71. POLYPODIUM. § 7. SELLIGUEA. 677 



Rhizome creeping, woody, the scales dense, linear-lanceolale, brown. Stipes 

 4—28 c.M. long, firm, erect,* naked, those of the fertile fronds often the longest. 

 Fronds 7—30 c.M. long, 1 '/j— S c.M. broad, the fertile ones not much nar- 

 rower than the barren, lanceolate; acute or acuminate, the edge entire, the base 

 more or less gradually narrowed. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked, glossy; 

 main veins distinct ; veins hidden. Sori immersed, long, linear, solitary between 

 and parallel to the main veins, continuous or slightly interrupted. 



Vap. interruptunt : Sori distinctly interrupted, forming rows of 

 roundish or oblong sori. 



Tni*. ahbreviatmn : Forlilo fronds much narr o we d, s ubcaudate . 



a. 



* (233) P. ellipticum, Thb., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde., 107; Gym- 

 nogramme elliplica, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 389; G. decurrens,[Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 V, 161; Sellig^ea elliplica, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Perns, 392; S. decurrens, Pr., 

 Bedd., Ferns Br.I., I, tab. CL; Grammilis decurrens. Wall., Hk. k Grev, Ic. 

 Fil., tab. VI. 



Rhizome woody, creeping, firm, the scales adpressed. Stipes scattered, 

 30—40 c.M. long, firm, erect, naked, pale. Fronds 30—50 c.M. long, 15—25 

 c.M. broad, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into 4 — 6 linear-oblong 

 or lanceolate, distant, sessile, opposite, acute segments narrowed towards the 

 base, mostly connected by the decurrent, oblique bases, which form a wing 

 to the rachis; longest segments 1 — 4 c.M. broad. Texture herbaceous; rachis 

 and surfaces naked ; costal areolae large, with smaller, irregular included ones 

 with free veinlets. , Sori linear, oblique, nearer the midribs than the edge. 



Malacca, Philippines; Formosa, Japan, North. China, North. India, Queewland. 



(234) P. Maingayi, nteU, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, 

 318; Gymnogramme Maingayi, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 517; Selliguea Maingayi, 

 Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 392. 



Stipes + 45 C.M. long, dull-brown, naked. Fronds deltoid, to 30 c M. 

 long, with ± 5 oblong-lanceolate pinnae. Largest pinnae ±15 c.M. long, 

 4*/j — 5^/2 c.M. broad, slightly repand, narrowed gradually at base, the lowest 

 pair distant. Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked; main veins distinct to 

 the edge; areolae copious, small, with free veinlets. Sori abundant, irregular, 

 punctiform or confluent in lines or curves. 



Malacca. 



