354 48. POLYPODIUM, PHYMATODES. 



edge, distinctly immersed, placed on the connected veinlets. HTc. Sp. 5. p. 36. 

 Anapeltis, J. Sm. 



Hab. Brazil. Near P. lycopodioides, but thicker in texture, and veins less distinct. 



301. P. (Phym.) oodes, Kunze ; rhizome slender, the scales small, fibrillose, 

 yellowish ; st. distant, slender, naked, 3-4 in. 1. ; fr. 1^ 2^ in. 1., l-l in. br., ovate, 

 entire, the base rounded, hardly decurrent ; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; 

 main veins distinct nearly to the edge, with fine areolee and free veinlets ; sori 

 rather large, few, scattered. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 71. 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 58. 



302. P. (Phym.) Schraderi, Mett. ; rhizome firm, short-creeping, the scales black, 

 fibrillose ; fr. 3-5 in. 1., ^-f in. br., narrowed gradually upwards and below into 

 a short stem or the base, the edge entire ; texture subcoriaceous ; no main veins; 

 areolce fine, irregular, with free veinlets ; sori large, in a single row on each side 

 close to the midrib. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 59. 



Hab. Cape Colony and Natal. 



303. P. (Phym.) Cunningham^ Hk. ; rhizome short-creeping, the scales large, 

 lanceolate, dull-brown ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., f-f in. br., the point acuminate, the edge 

 entire, the widest part above halfway down, from which it is narrowed gradually 

 to the base or a short stem ; texture coriaceous, not rigid ; surfaces naked ; areolce 

 uniform, without free veinlets ; sori large, prominent, not immersed, roundish or 

 oblong, in a row nearer the midrib than the edge. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 58. P. attenu- 

 atum, Hk. Ic. t. 409. Dictymia lanceolata, J. Sm. 



Hab. New Zealand and New Hebrides. 



304. P. (Phym.) lineare, Thunb. ; rhizome wide-creeping, woody, the scales 

 lanceolate, dull-brown ; st. varying from almost none to 1-2 in. 1. ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 

 -2 in.br., entire, narrowed gradually to both ends ; texture subcoriaceous ; both 

 sides nearly naked ; areolce fine, with copious free veinlets ; sori distinctly im- 

 mersed, large, prominent, forming a single row nearer the midrib than the edge, 

 when young covered with copious peltate scales. Gard. F. 1. 14. Pleopeltis nuda, 

 Hk. Ex. Fl. t. 63. /3, P. simplex, Sw. ; fr. larger, sometimes 2 in. br., 18 in. 1. ; 

 texture thinner, and veins more distinct. P. loriforme, Wall. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 57. 

 P. excavatum, Bory. 



Hab. N. India (common, ascending to 10,000 ft.) and Japan to Ceylon and the Malay 

 Islands, Mascaren Isles, Natal, Kaffraria, Angola, Fernando Po. 



305. P. (Phym.) tenuilore, Kunze ; rhizome slender, woody, scandent ;fr. 9-18 

 in. 1., J- in. br., the apex acuminate, the edge entire, the lower part narrowed 

 very gradually into a short stem or the base ; texture rigid, coriaceous ; both sides 

 naked ; main veins none ; areolce hidden, fine, irregular, with free veinlets ; sori 

 minute, copious, scattered, sometimes confluent, and especially so along the edge. 

 Hk. Sp. 5. p, 60. Diblemma, J. Sm. 



Hab. Philippines, Cuming, 287, 332. The only species of the group with small 

 irregularly-scattered sori. 



306. P. (Phym.) stenophyllum, Bl. ; rhizome moderately thick, wide-creeping, 

 densely clothed with linear pale-brown scales ; st. distant, 1 in. or more 1., firm, 

 erect ; fr. 4-9 in. 1., J-J in. br., entire, narrowed gradually to both ends ; texture 

 very coriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins hidden, immersed, no distinct main veins, 

 and free veinlets few ; sori completely immersed, and very prominent on the upper 

 side, forming a single row close to the edge. Hk. Sp. 5. p. 65. 



Hab. Philippines and Malaccas. 



