48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 321 



101. P. zeylanicum, Mett. ; rhizome strong, wide-creeping, clothed with broad 

 grey scales ; st. 1 in. or more 1., clothed with soft spreading hairs ; fr. 8-12 in. 

 1., J-f in. br., the point acuminate, the base narrowed very gradually, the edge 

 slightly undulated ; texture coriaceous, both sides naked ; veins forked, oblique ; 

 sori round, in long rows midway between the midrib and edge. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 169. t. 272. B. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



102. P. samoense, Baker ; st. tufted, 1 in. or less 1., slender, brown, clothed 

 with soft spreading brown hairs ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., the point bluntish, 

 the edge nearly entire, the lower part narrowed very gradually ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; the rachis green, the surfaces very nearly naked ; veins once 

 or even twice forked ; the sori small and sometimes on the point of both 

 veinlets, forming an irregular wavy line near the edge. 



Hab. Samoa, Powell, 111. 



103. P. chrysolepis, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, densely clothed with reddish- 

 brown squarrose scales ; st. 1 in. or more apart, 1 in. or more 1., scaly ; fr. 2-3 

 in. 1., ^ in. br., the point acute, the edge entire, the lower part narrowed very 

 gradually ; texture thick, coriaceous ; both surfaces clothed with small, pale, 

 ovate-acuminate deciduous scales attached by the centre of the disk ; veins 

 forked ; sori large, round, in rows nearer the midrib than the edge. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 173. Ic. PI. t. 721. 



Hab. Andes of Quito, Jameson, 37. Scales like those of Lepicystis. 

 ft Sori oblong. Sp. 104-111. Grammitis, Auct. 



104. P. (Gram.) bisulcatum, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, scaly \fr. resembling 

 the stem of a rush, 6-9 in. 1., less than 1 lin. thick, with 5 furrows, of which 

 the two deepest bear the close prominent oval sori; veins invisible. Hk. Sp. 

 4. p. 164. 2nd Cent. t. 98. Holcosorus pentagonus, Moore. 



Hab. Borneo ; discovered by Mr. T. Lobb. 



105. P. (Gram.) gramineum, Sw. ; rhizome short-creeping, scaly ; st. sub- 

 tufted, slender, 1-2 in. 1., finely villose ; fr. 2-4 in. 1., in. br., ligulate, 

 narrowed rather suddenly into the stem, the edge entire ; texture coriaceous ; 

 both sides nearly naked ; veins oblique, forked ; sori oval or oblong, placed 

 nearly end to end, with a space between them, in two rows, which reach from the 

 midrib nearly to the edge. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 165. 



Hab. West Indies, Guiana. The Javan G. ccespitosa, Blume, is said to differ by its 

 immersed sori and setigerous capsules, and is considered a distinct species by 

 Mettenius. 



106. P. (Gram.) Poppigianum, Mett. ; st. tufted, clothed at the base with 

 lanceolate scales ; fr. I in. 1., J in. br., lanceolate-epathulate, obtuse, entire ; 

 texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins immersed, forked ; sori oblong, close 

 to the midrib. #. Sp. 4. p. 168. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Poppig, fide Mettenius. 



107. P. (Gram.) marginellum, Sw. ; st. densely tufted ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., l|-2 lin. 

 br., ligulate, blunt at the point, tapering gradually downwards into the short 

 stem ; texture coriaceous ; both surfaces naked or slightly hairy, the frond 

 margined with a distinct black line ; veins oblique, simple ; sori close, copious, 

 oval or oblong, in rows nearer the midrib than the edge. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 164. 



Hab. West Indies and Guatemala to Guiana and Peru ; St. Helena, Cape Verdes. 



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