48. POLVPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUJr. 310 



often deltoid, with the lohes of tlie lower side prolonged, several inches long, and 

 pinnatifid ; texture subcoriaceous ; loth sides naked ; areolae copious, with a few 

 free veinlets ; sort scattered, very copious. — P. irregulare, Presl. Ilk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 101. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula and Isles.—/", petrophyum, Blunie, is said to differ by its longer 

 ultimate lobes and copious free veinlets. 



(Dicty.) sparsifforum, Ilk. ; rhizome thick, knotted ; st. 18 in. 1., scaly 

 the base ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce distant, 7-8 in. 1., 



80. P. 



towards tht 



U-2 in. br., the apex acuminate, the edge slightly repand, the base narrowed, 

 the lower ones stalked ; texture herbaceous ; both sides naked ; no distinct main 

 veins ; areohe rather large, without free veinlets ; sori small, scattered irre- 

 gularly.— ///{■. Sp. 5. p. 92. 



Hab. Sierra de Crystal and Old Calabar, West Tropical Africa, Mann. 



90. P. (Dicty.) draconopteriim, Hk. ; rhizome wood}', the scales lanceolate, 

 dull-brown ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., firm, erect, scaly below ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br., 

 with a large oblong-acuminate terminal lobe, and several lateral ones on each 

 side, which do not reach down to the rachis, the lowest sometimes 1^ ft. 1., 4 in. 

 br., and forked ; texture papyraceous ; both sides naked ; main veins distinct to 

 the edge, connected by distinct transverse veinlets with copious areolae with free 

 veinlets between ; sori minute, copious, scattered, often confluent. — IIl\ S^). 5. 

 2?. 86. 



Hab. New Granada to Ecuador. 



«*x Ere7nohyoid series. Stems articulated at the point of junction with the 

 rhizome, and sori generally, but not always, terminal on the veins. Polypodium, 

 Mett. Sp. 91-389. 



§§§■§§ Eupolypodiura. Veins free. Sp. 91-224. Tad. 48. Fig. a, b. 



* Fronds entire. Sp. 91-111. 



t Sori round. Sp. 91-103. 



91. P. Sp'ucei, Hk. ; st. tufted, very short, clothed with soft spreading hairs ; 

 fr. 1 in. 1., 1-1^ lin. br., blunt, narrowed gradually downwards, the edge entire ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; both sides rather densely clothed with long soft hairs ; 

 veins simple ; sori few, round. — HI;. Sp. 4. p. 172. 2nd Cent. t. 10. 



Hab. E. Peru, Sprute, 4746. 



92. P. parasiticum, Mett. ; fr. tufted, subsessile, 2-3 in. 1., \\-2 lin. br., 

 narrowed very gradually below, the point bluntish, the edge entire or slightly 

 undulated ; texture coriaceous ; both sides when young rather thickly clothed 

 with long soft hairs ; veins immersed, forked ; sori roundish, in two rows, 

 ultimately confluent. — Hi. Sp. 4. p. 167. 



Hab. Neilgherries and Ceylon.— Probably this is the Javan P. pilosiusculum, Hk. 

 (firammitis, Blume) ; and Q. adspersa, Blume, which we have not seen, is apparently very 

 near it. 



93. P. Hooleri, Brack. ; st. tufted, 1 in. or less 1., clothed with soft spreading 

 hairs ; /)'. 3-5 in. 1., J-f in. br., the point acute or bluntish, the edge entire, the 

 lower part narrowed gradually ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides tliinly clothed 

 with soft hairs ; veins simple or forked ; sori round, in long rows close to the 

 midrib.— iT/t. Sp. 4. p. 171. P. setigerum, Hk. S^- Am. {non Blume). 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Fiji, Queensland, Philippines.— The Bourbon P. Bcaumontii, 

 Leperv., is evidently the same. An authentic example of P. conforme, Brack., does not 



