66 POLYPODIUM, § PHYMATODES. 



minent beneath, costules none, veins anastomosing so as to 

 form oblong hexagonal oblique areoles with rarely a free in- 

 cluded veinletjsori rather distant oval arranged in a series close 

 to the margin deeply sunk into the substance of the frond form- 

 ing elevated pustules on the upper side one to each crenature, 

 the margin of the cavity elevated. — Bl. Fil. Jav. p. 135. /. 55. 

 /. 1. Metten. Polyp, p. 99. t.l.f. 31-34 [venation). Dry- 

 naria, /. Sm. Fee, 6me Mem. p. 18. t. 8./. 3. 



Hab. Java, Blume. Luzon, Cuming, n. 122. Malacca, Sir William Norris. 

 Mount Ophir, Thos. Lohb. — A very remarkable species, the texture almost horny, 

 the sori are near the margin and quite sunk in a cavity. 



342. P. (Phymatodes) accedens, Bl. ; caudex very long slen- 

 der filiform scarcely paleaceous attached to the bark of trees 

 by copious woolly radicles, stipites scattered 2-5 lines long, 

 fronds subcoriaceo-membranaceous opaque glabrous entire ; 

 sterile ones 1-1^ inch long oblong ovate ohtnse ; fertile ones 

 2-3| inches long from a broad cuneate base rather suddenly 

 long- but obtusely-acuminated, venation obscure no distinct 

 costules, areoles copious irregular including free veinlets, sori 

 large for the size of the plant on the acuminated portion 

 in a single series on each side the costa. — Bl. En, Fil. Jav. 

 p. 121. Metten. Polyp, p .92. P. cusp}diB.orum, Reinw. in 

 Herb, nostr. Drynaria, J. Sm. Cuspidaria, Fee. Drynaria 

 acuminata. Brack. Fil. U. S. Expl. Ea:ped. p. 42. 



Hab. Java, Blume, De Vriese, in Herb, nostr. Luzon, Cuming, n. 109. Fiji 

 Islands, Seemann, n. 27. Samoan and Navigators' Islands and Tahiti, Bracken- 

 ridge. — In habit allied to P. rhynchophyllum, but with much smaller, more opaque, 

 very indistinctly veined, and nearly sessile fronds. 



343. P. (Phymatodes) rostratwn, Hook. ; caudex very 

 long filiform creeping branched setaceous with very slender 

 subulate scales, stipites remote 1-2 inches long, fronds 

 scarcely dimorphous from 2-4 ^ inches long \ an inch to an 

 inch wide coriaceo-membranaceous opaque glabrous lanceo- 

 late or elliptical or ovato-lanceolate rather suddenly subros- 

 trato-acuminate ; sterile ones often the shortest and most 

 ol)tuse, venation internal obscure, veins copiously reticulated, 

 areoles mostly oblong angular obliquely directed from the 

 costa (no costules) each including one simple or branched 

 veinlet, sori very large in a single series on each side and 

 near to the costa occupying the upper half of the frond or 

 nearly the vvhole length. — Hook. Ic. Plant, t. 953 {or Cent, of 

 Ferns, t. 53). 



