48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYrODIUM, 325 



coriaceous ; both sides quite naked ; vcinlets forked ; sori mediid. — Ilk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 193. 



Hab. Java, ZoUingcr, 165. 



127. P. discolor, Hk. ; fr. tufted, subsessile, 4-G in. ]., ^-| in. br., cut down 

 within a short distance of the rachis into close, blunt, entire, linear-ol)long lobes 

 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture coriaceous ; tipper surface with small white dots, the lower 

 clothed with white chalky meal ; veins obscure ; sori in rows of 3-4 on each side 

 close to the edge.— 7/^-. Sp. 4. p. 189. Ic. PI. t. 4. 



Hab. British Guiana, Schomburgk, 1031. 



128. P. crassifroiis, Baker; rhizome stout, the scales sjireading, fibrillose, 

 dark-brown ; st. tufted, firm, very short, densely clothed with short dark- 

 brown hairs ; /;■. 5-6 in. 1., \ in. br., narrowed very gradually downwards, cut 

 down nearly to the rachis into close entire blunt lobes 1 lin. br. ; texture very 

 thick ; tinder surface, especially the midrib, clothed with short brown tomentum ; 

 veins hidden ; sori in close rows of 6-8 each, close to the edge of the lobes. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Deplanche. — The alliance of tins is with the preceding. 



129. P. subserratum, Hk. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 4-5 in. 1., erect, rigid, slender, 

 nearly black, clothed above with short stout black hairs ; fr. 8 in. 1., 2 in. br., 

 cut down nearly to the rachis into close blunt entire lolaes :|^ in. br. ; texture 

 papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis black, erect, hispid, like the stem ; both sides 

 naked ; veins close, black, distinct, once forked ; sori not known. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 202. 



Hab. Eorneo ; gathered by Mr. Wallace. 



130. P. khasyanum, Hk. ; st. tufted, very short, fringed with soft hairs ; /;•. 

 1 ft. or more 1., I5 in. br., flaccid, cut down witliin a short distance of the rachis 

 into linear-oblong entire or slightly undulated blunt lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; texture 

 thick, subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides ciliated ; veitdets simple ; sori sunk, 

 in rows of 4-6 on each side the midrib. — Hk. iSp. 4. p. 191. 2nd Ce?it. t. 49. 



Hab. Khasya and Assam (3-1,000 ft.). 



131. P. incequaJe, Fe'e ; st. tufted, very short ;/r. 18 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., cut down 

 within ^ in. of the rachis throughout into linear-oblong bluntish or acute 

 subentire lobes, those of the lower part 1^-2 in. 1., 2 lin. br., the lowest much \/' 

 reduced ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins nearly all forked ; sori 

 nearer the edge than the midrib. — Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 12. 



Hab. Guadeloupe and Jamaica. 



***** Fronds pinnate. Sp. 132-207. 



t Pinnoe close, dilated and casiiallj/ confluent at the base. Sp. 132-186. 



A. Fronds half an inch or less broad. — Sp. 132-143. 



132. P. moniliforme, Lag. ; rhizome stout, creeping, densely clothed with dull- 

 brown linear or lanceolate scales ; st. 1-3 in. 1. , erect, rigid, slightly villose ; fr. 

 6-9 in. 1., J in. br., cut down to the rachis into close entire rounded pinnce 

 J in. each way ; texture very coriaceous ; rachis black ; both sides naked ; veins 

 hidden ; sori 1-4 to each pinna. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 182. P. subcrenatum, Hk. Jc. 

 t. 719. Jamesonia adnata, I^ze. 



Hab. Along the Andes from Mexico to Peru. — Distinguished in the group by its very 

 rigid habit and short broad often decurved pinnae. P. humile, Mett., appears to be a 

 variety with the sori nearer the edge than usual. 



