71. POLYPODIUM. § 1. ETJPOlYPODItM. a. INTEGRIFOLIAE. 5^5 



(2) P. oblanceolatnm, nu., Ann. of Bot., VIII, 128. 



Stipes short, filiform, naked. Fronds simple, 5Vj— 5 c.M. long, + S 

 m.M. broad, oblanceolate, obtuse, crenulate, the base narrowed gradually. 

 Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked or covered with some few brown, 

 subulate scales; veins visible, not close, forked. Sori superficial, subglobose, 

 in 1 row on each side, medial between the midrib and margin. 



New Guinea. 



(3) P. trichopodum, Mnell., Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 107. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, small, ovate, brown, imbricate. 

 Stipes slender, approximate, brown, wiry, clothed with inconspicuous, fine, 

 spreading hairs. Fronds simple, linear, obtuse, entire, %%- 5 c.M. long, 4 — 5 

 m.M. broad, narrowed gradually to the base. Texture thick, moderately firm ; 

 surfaces clothed with fine, spreading, brown hairs; veins erecto-patent, forked. 

 Sori round, superficial, costal. 



New Guinea. 



(4a) P. oleandroides, BU., Ann. of Bot., VIII, 128. 



Stipes short, nearly 2 '/a c.M. long, the scales dense, subulate, brown, 

 recurved. Fronds lanceolate, 12—15 c.M. long, 10 — 13 m.M. broad, entire, 

 obtuse, narrowed at the base, the margin ciliate with few, subulate, brown 

 scales. Surfaces naked; veins conspicuous, erecto-patent, forked near the base. 

 Sori semiglobose, superficial, close, in 1 row on each side near the costa. 



New Guinea. 



(ib) p. ornatlssimuni, Kst., Fed., Rep., V, 41. 



Rhizome slender, caespitose. Stipes densely tufted, slender, 4 — 6 c.M. 

 long, clothed with soft, spreading, rather long, purple-black hairs. Fronds 

 pendulous, Tinear-lanceolate, to 60 c.M. long, 1 c.M. broad, acute, entire or 

 slightly undulate, narrowed very gradually towards the base. Texture mem- 

 branaceous ; both surfaces clothed with moderate-long, single or tufted, purple- 

 black hairs, the upper side covered with many, round, white, peltate, cretace- 

 ous scales; costa black, prominent beneath; veins 1—2 X forked, thicken- 

 ed at the apex. Sori terminal, in 1 row on each side near the costa; (recep- 

 tacle oblong?); sporangia naked. 



New Guinea. 



(5) p. Friderici et Pauli, Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, 148, lab. XVI, 

 .fig. 21, a & b .(not XIX, 37). _ __^ 



