682 72. CYCLOPHORUS. § 1. MIPHOBOLUS. 



• (4) C varius, GauO.^ Freyc, Voy. Ur. Phys., fioL, 564; Polypo- 

 dium varium, Mell., Rac, Flor. Biz., I, 100; Niphobelus varius, Klf., Gies., 

 Niph , 208 ; Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 54, tab. XXI. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, slightly branched, the scales -dbloDg-lanceolate, 

 brown, with the base peltate, the apex acuminate and + spreading, the 

 margin ciliate. -Stipes scattered, 1—6 c.M. long. Fronds dimorphous. Bar- 

 ren fronds + 8 — 12 c.M. long, 2 — 4 c.M. broad, lanceolate, obtuse. Texture 

 coriaceous; upper surface naked, lower covered with scattered, adpressed 

 stellate hairs; costa conspicuous; main veins hardly visible. Fertile fronds 

 + IB — 25 c.M. long, 1 '/a — 2 c.M. broad, the soriferous region often narrow- 

 ed and the under surface densely covered there with deciduous, + loose 

 and woolly tomentum Sori + immersed in shallow, indistinct cavities, + 

 crateriform, closely placed in 6—8 rows between the midrib and edge, 

 occupying the upper pari of the frond, hidden in the tomentum when 

 young. 



Malaya; Polynesia. 



(5) C anetioides, C. Chf., Ind. Fil. ; Niphobolus anetioides, Christ, 

 Ann. Btz., XIX, 38. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales subulate-acuminate, yellow-brown. Sti- 

 pes distant, \ — 1 c.M. long. Fronds ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 6—10 c.M. 

 long, to 2 c.M. broad, obtuse to acuminate, cuneately narrowed at the base, often 

 lobed there with 1 — 3 round lobes. Texture papyraceo-coriaceous ; upper sur- 

 face bright-green, the stellate hairs short, whilish; under surface pale, the hail's 

 sparingly scattered, reddish-brown, adpressed; costa ebeneous, conspicuous; 

 main veins hidden, erect o-pa lent, 8 — 15 on each side, with 5—6 rows of 

 longitudinal areolae on each side of the costa. Fertile fronds narrower. Sori 

 not immersed in the tomentum, occupying the upper part of the frond, co- 

 vering the whole space between the midrib and edge, placed in 2 rows be- 

 tween the main veins, with 5 — 6 sori in a row. 



Celebes. 



(6) C spliaeroiitichus,jC Chf., Ind. Yi\.; Polypodium sphaerosli- 

 chum, Men., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 350 ; Niphobolus sphaerostichus, Copel., Polypod. 

 Philipp., 114. 



Rhizome woody, wide-creeping, the scales ovate, acuminate, brown, crisp- 

 ed. Stipes 5—8 c.M. long, firm, erect. Fronds uniform, 10—13 c.M. long, 

 ± 2Yj C.M. broad, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base narrowed suddenly. 



