582 71. POLTPODIUM § 1. EHPQLYPODinM. a. INTEGRIfOLUE. 



* (26) p. hirtelliun, JBI., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 86; B u dd . , F n rnn B 

 I., II, tab. — CCXII; Grammitis pusilla, Bl. {typica ^ var. alpestris), Flor. Ja' 

 II, 109-110, tab., XLVI, fig. 4—5; P. pusillum, Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, 14 



Rhizome short, ascending, the scales broadly lanceolate. Fronds lines 

 lanceolate, densely tufted, 5 — 15 c.M. long, + 2'/j — 5 m.M. broad, narrow^ 

 gradually towards both ends, the apex bluntish, the edge entire or slighl 

 repand, the stipe 1 — 4 c.M. long, slender, brown, provided with^^ft, sprea 

 ing, reddish hairs. Texture rather firm; surfaces hairy like the stip 



veins distinct or more or less hidden, forked near the base, sometimes simp, 

 not reaching the margin, vdth the branches + of the same length. S( 

 rather distant, in 1 row on each side of the slightly wavy midrib, close 

 it or nearer the laltM* than the margin; c^a^-€.<^&^ Jbcuvt^ ^eXiryaj cr/'^e. 



Malaya; New Caledonia, South. China. 



(27) P. subevenosum, BU., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 520; Bedd.,Fer 

 Br.I., n, tab. CCCXXIII. 



Stipes tufted, very short, black, wiry. Fronds ligulate, 7 — 10 c.M. loi 

 ± 2 — 4 m.M. broad, the apex bluntish, the edge slightly repand, the low 

 part narrowed gradually. Texture subcoriaceous ; midrib black, slightly fi 

 furaceous below; veins simple, short, indistinct. Sori roundish, tending sligl 

 ly towards oblong, in a long row on each side close to the costa. 



Malacca. 



* (28) P. congenerum {congener), jPf . (not Hk.), Rac, Flor. Bl 

 I, 88 ; P. alatellum, Christ, FU. Saras., IV, 441 ; Grammitis congener, BL, Fh 

 Jav., U, 108, tab. XLVI, fig. 3, a— b. 



Rhizome , creieping, the 'scales pale-rufous. Stipes approximate, wiry, mc 

 or less densely clothed with rigid, short, spreading, red-brown hairs. FroE 

 linear-lanceolate, 5—1272 : c.M. long, 27^—6 m.M. broad, narrowed ve 

 gradually towards both ends, the apex bluntish, the edge entire. Texti 

 coriaceous or thinner: upper surface naked or covered with black dots ci 

 responding with the apices of the veinlets, under surface moderately provid 

 with short, blackish-fuscous hairs; veins branched with 2 — 4 branches. Si 

 roundish, elliptical when young, superficial, in I row on each side, close 

 the midrib, placed on the lowest anterior branch of the veins. 



Malaya. 



* (29) P. caespitosnm, Metf., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 87; Gramm 

 caespilosa, Bl, Flor. Jav., II, 106, tab. XLVI, fig. 1. 



