868 FERNS OF MALAY ISLANDS AND MADAGASCAR. 
linear pinne 1-1} in. long, ¢ in. broad above the dilated deltoid 
base, the lowest 3-4 inches of the frond reducing o a mere 
repand wing to the rachis. Veins quite hidden. Sori round, 
medial, superficial, 6-9 on each side of the midrib in the fully- 
developed central pinne.—Padang, Sumatra. Allied to P. apicu- 
latum in its pinne, via remarkable for the sudden dwindling of the 
lower ones. In texture like P. inequale and P. Grammitidis. 
25. Polypodium dantibecth m, Blume.—Sumatra. I now 
upon P, sertularioides, Baker, discovered in Samoa by the Rev. oe 
Whitmee, as conspecific. 
26. P. millefolium, Blume.—Suma Of this I have never 
seen a specimen, but Mr. Curtis’s DP ctnis precisely agrees with 
Blume’s figure of the Javan plant. 
14. P. nutans, Blume.—Java. On the onan near Buiten- 
zorg, on int) trees up to an elevation of ar cit fee 
ntrophyum subfaleatum, Brack.— 
124. Viseorta scolopendrina, Thwaites. a 
121 (1*). eqgpeee copings irae SCHIZOLEPIS, Baker, n 
—Rhizome short-¢ g,4in ., its dense pale tes 
ps hepab ae tt bright ten ha pre acuminate, and irreg arly 
ciliate-fimbriate. Sterile fronds oblong-lanceolate, 1-3 in . long, 
beneath, with aus close ascending simple or forked veins. 
Fe f 
Bor 
to be a variety of this Micies with four very ine on 
0. A: sorbifolium, L.—A r eskahls variety tain ge like 
pit was formerly called Lin piaea 2 Parishii. 
. Se lagna peer Spring.—Borneo. 
ve Baker, n. sp.—Stems ascending, 
stoae leafy to the base, with emia" ascending simple or 
-8-fureate assed ascending branches. Larger leaves crowded, 
Sikes square, 4-1 in. lon ies ne in. diam., 2-8-nate from the ‘tip of 
the branchlets ; noes ey rigid, erecto-patent, rigid, strongly 
keeled, 4-4 in. ae —Born Allied to S. Cumingiana and 8. atro- 
viridis, Sprin “The at est of the Old World anne ee 
rivalling in the breadth of its leafy branches the New World S 
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