340 48. POLYPODIUM, GONIOPHLEBIUM. 



herbaceous ; rachis glossy, both sides naked ; veins 1 to each division, not 

 reaching the edge, but bearing the sori beneath the thickened apex. Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 256. 2nd Cent. t. 24. 



Hab. Sikkim, Khasia, Moulmein. 



224. P. subdigitatum, Blume ; st. tufted, firm, 1 ft. or more L, stramineous, 

 naked or furfuraceous ; fr. 2 ft. or more L, 12-18 in. br. ; lower pinnae the 

 largest, 6-9 in. L, 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. lanceolate, often 2 in. 1., f in. br., with 

 close spreading ovate-lanceolate or rhomboidal segm. t with blunt lobes or even 

 again pinnate, obliquely truncate on the lower side ; texture pellucido-herba- 

 ceous ; colour dark-green ; veinlets 1 to each ult. lobe, not reaching the edge, 

 and the copious sori terminal upon them. P. davallioides, Mete. HJc. Sp. 4. 

 p. 256. Monachosorurn, Kunze. 



Hab. N. India (up to 7-8,000 ft,), Malay Peninsula and Isles. A beautiful and well- 

 marked species. 



Goniophlebium, Blume. Veins forming ample regular areolce, each with 

 a single distinct free included veinlet, the sori terminal on the latter, often in the 

 costal areolce only, but sometimes also in the second or even third row. TAB. 48. 

 f. h. i. Sp. 225-263. 



* Under surface not at all or slightly scaly. Sp. 225-260. 

 t Fronds simple. Sp. 225-228. 



225. P. (Gonioph.) vacciniifolium, F. & L. ; rhizome slender, very wide- 

 creeping, densely clothed with grey or ferruginous fibrillose scales ; fr. sub- 

 sessile, dimorphous, entire, coriaceous, quite naked, the barren ones roundish or 

 elliptical, obtuse, 1-2 in. L, J-^ in. br., the fertile ones linear or ligulate, with 

 large uniserial sori. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 35. Craspedaria, Link. Lopholepis, J. 8m. 



Hab. Jamaica to Paraguay. 



226. P. (Gonioph.) piloselloides, L. ; rhizome very wide-creeping, slender, 

 scandent, clothed with squarrose fibrillose scales ; fr. dimorphous, the barren 

 ones oblong, entire, 1-3 in. L, -f in. br., the fertile ones narrower and longer, 

 both on short ciliated stems ; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked or more or 

 less scaly and hairy ; sori large, uniserial, confined to the large costal areolae. 

 Hk. G. F. 1. 18. /3, P. ciliatum, Willd. ; fertile fr. so narrow that the sori project 

 beyond the edge. y, P. aurisetum, Raddi ; fr. small, sometimes nearly round, 

 scaly, and especially the fertile ones on the back densely f ulvo-villose. Hk. Sp. 

 5. p. 33. Craspedaria, Fee. Lopholepis, J. Sin. 



Hab. Common throughout Tropical America, including the West Indies. Lopholepis, 

 J. Sm., has the venation of Qoniophlebium, with dimorphous fronds and a wide-trailing 

 rhizome. 



227. P. (Gonioph.) nummularium, Mett. ; rhizome wide-creeping, slender, the 

 scales linear-subulate, ferruginous ; fr. distant, the barren ones suborbicular, 

 |-| in. L, nearly as broad, on short slender stems ; texture coriaceous ; both 

 sides naked ; veins immersed, very obscure ; sterile fr. 3-4 in. L, ^ in. br., on 

 stalks nearly as long. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 39. Crypsinus, Presl. 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 121. 



228. P. (Gonioph.) glaucophyttum, Kze. ; rhizome firm, wide-creeping, decidu- 

 ously scaly ; st. scattered, 2-6 in. L, firm, erect, glossy; fr. uniform, oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire, 4-10 in. L, 1-2 in. br., the point acuminate, the base rounded ; 

 texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; main veins l\-2 lines apart, with 4-6 



