612 71. POLYPODIUM. § 1. EUPOLYPODIDM. C. COMPOSITAE. 



rachis into small, oblong or ovate lobes. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; 

 veins 1 to each lobe. Sori round, superficial, 1 to each lobe. 

 New Guinea. 



* (105) P- millefolium, BL, Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 95 ; Bl., Flor. Jav., 

 II, 190, tab. LXXXVIII, B. 



Rhizome short, slender, erect, hidden by the stipes and roots. Stipes 

 tufted, 2V2 — 8 c.M. long, densely clothed with spreading, ferrugineous or pale- 

 coloured hairs, like the rachis. Fronds lanceolate, + 16 — 20 c.M. long, + 

 2'/i — 3V2 ^■^- broad, narrowed towards both ends. Pinnae erecto-patent, ± 

 stalked, 7 — 10 m.M. broad, lanceolate, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis 

 into oblong or linear-oblong to spatbulate, erecto-patent segments + 5 — 10 

 m.M. long, 1 — 3 m.M. broad. Segments blunt, the edge entire, toothed or 

 pinnatifid, the base narrowed, slightly decurrent. Ultimate lobes 1 — 3 on 

 each side. Texture subcoriaceous ; undef surface slightly hairy; veins simple. 

 Sori roundish, terminal on very short veinlets, ± 1 — 3 to each pinnula. 



Sumatra, Java, Philippines. 



* (106) P tenuisectum, ni., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 96; Bl., Flor. 

 Jav., II, 189, tab. LXXXVIII, A; Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, fig. 243; Hk., 2°* 

 Cent, of Ferns, tab. XXI; — var. paucisetosum, Rst., in Fed., Rep., V, 42. 



Rhizome . short-creeping, densely clothed with lanceolate scales. Stipes 

 approximate, 5—5 c.M. long, clothed with soft, spreading, ferrugineous hairs. 

 Fronds linear-lanceolate, narrowed towards both ends, 15 — 25 c.M. long, S'/j — 

 6 c.M. broad. Pinnae close, to 8 m.M. broad, cut down quite to the rachis 

 or a narrow wing into linear, regular, entire, erecto-patent segments 2—3 

 m.M. apart,-^/^- 4 m.M. long, '/j— 1 m.M. broad. Texture subcoriaceous; ra- 

 chis erect, straight, pilose; surfaces naked or the veins sparingly hairy 

 beneath ; veins simple, hidden, 1 to each lobe. Sori broader than the lobes, 1 

 to each lobe, at the base. 



War. paucisetosum: Ultimate segments narrower, provided at 

 the apex with 1 or rarely 2 setae. 



Malacca, Java to Samoa and the Philippines; — var. paucisetosum: New 

 Guinea. 



(107a) P. taxodioides, JBk., Journ. of Bot., XVII, 42. 

 Rhizome filiform, wide-creeping. Stipes wiry, brown, 27j— 4 c.M. long, 

 clothed like the rachis with fine, spreading, brown hairs. Fronds lanceolate, 



