﻿ii. CTCLOPHORUS. § 1. WPHOBOLUS. 687 



* (17) C flocciger, J»r., Epim., 131; Polypodium floccigerum, Meit., 

 Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 101 ; Anirophijum niphoboloides, Kze, Hk., Spec. Fil., V, 

 174; Niphobolus flocciger, BL, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 113; BL, Flor. Jav.. 

 II, 61, tab. XXVI. 



Rhizome wide-creeping; scales narrowly lanceolate, ferrugineous, the base 

 adpressed, the apex acuminate, spreading, entire. Stipes — 3 c.M. long, those 

 of the fertile fronds often the longest. Fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, 1 — 2V2 

 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually towards both ends, the edge entire. Texture 

 coriaceous; upper surface soon naked or nearly so, lower densely covered 

 with cinnamon or yellow-brown, loose tomentum ; veins hidden. Sori close, 

 numerous, placed in 2 — 4 rows on each side of the costa, immersed in the 

 tomentum, at length confluent.— Too near C. albicans, Pr. 



Malaya; North. India. 



* (18) C porosus, jPf., Epim., 130; Polypodium porosum, Wall., 

 Mett., Farng., I, Polypod., 128; P. fissum, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 351, p. p.; 

 Niphobolus fissus, Bedd. (not BL), Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 113, p.p.; Bedd., 

 Handb. Ind. Ferns, 330; N. porosus, Pr., Tent. Pterid., 202; Bedd., Ferns S. 

 I., tab. CLXXXIII; N. Mannii, Gies., Niph., 107. 



Rhizome short, creeping, the scales ferrugineous, narrowly lanceolate, 

 long-acuminate, entire, subspreading. Stipes 0—2 c.M. long below the wing- 

 ed part, subapproxiraate. Fronds 15 — 55 c.M. long, 1 — 4 c.M. broad, lan- 

 ceolate, linear-lanceolate or subspathulate, bluntish to acuminate, narrowed 

 very gradually towards the base so as to form a wing to the stipe, the edge 

 entire, irregularly wavy or purveyed with short or long, subulate, lobe-like 

 outgrowths. Texture coriaceous; surfaces at first wholly tomentose with 

 ferrugineous or greyish, densely crowded stellate hairs, the upper side at 

 length naked, purveyed with small depressed dots, which are covered with 

 deciduous, blackish, calcareous scales, the stellate hairs purveyed with an 

 erect central branch at the point of union of the spreading ones ; venation quite 

 sunk; areolae with 2 — 5 soriferous, excurrent veinlets. Sori rather large, 

 confined to the upper half or occupying the whole under surface of the 

 frond, placed in 2—4 + irregular rows on each side of the costa, at 

 length scarcely elevated above the tomentum. 



Malacca, Philippines ; China, North. India. 



* (19) C Sticticus, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Polypodium sticlicum, Mett., 

 Farng., I, Polypod., 128; P. fissum, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 351, p. p.; Ni- 



