578 71. POLTPODIUM. § 1. EDPOiyPODIHM. 3. INTEGBIFOLIAE. 



Fronds sessile, tufted, 5 — 25 c.M. long, 3 — 7im.M^ broad, narrowed gra- 

 dually towards the base, the edge entire or slightly undulate, the point nar- 

 rowed, bluntish. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; veins oblique, forked, 

 not reaching the margin. Sori oblong, distant, in 1 row on each side near 

 the midrib, occupying the anterior veinlets. 



Malaya. 



(15) P. australe, Mett., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 322; Christ, Farnkr. 

 d. Erde, fig. 204; Grammitis australis, R. Br., Prod., 146; G. Billardieri, Willd., 

 Kze., Anal., tab. IX, fig. 2; P. Billardieri, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome creeping, copiously short-branched, forming a dense mass. 

 Fronds short-stalked or subsessile, 272 — IS c.M. long, S — 15 m.M. broad, the 

 smaller ones spathulate, the larger ligulate, obtuse . at the apex, tapering 

 gradually towards the base. Texture coriaceous; stipes and surfaces naked 

 or slightly ciliate, the edge not bordered; veins oblique, often forked. Sori 

 copious, nearly close, in 1 row on each side, nearer the midrib than the 

 edge, ± pai'allel to the costa, terminal on the anterior veinlets. 



Philippines, New Guinea; Australia, Antarct. America, South. Africa. 



(14) P. adspersuiu, m., HL, Spec. Fil., IV, 168; Grammitis ad- 

 spersa, Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 115, tab. XLVIII, fig. 2; P. hirlellum, Bl., var., C. 

 Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome creeping or ascending, the scales ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, 

 ochraceous, membranaceous, deciduous. Fronds sessile or very short-stalked, 

 scattered, linear-lanceolate, 7 — 13 c.M. long, 6 — 8 m.M. broad, bluntish, the 

 edge subrepand, the base narrowed. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked, but 

 the upper side sparingly covered with blackish dots; costa distinct in the 

 lower, obsolete in the upper half; veins hidden, forked, not reaching the mar- 

 gin. Sori rather distant, oblong or subrotund, near the midrib, terminal on 

 the short, anterior veinlets, 



Java, Singapore. 



(15) P. sabselligaeuiu, Bk., Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 107. 

 Stipes naked, S'/j— 5 c.M. long. Fronds simple, linear, entire, 12-— 15 



c.M. long, 6—7 m.M. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends. 

 Texture thick; surfaces naked; veins quite hidden. Sori oblong, superficial, 

 4—7 m.M. long, confined to the middle of the frond, in 1 row on each side, 

 close to the midrib and parallel to it. 

 New Guinea, 



