584 71. POLTPODIUM. § 1. rEOTOLTPODIUM. a. niTEGMFOLIAK. 



hairy like the stipe; costa conspicuous, straight; veins erecto-patent, forked at 

 the base, the sofiferous branches very short, the sterile ones not reaching the 

 edge. Sori round, elliptical when young, in a long row on each side, close 

 to the midrib. 



Java, Philippines. 



(32) P. Hookeri, SfocU., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 319; P. seligerum, 

 Hk. if Am., Beech. Voy., tab. XXI, A. 



Stipes tufted, 1 V4 — 4 c-M. long, clothed with soft, spreading hairs. Fronds 

 narrow-lanceolate, 7 — 10 c.M. long, 5 — 10 m.M. bi^oad, tapering at both ends, 

 the point acute or bluntish, the edge entire. Texture rather thinly subcoria- 

 ceous; surfaces thinly clothed with short, soft hairs; veins simple or forked. 

 Sori round, in a long row on each side, close to the midrib. 



Philippines; Polynesia, North". Atislralia. 



(33) P. mollipilam, Hlc., Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 107. 



Stipes slender, brown, wiry, 2'/j— 4 c.M long, clothed vrith fine, spreading 

 hairs. Fronds simple, linear, entire, 7 — 10 c.M. long, 6 — 7 m.M. broad at the 

 middle, narrowed gradually to both ends. Texture moderately firm and thick; 

 surfaces densely clothed with fine, spreading, brown hairs; veins forked. Sori 

 round, superficial, costal. 



New Guinea. 



(34) P. HaTilandii, Bh., Trans. Linn. Soc, Bot., 2°* Series, IV, 255. 

 Stipes caespitosc, slender, nearly i'/i c.M. long, clothed with fine, soft, 



spreading hairs. Fronds simple, lanceolate, 5—8 c.M. long, ± 7 */j m.M. broad 

 at the middle, obscurely, crenate, narrowed gradually towards both ends. 

 Texture subcoriaceouj; surfaces pubescent; veins, obscure, forked. Sori oblong, 

 oblique, subremote, in 1 row on each side^ close tO the costa. 

 Borneo. 



(35) P, knutsfordianum, nie,, Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 107. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, small, pale-brown, ovate, imbri- 

 cate. Stipes very short, densely clothed with spreading, brown hairs. Fronds 

 simple, linear, entire. 7—10 c.M. long, 6—7 m.M. broad, obtuse, narrowed 

 gradually to the base. Texture firm; surfaces clothed with few, spreading, 

 brown hairs; veins distinct, with 2 short anterior branches. Sori round, 

 superficial, in 2 rows near the midrib. 



New Guinea. 



