48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM. 321 



101. P. z«i/lanicuni, Mett. ; rhi::ome strong, wide-creeping, clotlied witli 1)ro.id 

 grey scales ; st. 1 in. or more 1., clothed vvitli soft spreading hairs ; ft: B-12 in. 

 1., |-§ in. br., the point acuminate, tlie hase narrowed very gradually, the edge 

 slightly undulated ; texture coriaceous, both sides naked ; veins forked, oljlique ; 

 sori round, in long rows midway between the midrib and edge. — HL *S)j. 4. 

 p. 169. t. 272. B. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



102. P. samocnse, Baker ; st. tufted, 1 in. or less 1., slender, brown, clothed 

 with soft spreading brown hairs ; fr. 3-G in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., the point bluntish, 

 the edge nearly entire, the lower part narrowed very gradually ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; the racJiis green, the surfaces very nearly naked ; veins once 

 or even twice forked ; the sori small and sometimes on the point of both 

 veinlets, forming an irregular wavy line near the edge. 



Hab. Samoa, Potvell, 111. . 



103. P. chrj/solepis, Hk. ; r^/zojHc wide-creeping, densely clothed with reddish- 

 l)rown squarrose scales ; st. 1 in. or more apart, 1 in. or more 1., scaly ; fr. 2-3 

 in. 1., i in. br., the point acute, the edge entire, the lower part narrowed very 

 gradually ; texture thick, coriaceous ; both surfaces clothed with small, pale, 

 ovate-acuminate deciduous scales attached by the centre of the disk ; veins 

 forked ; sori large, round, in rows nearer the midrib than the edge. — Hi. Sp. 4. 

 ?>. 173. Ic.Pl.t.l2\. 



Hab. Andes of Quito, Jameson, 37. — Scales like those of Lepicystis. 

 ft Sori oblong. Sp. 104-111. Grammitis, Auct. 



104. P. (Gram.) bisulcatum, Hk. ; ?-/«'^o;we wide-creeping, scaly ;/r. resembling 

 the stem of a rush, 6-9 in. 1., less than 1 lin. thick, with 5 furrows, of which 

 the two deepest bear the close prominent oval sori; veins invisible. — Hk. Sp. 

 4:. p. 104. 2nd Cent. t. 98. Holcosorus pentagonus, Moore. 



Hab. Borneo ; discovered by Mr. T. Lobb. 



105. P. (Gram.) gramineum, Sw. ; rhizome short-creeping, scaly; st. sub- 

 tufted, slender, 1-2 in. 1., finely villose ; fr. 2-4 in. 1., i in. br., ligulate, 

 narrowed rather suddenly into the stem, the edge entire ; texture coriaceous ; 



both sides nearly naked ; veins oblique, forked ; sori oval or oblong, placed ^ 



nearly end to end, with a space between them, in two rows, which reach from the V 

 midrib nearly to the edge. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 165. 



Hab. West Indies, Guiana. — The Javan G. ccespitosa, Blume, is said to differ by its 

 immersed aori and setigerous capsules, and is considered a distinct species by 



Metteniu3. 



lOG. P. Pervillei, Mett. ; rhizome elongated ; basal scales brown, lanceolate ; 

 //•• distant, ligulate, 1-2 in. 1., 1 lin. br., narrowed to a subsessile base, blunt ; 

 texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces bright-green ; veins simple, erecto-patent, 

 falling short of the edge ; sori dorsal, oblong, costular, not mixed with para- 

 physes. — Kuhn, Fit. Afr.p. 150. 



Hab. Seychelles, Perville, Wright, Home, 195. 



107. P. (Gram.) marginellim, Sw. ; st. densely tufted ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., H-2 lin. 

 br., hgulate, blunt at the point, tapering gradually downwards into the short 

 stem _; texture coriaceous ; both surfaces naked or slightly hairv, the frond ^/ 

 margined with a distinct black line ; veins oblique, simple ;' sori close, copious, 

 oval or oblong, in rows nearer the midrib than the edge.— ZT/C:. Sp. 4. p. 104. 



Hab. West Indies and Guatemala to Guiana and Peru ; St. Helena, Cape Verdeq. 



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