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POLYPODIACEa:. 



Tlie veuatiou of our feru is more fiuely reticulated tlmu that figiu-eil iu Hook's 

 ■work, but more loosely reticulated tliau tbat figured in Beddojie^s. 



Folypodium tenuissimum Hayata sp. nov. (Fig. 178). Eliizoma 

 breve tenue erectum apice dense squamatiun apice stipites csespitosum 

 gereus, squamis teuuissimis fuscis oblongo-lanceolatis usque li mm. longis 

 ^ mm. latis apice obtusis bisetosis basi ± rotxmdatis vel leviter cordatis. 

 Stipes breTis.simus 1-2 cm. lougus ad apicem rliizomatis ciespitosus ad Imsiu 



Fig. 178, Foltfpoilium tenuissimum Hayata; a, the pliint; b, a scale on the iliizome ; 

 c, another smaller one; d, a portion of the frond. 



