608 71. POLYPODIDM. § 1. EUPOLTPODIUM. d. PSSSktii. 



voine s implC) n ot rp i ite rearh i ng the margin . Sori confina d t a the 

 nae, immersed, oval, 5 — 10 in a row on each side_2£jli«-fflflffiEr ± mei 

 between this and the mar^nj_Ji»fi--e«^e'""or'eacli cavity forms a project 

 ring, but doesjjot-eoTCfxEe sorus. 



m^ i fnnes . — 



(96) P. decorum, Brttck., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 351 ; Bedd., Fei 

 S.I., tab. CCXXXVffl, A; P. nutans, J. Sm. (not Bl), Journ. of Bot., Ill, 31 



Rhizome short, creeping, densely ferrugineo-squamose. Stipes approxima 

 •2Vj c.M. or less long, naked. Fronds 10— 30 i c.M. long, %— 2'/j c 

 broad, lineai'-lanceolate, narrowed towards both ends, cut down nearly 

 quite to the rachis into numerous pinnae. Central pinnae longest, rati 

 spreading, linear-oblong, + S'/a— 3 m.M. broad, blunt, the lower ones gra( 

 ally becoming blunter, shorter and broader. Texture coriaceous ; surfaces nak 

 or the rachis hispid; costulae and veins indistinct. Sori oblong, 2 — 8 

 each side, medial between the costulae and the edge, moderately filli 

 up the space between both, apical on the short veins, sunk in hairy 

 vities. 



Malaya; Ceylon, Polynesia. 



' (97) P I^obbiannm, Jifc., Spec. Fil., IV, 226 (not V, 100), ti 

 CCLXXVin, B; P. pediculatum, Bk., C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; P. inarticulaium, Cojh 

 ^ Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 160. 



a Rhizome short-creeping, stout, densely scaly. Fronds subsessile, 10 — 



S C.M. long, 2 — 3 c.M. broad, lanceolate-acuminate. Pinnae numerous, clo 



g; 1 — I'/j m.M. broad, the edge with distinct, rounded crenations or teeth; lov 



cc pinnae gradually reduced. Texture coriaceous; ^prfaces naked; rachis v?i 



® ebeneous, sparingly and deciduously hairy; veins simple, indistinct, 1 to ea 



crenation, short. Sori immersed, + medial, 1 to each vein. 

 Borneo, Mindanao. 



(98) P. elavifer. His., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 334; P. clavifemm, B 

 ^ Becc., Mai., HI, 47 ; Grammitis clavifer, Hk., 2°* Cent, of Ferns, tab. V. 



£ Stipes densely tufted, very short. Fronds 10 — 30 c.M. long, ± 12 



m.M. broad, pinnate throughout. Pinnae dimorphous, distant; barren pini 

 linear-subulate or ligulate, fertile ones spathulate, vdth the lower half narro 

 ly linear, the upper half oblong-elliptical, with recurved sides. Texture 

 CQ ' riaceous; rachis ciliate vnth deciduous hairs; pinnae tipped with 1 — 3 er 



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