48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ KUPOLYPODlUJr. 327 



stem, cut down to tlie racliis into entire erecto-patent jnnncK 1 lln. br. ; texture 

 sul)coriaceous ; rachis ami both sides naked or deciduously hairy ; veinlets im- 

 mersed, simple ; sori 2-6 to a pinna, medial. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 184. t. 'il'i. B. 



Hab. N. India (up to 8,500 ft.), Bourbon, Mauritius,. Zambesi-land.— The Javan 

 plant, P. inconspicuum, Blume, is said to differ by its firmer texture and costular sori, 



140. P. glamlulosum. Ilk. ; st. tufted, very short ; fr. 2-4 in. 1,, J-f in, br., 

 cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into close, rather deeply-toothed, 

 decurrent oblons,'- pinnae, the lower ones gradually reduced ; texture papyraceo- 

 herbaeeous ; colour dull-green ; both sides densely glandular but not hairy ; 

 veinlets simjjle ; sori 1-3 to each pinna, — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 193, t. 270. A. 



Hab, Ceylon. — Perhaps a form of P. parvulum, with which it agrees in general habit. 



141. P. jubceforme, Kaulf, ; st. tufted, slender, 1-2 in. L, wiry, naked ; fr. 6-12 

 in, 1,, -J in. br., cut down to the rachis into close, entire, decurrent blunt lobes 

 1 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; the black threadlike rachis and both sides 

 naked ; veinlets simple ; sori medial, 2-0 on a side, conspicuously immersed. — V 

 Hk.Sp. 4. p. 186, 



Hab. West Indies and Panama. 



142. P, pilosissimum, ]\I. & G. ; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., rigid, clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs ; fr. 4-8 in, 1,, ^-| in. br,, cut down nearly or quite to the 

 rachis into close, blunt, entire lobes 1-1^ lin. br., the lower ones growing 

 gradually shorter and broader ; texture coriaceous ; rachis rigid, ebeneous ; both 

 sides naked or the lower one pilose ; sori in rows of 4-5 on each side of the 

 midrib of i\\Q pinnce, distinctly immersed. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 181. 



Hab. Mexico to Ecuador and South Brazil. — The most rigid of the group except 

 P. moniliforme. 



143. P. lasiostipes, Mett. ; st. tufted, very short, clothed with short stiff 

 spreading blackish hairs ; //•. 2-4 in. 1., \ in. br., cut down to the rachis into 

 erecto-patent blunt entire jnmue 1 lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 beneath densely and the surface slightly hispid like the stem ; veinlets simple, 

 4-6 on each side ; sori submarginal. — Mett. Fil. Nov. (Jal. p. 70. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Vieillard, 1601-2. 



B. Fronds more than half an inch broad, flaccid, pendulous. Sp. 144-103. 



144. P. cidtratum, Willd. ; st. tufted, short, slender, clothed with soft spreading 

 brown hairs ; fr. 0-18 in, 1,, ^-1 in, br,, cut down to the rachis into close 

 horizontal or decurved h\w\\i pinnoe 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; 

 the black threadlike rachis and both sides clothed wnth hairs like those of the 

 stem ; veinlets simple, 4-0 on each side ; sori medial. — jS, P. elanticum, Bory, — 

 smaller, Hk. Sp. 4, p. 190, P, senile, Fee. 



Hab. Cuba and Guatemala to Brazil and Peru ; Mauritius, Fernando Po. 



145. F. grammitidis, R, Br. ; st. tufted, 1-2 in. 1., wiry, naked ; fr. 4-12 in, 1,, 

 2 in, or more br, ; pinnte erecto-patent, sometimes linear, blunt, usually j-f in, 

 br,, more or less deeply pinnatifid, the base abruptly decurrent ; texture 

 coriaceous ; rachis and both stirfaces naked ; veinlets immersed, simple or forked ; / 

 sori oblong, copious, usually 1 to each lobe at the base,— Hk. Sp>. 4. p. 230. 



Hab. New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land. 



140. P. sarmentosuni, Brack, ; st. subtufted, 1 in. or less 1. ; fr. 3-0 in. I., 1-2 

 in. br., the point caudate, cut down nearly to the rachis into erecto-patent blunt 



