324 48. POLYPODIUM, EUPOLYPODIUM. 



120. P. subpinnatifidum, Bl. ; fr. tufted, subsessile, 4-6 in. 1., 2 lin. br., 

 attenuated at the base, cut down nearly to the rachis into lobes, tlie upper edge 

 of which is nearly straight and horizontal and the lower very oblique ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins forked, the upper branch bearing a 

 solitary sorus in each lobe. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 177. 



Hab. Java, Sandwich Isles. Very like the next in habit and cutting, but the fertile 

 lobes quite flat. 



121. P. cucuUa/tum, Nees. ; st. densely tufted, very short, naked ; fr. 3-5 in. 1., 

 2-3 lin. br., flaccid, pinnatifid throughout ; lobes linear-oblong, blunt, entire, 

 ^-f lin. br., the fertile ones confined to the upper part, broader and with the 

 edges upcurved so as to clasp the large solitary sorus ; texture thick, sub- 

 coriaceous ; rachis naked or ciliated ; both sides naked. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 176. 

 Calymmodon, Presl. 



Hab. Philippines, Malaya, Ceylon, Samoa, New Caledonia. 



122. P. subdimidiatum, Baker ; st. densely tufted, very short, wiry, naked ; fr. 

 flaccid, 4-12 in. 1., -| in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into lobes nearly as 

 broad as deep, which are irregular in shape,' the upper edge crenate, cut away 

 close against the rachis, the lower edge subdimidiate, entire, and very much 

 decurrent ; texture subcoriaceous ; colour pale-green ; both sides naked ; main 

 vein not produced to the point of the pinnae, with usually a short branch below 

 and a large one above ; sori large, 1-3 in the centre of the lobes. 



Hab. Venezuela, Fendler, 207 ; Andes of Ecuador, Jameson, 2122 ; British Guiana, 

 Appun, 1130. 



123. P. organense, Mett. ; st. tufted, 1 in. or more 1., naked ; fr. 6-8 in. 1., 

 3-4 lin. br., cut down about halfway to the rachis into close oblong entire blunt 

 lobes, the lower part narrowed very gradually ; texture subcoriaceous ; both 

 surfaces naked ; sori oblong, one at the base of each lobe, ultimately confluent 

 and forming two long rows close to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 177. Ic> Pl< 

 t. 509. 



Hab. Organ Mountains, Brazil, Gardner, 5913. 



124. P. leucosorum, Bojer ; rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with dark- 

 brown fibrillose scales ; st. 4-6 in. 1., rigid, dark-brown, glossy ; fr. I ft. or more 

 1., 1^-2 in. br., cut down within a short distance of the rachis into blunt entire 

 lanceolate lobes, those of the barren fr. broader and shorter ; texture coriaceous ; 

 both sides naked ; veins obscure, mostly twice forked ; sori large, prominent, in 

 two rows, appearing when young as white chalky dots. Hk. Sp. 4. p. 198. 

 Ic. t. 942-3. 



Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon. 



125. P. villosissimum, Hk. ; rhizome stout, creeping, densely scaly ; st. sub- 

 tufted, 2-4 in. 1., clothed with fine soft spreading hairs, sometimes geniculate ; 

 fr. 6-9 in. 1., f-1^ in. br., cut down within a short distance of the rachis into 

 close entire lobes 2-3 lin. br., the lower ones reduced ; texture coriaceous ; rachis 

 and under side densely clothed with long soft brown hairs ; veinlets obscure, 

 twice forked or subpinnate ; sori in two rows near the midrib. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 197. 



Hab. Sierra Leone and Fernando Po ; gathered by Barter and Mann. 



126. P. solidum, Mett. ; rhizome stout, the scales lanceolate, bright-ferru- 

 ginous ; st. 1 in. 1., firm, erect, naked ; fr. 6-8 in. 1., f in. br., cut down 

 nearly to the rachis into close, distinctly toothed bluntish lobes in. br. ; texture 



