rOLYPODIUJI. 511 



205*. p. harpophyllum, Zenker; /;■. \\ ft. 1., ohlong-lanceolate, simply 

 pinnate ; pinnce ligulate-acuniinate, falcate, serrate, 1^-2 in. 1., \ in. br., sub- 

 petiolate, upper side parallel with rachis and acutely auricled at base, lower 

 cuneate-truncate ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces glabrous ; veinlets 2-3-furcate ; 

 so7-i medial, lei-minating lowest anterior forks. — Ettings, tab. 22. fig. 12. 



Hab. Neilglieri'ies, Zenker, 



218*. P. platj/hasis, linker ; rhizome as thick as a quill ; scales linear, brown, 

 with a sudden pale edge ; st. 6-8 in., dull-brown, slightly scaly upwards ; fr. 

 lanceolate, bipinnate, 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; rachis brownish, scaly ; iiinna^ 12-15- 

 jugate, lanceolate, ascending, imbricated, cut down to rachis into deeply crenate 

 linear erecto-patent distant pinnl. 1 lin. br., suddenly dilated into a liroadly 

 adnata base, lowest ascending, |-1 lin. br., not reduced ; texture coriaceous ; 

 surfaces dull-green, the upper naked, the lower with minute scattered scales ; 

 iieins immersed, obscure ; sori uniserial in pinnl., filling up the whole space 

 between costa and margin. 



Ilab. Andes, Salta, Pcarce. 



229*. P. (Goniop.) Eatoni, Baker ; rhizome firm, creeping, as thick as a quill, 

 clothed with large linear ferruginous scales; st. 3-4 in., slender, naked, stra- 

 mineous ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 1 ft. 1., 6-7 in. br., truncate at base, simply pin- 

 natifid, cut down to a broad wing into lanceolate simple pinnce nearly 1 in. br. at 

 base ; texture membranous ; surfaces naked ; areolae 2-3-serial between midrib 

 and edge, the inner much the largest ; sori uniserial, medial. — P. Gheisbreghtii, 

 Eaton & Hall, non Linden. 



Hab. South Mexico, Gheishreght, 273. 



238*. P. (Gonioph.) erythrocarpum, Mett. ; rhizome \ lin. thick, glaucous, firm, 

 wide-creeping ; scales lanceolate, dark-castaneous, minute ; st. 3-4 in., naked, 

 stramineous, very slender ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 3-4 in. 1., H-2 in. br., caudate, 

 simply pinnate ; pinnce 5-6-jugate, ligulate, blunt, 3-4 lin. br., obscurely repand, 

 adnate, only the lowest narrowed at the base on the lower side, scarcely 

 shortened ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; rachis and castas below pilose ; veins 

 raised, very distinct to the edge ; areolce and sori uniserial, the latter near the 

 midribs, not crowded. — Kuhn, Linn. 8G. p. 135. P. Atkinsoni, Clarke, MSS. 



Hab. Sikkim, 8-11,000 fuet. 



238*. P. (Gonioph.) Henclcrsoni, Atkins, MSS. ; rhizome very slender, wide- 

 creeping ; St. 3-4 in., naked, very slender, grey- stramineous ; fr. lanceolate, 

 8-9 in. 1., 1^-2 in.br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 20-30, ligulate, bluntish, patent, 

 2-3 lin. br., closely inciso-crenate, only the lowest slightly narrowed at base, not 

 reduced ; texture membranous ; surfaces naked, light-green ; areolce and S07'i 

 uniserial, the latter crowded close to the midrib. 



Hab. Sikkim, 10-11,000 ft., Elwes, AlJcinson, 



238*. P. (Gonioph.) microrhizoma, Clarke ; rJiizome 1 lin. thick, firm, wide- 

 creeping ; scales minute, lanceolate ; st. 4-5 in., naked like the rachis, castaneous 

 on the lower side; fr. lanceolate, |-1 ft. 1., 3-4 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 

 20-30-jugate, patent, lanceolate, acute, 3-4 lin. br., distantly incised, all except the 

 lowest dilated at the base ; texture moderately firm ; surfaces green, naked ; 

 areolce and sori uniserial, the latter near the midrib, not crowded. 



Hab. Sikkim, temperate region, Clarice, Elwes. 



251*. P. (Gonioph.) argutum,Wa\\ ; rhizome |- in. thick, firm, wide-creeping ; 

 scales minute, linear, subulate, dark-brown ; st. 3-6 in., naked, castaneo-stra- 



