear obtuse 

 pimias aiTauged iu a mucb acuter augle aud by tbe elevated (not iramei"sotl) 

 rounded sori. It is aLso uear Poli/podium Thicait>mi Bedd. (Haudb. Fem. 

 Brit. Ind. p. 310, fig. 164 aud Feru. Brit. lud. t. 188. i, 

 P. repanduJ vm 

 Mett. (Bedd. 

 Handb. Fem. Brit. 

 Ind. p. 313, fig. 

 167) aud P. suh- 

 fa lcatuni B L. 

 (Bedd. Feru. Brit. 

 Ind. tt. 76 et 189), 

 but difters from all 

 of tbem and especi- 

 ally from tbe last 

 one by tbe entire 

 pinuse or lobes uf 

 tbe frouds. 



Polypodium 

 falcatopinna- 

 tum Hayata sp. 



Fig. 172, Poit/podium /oZcatopjnrwrfum H.4.YATA ; a, the plant ; 

 UOV. (i'lg. 172). b, ;i scale on the rhizome ; c, a pportion of the froncL 



