48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§§§§§ PUYMAT0DE3. 353 



tliick coat of feiTuginous tomentum ; main veins distinct to tlie edge, connected 

 by arched veinlets ; the areote containing 2 irregular rows of sori, with 6 to 12 

 in each. — Hk. Sj). 5. p. 53. 



Hab. Bbootan, Griffith, Booth. 



296. P. (Niph.) nitens, Baker ; fr. subsessile, U-3 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br., the 

 point cuspidate, the lower part narrowed very gradually, the edge entire ; texture 

 subcoriaceous, upper surface with scattered cottony down, lower matted with 

 ferruginous tomentum and line silky dark-brown hairs ; main veins straight to 

 the edge, connected by nearly straight veinlets ; the sori very fine and close, falling 

 short of the edge. — P. splendens, Hk. Sp. 5. p. 62, non p. 1)6. Apalophlebia, Presl. 



Hab. Philippines, Cumin ff, 331. 



§§§§§§§§§ Phymatodes, Presl {including Pleopeltis, Auct.). Areolce fine, copious, 

 irregular, the free veinlets spreading in various directions, the sori various in position, 

 generally/ on the back of united veinlets. Sp. 297-389. Tab. 48. fig. n. 



* Fronds simple. Sp. 297-344. 



t Main veins not distinct to the edge. Sp. 297-329. 



A. Substance thick, all the veins obscure. Sp. 297-318. 



A*. Under surface naked. Sp. 297-312. 



297. P. (Phym.) siibecostatiim, Hk. ; rhizome creeping, matted with tomentum, 

 the scales brown, fibrillose, squarrose ; fr. sessile, 4-8 in. 1., \ in. br., narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, the edge entire ; texture tliick, coriaceous ; colour pale- 

 green ; both sides naked ; no main vdns, areolae obscure ; sori in single marginal 

 rows.— Hk. Sp. 5. p. 59. t. 273. A. 



Hab. Borneo, Lobb. — Midrib upwards indistinct, and distinguished from all its allies 

 by quite sessile fronds. 



298. P. (Phym.) accedens, Blume ; rhizome threadlike, very wide-creeping, 

 scarcely scaly ; st. very short ; fr. dimorphous, the sterile ones oblong, obtuse, 

 the fertile ones longer and narrower, 2-4 in. 1., \-\ in. br., the soriferous portion 

 contracted ; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins hidden, no distinct main 

 veins, areolae irregular, with free veinlets ; sm'i in single rows close to the midrib. 

 —Hk. Sp. 5. p. m. 



Hab. Philippines, Malaya and Polynesian Islands. — Characterized by the sori being 

 confined to the narrowed upper fertile part of the frond. 



299. P. (Phym.) rostratum, Hk. ; rhizome filiform, wide-creeping, the scales 

 small, fibrillose ; st. 1-2 in. 1., firm, naked ; fr. 2-4 in. 1., ^-1 in. br., narrowed 

 gradually to both ends, the edge entire ; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; 

 veins immersed, no distinct main veins, areolse fine, copious, with free veinlets ; 

 sori large, in single rows not far from the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 66. 2nd 

 Cent. t. 53. 



Hab. Khasia, Bhootan, and Mishmee ; gathered by Griffith and Drs. Hooker and 

 Thomson. May be a dimorphic form of Drymoglossum carnosum. 



300. P. (Phym.) geminatum, Schrad. ; rhizome stout, verj'- wide-creeping, the 

 young scales linear, ferruginous ;//'. subsessile, usually in distant pairs, uniform, 

 entire, 3-6 in. 1., \-\ in. br., narrowed towards both ends, but the point often 

 blunt ; texture coriaceous ; botli sides naked ; veins immersed, the main ones with 

 copious fine areolae between them ; sori in a row midway between the midrib and 



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