48. rOLYPODIUM, §§§§§§§§§ PHYMATODES, 3C1 



entire ; texture subcoriaceoiis ; both sides naked ; veins very distinct, tlie main 

 ones brancliinj;^ and becoming lost before they quite reach the edge, including 

 irregular rather large areolae with a few free veinlets ; sort in a very irregular 

 row between each niain vein, often confluent. — Hk. iSp. 5. p. 73. Colysis, Presl, 



Hab. N. India (up to 6,000 ft.) Neilgherries, South Chiua. 



344. P. (Phym.) ensatum, Thunb. ; rhizome firm, wide-creeping, the scales 

 lanceolate, spreading, dull-brown ; st. 0-12 in. 1., erect, scaly below ; fr. G-18 

 in. 1,, 1^-3 in. br., narrowed to both ends ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides 

 naked ; main veins distinct nearly to the edge, the areolae fine, close, copious and 

 free veinlets abundant ; sori irregularly uniserial between the main veins, few, 

 but often confluent. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 72. 



Hab. Japan and Tsus-Sima. 



*■"" Fronds variously lobed but not regularh/ pinnatifid or pinnate. Sp. 345-3.'>-'' 

 f Fronds not in two halves. Sp. 345-350. 



345. P. (Phym.) crispatum, Hk. ; st. tufted, slender, 1-2 in. 1., clothed with 

 soft spreading hairs ; fr. pendent, G-18 in. 1., ^-| in. br., ligulate, nearly entire 

 or bluntly lobed a quarter or even halfway down to the midrib ; texture sub- 

 coriaceous ; both sides thinly clothed with soft hairs ; veins in pinnated groups, 

 the veinlets forked and uniting with those of the next group ; sori dorsal, 2-6 to 

 each lobe, small, quite immersed. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 1. Glyphotsenium, J. Sm. 



Hab. Panama, Seemann, 995. — Differs from Phymatodes by its regular pinnated veins, 

 hnd from Goniophlebium by being without free veins, and by its dorsal sori. 



34G. P. (Phym.) Labrusca, Hk. ; caud. woody, the scales large, linear, dark- 

 brown ; St. 4-8 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly below ; fr. 3-4 in. 1., 2^-3 in. br., cordate- 

 ovate, with a deep basal sinus, the edge sinuated ; texture coriaceous ; both sides 

 naked ; main veins distinct to the edge ; areolce fine, copious, distinct ; sori 

 small, copious, scattered irregularly. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 73. t. 285. B. 



Hab. Borneo, Lobh. — A very distinct species, with fronds like the leaves of Vitis 

 Labrusca. 



347. P. (Phym.) bifrons, Hk. ; rhizome woody, but rather slender, branched, 

 tortuose, nearly naked ; 6arre?«/r. sessile, 3-4 in. 1., 1 in. br., elliptical, narrowed 

 at both ends, with blunt lobes, which reach nearly halfway down ; fertile fr. 

 4-6 in. 1., 2-4 lin. br,, short-stalked, entire ; texture papyraceous ; both sides 

 naked ; a midrib to each lobe, with copious areolae between, with free veinlets ; 

 sori large, oblong, placed end to end in a row on each side close to the midrib. — 

 Hk. Sp. 5. <p. 78. Fil. Ex. t. 52. 



• Hab. Ecuador, Jameson, 789. 



348. P. (Phym.) Spectrum, Kaulf. ; rhizome woody, wide-creeping, the scales 

 black, subulate, deciduous ; st. distant, 3-4 in. 1., firm, erect, naked ; fr. 6-9 in. 

 each way, cordate-hastate, the apex acuminate, the lateral lobes rounded or 

 acute, the basal lobes deep, sometimes imbricated, the edge not toothed ; texture 

 firm ; both sides naked ; areolce fine, with copious free veinlets ; sori small, 

 copious, scattered irregularly. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 74. Colysis, J. Sm. 



Hab. Sandwich Isles. 



349. P. (Phym.) hastatum, Thunb. ; rhizome firm, the scales linear, spreading, 

 bright-ferruginous; s^. 2-4 in. 1., firm, erect, glossy ; /r. 4-6 in. 1., simple, lan- 

 Ctolate, \-l\ in. br., or 3-lobed, with the lateral lobes like the terminal one 



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