344 48. POLYPODIUM, GONIOPHLEBIUM. 



1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnce numerous, erecto-patent, 4-6 in. 1., - in. br., the edge 

 entire, the base subcuneate ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; 

 areolce and prominent sori in a single series. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 30. Ic. t. 69. 



Hab. West Indies to Ecuador. 



247. P. (Gonioph.) plectolepis, Hk. ; rhizome stout, the scales squarrose, lan- 

 ceolate, ferruginous ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, stramineous, glossy ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 

 ] ft. br. ; pinnce numerous, spreading, 4-6 in. 1., ^-f in. br., narrowed gradually 

 from the base to the point, the edge distinctly crenate ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaceous ; rachis and both sides finely pubescent ; areolce and sori in a single 

 series. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 30. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. 



248. P. (Gonioph.) chnoodes, Spreng. ; rhizome stout, densely clothed with 

 soft spreading dull-brown subulate scales ; st. 4-6 in. 1., erect, slender, naked ; 

 fr. drooping, 1-2 ft. 1., 4-9 in. br., cut down to the rachis into distinct entire 

 falcate opposite pinnce 2-4 in. 1., ^-f in. br., cordate at the base ; texture papy- 

 raceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both sides glandular and pubescent ; areolce and 

 sori in 2-3 series. P. dissimile, Hk. Sp. 5. p. 25. 



Hab. West Indies and Venezuela. The synonym of P. dissimile, Linn., is doubtful ; 

 Schkuhr and Grisebach refer it to our P. sororiurft. 



249. P. (Gonioph.) persiccefolium, Desv. ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales 

 small, linear, dull-brown ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, naked, subebeneous ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 

 8-12 in. br., decurved ; pinnce distant, 4-6 in. 1., f-1 in. br., the apex acuminate, 

 the edge slightly toothed, the base narrowed gradually and the lower ones 

 distinctly stalked ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; areolce in 

 about 3 rows, the sori uniserial, distinctly immersed. P. cuspidatum, Blums. 

 Hk.Sp.5.p.32. 



_ Hab. Java. Very near to P. subauriculatum, from which it may be best known by the 

 pinnae being narrowed at the base, and the lower ones distinctly stalked. P. grandidens, 

 Kze., appears to be a more deeply toothed form. 



250. P. (Gonioph.) puberulum, Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales dense, 

 subulate, reddish-brown ; fr. 18 in. 1., 7-8 in. br. ; pinnce 3-4 in. 1., |.in. br., the 

 edge deeply crenated, sometimes auricled at the base on the upper side, all 

 sessile, the upper ones more or less adnate ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both 

 sides rather densely clothed with soft whitish hairs ; areolce in 2-3 rows, the sori 

 uniserial. Gonioph. molle, Eeddome, Fit. Brit. Ind. t. 206. 



Hab. Burmah, Rev. C. S. Parish. 



251. P. (Gonioph.) subauriculatum, Blume; rhizome wide-creeping, clothed 

 with small dull-brown linear scales ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, naked, glossy ; 

 fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 8-12 in. br., oblong-lanceolate, decurved ; pinnce 4-6 in. 1., \-l in. 



br., the edge entire or slightly toothed, sessile, the base rounded or even auricled ; 

 texture herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; areolce in 2-3 

 rows, the sori uniserial, distinctly immersed. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 32. P. argutum, 

 Wall, Hk. I.e. 



Hab. N. India (up to 8,000 ft.), Malaccas, Philippines, Fiji, Samoa, N. Caledonia, 

 Queensland. <7. serralifolium, Brack., is a deeply-toothed herbaceous form, and P. Rein- 

 wardtii, Kunze, is crenate instead of dentate. 



252. P. (Gonioph.) verrucosum, Wall. ; st. H-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, terete, naked ; 

 fr. 3-4 ft, ]., 1 ft. br. ; pinnce numerous, distant, 6-8 in. 1., -f in. br., quite entire ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked or slightly hairy ; areolce in 



