TAB. XXIV. 



Poltpodium (Pheoopteeis) dare^forme, Hook. 



Caudice crassiusculo brevi subrepente dense ferrugineo-pa- 

 leaceo squamis lanceolatis acuminatissimis, stipite 4-unciali 

 nitido pallide castaneo, fronde spithamaaa ovato-deltoidea 

 submembranacea bipinnata, pinnis primariis 4-5 uncias longis 

 1| unciam latis oblongo-lanceolatis subsessilibus acuminatis, 

 pinnis oblongo - ovatis subbipinnatifidis laciniis obovato- 

 linearibus obtusissimis simplicibus vel bifidis, venis seu costis 

 in divisionibus solitaries ante apicem terminantibus clavatis, 

 soris solitariis parvis ad basin laciniarum ultimarum, capsulis 

 in utroque soro perpaucis. 



Hab. Kbasya hill, Simons, n. 98. 



This finely cut Polypodium has some affinity with Polypod. 

 tenuisectum, Bl. and perhaps, still more, with Blume's P. 

 millefolium, but besides other characters, the form of the two 

 is quite different, and the ramification is much more com- 

 pound. 



Fig. 1. Secondary pinna with sori. /. 2. Portion of a 

 pinna, f. 3. an ultimate segment with a sorus, from which 

 most of the few capsules are removed : — magnified. 



Csjfi. 2. T, 24, 



