372 71. POLYPODIUM. § 2. PROSAPTIA. 



(lllc) P. a-iicestrale, «?. A. ». JK./ Prosaptia ancestralis, Gopel.^ 

 in Leafl., Ill, 835: Bavallia ancestrcdis, C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Rhizome scales ciliate. Fronds + 60 cm. long by 5 — 6 cm. broad, 

 deeply incised into lanceolate, entire or crenulate segments + 4 mm. 

 broad, dilated at the base; surfaces and costa provided with reddish 

 pubescence. Sori + 10 on a side, submarginal. 



Mindanao. 



(llld) I*. sesoicryplMBM, *5. a. «'. H.s Prosaptia semicrypta, Copel.., 

 in Philipp. Journ., IX^, 231. 



Rhizome short-creeping. Stipes 1 — 2 cm. long, black at least towards 

 the base, minutely pilose. Fronds + 20 — 40 long, to 8 cm. broad, abruptly 

 narrowed towards the base, deeply pinnatifid, subpinnate. Segments 

 linear from an abruptly dilated base, to ± 4 cm. long, ± 2 — 2^1^ mm. 

 broad, acute, slightly crenated. Texture herbaceous; surfaces naked; 

 costa provided beneath with scattered, caducous hairs. Sori small, sub- 

 marginal, subremote. 



Sumatra. 



(112a) P. cryptocarpuui, ». A. «,■>. m.; Bavallia cryptocarpa., C. 

 Ghr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



(1125) P. Toppingis, ». A. ». JS.,- Bavallia Tojjpingii, G. Ghr., 

 Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



§ 3. GONIOPHLEBIUM. 



(1155) P. pergilcifoliuiM, nesv.s — var. Mettenii, Rst., in Fed., 

 Rep., XIII, 220. 



Paraphyses golden-yellow, resembling the stalks of fallen capsules, 

 not rarely provided w\\h short, irregular, branch-like increasings at the apex. 



War. lleltenii: Pinnae very slightly truncate-crenate, the in- 

 cisions hardly visible with the unarmed eye. — Sumatra. 



(116ffl*) P. cyathcoides, Sw., C. Chr., in Ark. for Bot., IX", 

 39; Gyathea perciissa, Gav., Descr., 548. 



