﻿71. POLYPOmUM. § 1. EDPOLYPODIUM. a. INTER GIFOLIAE. 581 



clothed with setiform hairs. Fronds linear or narrowly lanceolate, + 8 c.M. 

 long or shorter, + 7 '/a m.M. broad, the apex obtuse, the edge entire or 

 subrepand, the base narrowed. Texture coriaceous ; surfaces moderately covered 

 with + ferrugineous, setiform hairs. Sori small, scattered, oblong, hardly 

 immersed, ± 5 — 6 to each frond. 

 Java. 



(23) P. Chriistii, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 118. 



Rhizome short, the scales deciduous, stramineous. Stipes clustered, — 

 15 m.M. long, clothed with brown or reddish, short hairs. Fronds linear, + 

 5 — 8 or rarely to 15 c.M. long, 2 — 3 m.M. broad, obtuse or subacute, nar- 

 rowed very gradually downward, entire, or subentire. Texture subcoria- 

 ceous; surfaces bearing scattered, stiff, nearly black hairs; veins immersed, 

 forked. Sori oblong, oblique, superficial, ultimately confluent. 



Mindanao. 



(24) P. I£oorder!§iii, Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, 144, tab. XV, fig. 19, 

 a — c. 



Fronds tufted, stalked or subsessile, linear, 6 — 8 c.M. long, 2 — 3 m.M. 

 broad, slightly and remotely crenato-dentate, rounded at the apex, narrowed 

 at the base. The whole plant furnished and ciliate with black, strigose hairs, 

 which often are placed in stellate groups or clusters ; costa conspicuous ; 

 veins simple except a short, basal, soriferous branch. Sori oblong, oblique, 

 approximate, close to the costa, ultimately confluent, confined to the upper 

 part of the frond. 



Celebes. — A similar, but quite naked plant was found in Penang. 



» (25) P. parasUiciim, Mett., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 319; Bedd., 

 Ferns S.I., tab. CLXV; Ann. Btz., XV, tab. XV, fig. 19, d; P. mediale, Bk., 

 var., C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Fronds tufted, 5 — 8 c.M. long, 4 — 5 m.M. broad, subsessile or on stalks 

 to 1 c.M. long, narrowed very gradually below, the edge entire or slightly 

 undulate, the point bluntish. Texture coriaceous; both surfaces when young 

 rather thickly clothed with long, soft hairs ; veins immersed, forked. Sori 

 roundish, oblong when young, placed on the anterior branches of the veins, 

 medial between the costa and margin, forming 1 row on each side of the 

 costa, ultimately conflent. 



Java, Celebes, Philippines, 



