360 71. POLYPODIUM. § 1. EUPOLYPODIUM. 



base. Pinnae numerous, confluent, sublinear from a broad, decurrent 

 base, to 6 mm. long, + 2 mm. broad, shortly acuminate, the lower more 

 remote, the higher more approximate. Texture papyraceous ; veins stout, 

 to 6 pair, simple, not reaching the margin. Sori terminal on the veins, 

 occupying the upper part of the frond. 

 Netc Guinea. 



(64a) P. serrato-dentatum, v. A. v. R. 



Omit this, it being a narrow form of P. solidum Mett. only. 



(64&) P. Merritii, Copel.} — var. poense, Copel., in Philipp. 

 Journ., VIF, 66. 



War. poenisc: Fronds smaller, 6 — 12 cm. long, + '/2 cm. broad; 

 segments subdigitate-lobate ; sori 1 — 2 to a segment. — Borneo. 



(66) P. subminutum, v. A. v. R. 



Omit this, it being referred to P. repandulum Mett. 



(66a) See No. 70a. 



(67) P. lancifohum, v. A. v. R. 



Omit this, it being referred to P. moUicomum Nees & Bl. 



(68) P. siibisecnndo-clissteclueBB,, Zoll., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 

 328; P. gedeanum, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 96; -■ var. novoguineensis, Rst., 

 in Nov. (3-uin., VIII, Bot., 725. 



Stipes tufted, ^^—2 cm. long, densely clothed with spreading, yellow- 

 ish or brownish hairs. Fronds linear-lanceolate, 10—20 cm. long, 2—3 

 cm. broad, cut down nearly or quite to the costa into many close, sub- 

 dimidiate pinnae. Pinnae oblong, decurrent, deeply lobed or pinnatifid 

 on the anterior side into 4—6 oblong or linear-oblong, entire, rounded, 

 close lobes up to 4 mm. long, to l"j mm. broad, the posterior side 

 entire, toothed or lobed towards the apex with 1—3 teeth or lobes. 

 Texture thin or papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis, veins and edges furnished 

 with white or yellowish hairs; veins 1 in each lobe. Sori solitary at the 

 base of the secondary segments. — P. subfalcatum Bl. var. semiintegrum 

 gopel. (in Philipp. Journ., IF, 138) seems to be a reduced form of this, 



Forma typica, - Java, Liizon, Mincloro; Neiv Caledonia, 



