684 72. CYCLOPHORUS. § 1. NIPHOBOLUS. 



Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 512: Niphobolm pannosus, Bedd., Gies., Niph., 108; N. lin- 

 gua, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CCXL. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales lanceolate, acuminate, ± toothed, adpres- 

 sed, obscurely peltate at the base, rather sessile. Stipes 2'/, —IS c.M. long, those 

 of the sterile fronds often the longest. Fronds nearly uniform, 5 — lb c.M. long, 

 2 '/j — 4 c.M. broad, narrowed towards both ends. Texture subcoriaceous ; upper 

 surface at length naked, lower tomentose, the stellate hairs close, adpressed, pale- 

 brown, with long branches; costa and main-veins distinct. Sori densely crowd- 

 ed, 5 — 6 in a row between the main veins, ceasing a space from the 

 edge. — Fertile fronds very small in Beddome's drawing. 



.'' Java; Tenasserim, Ceylon, Burmah. 



* (10) C heteractis, C. CUr., Ind. Fil.; Polypodium Heleractis, 

 Melt., Linn., XXXVI, 140; l^iphobolus Heleractis, J. Sm., Gies., Niph., 153; N. 

 Lingua, Spr. (not J. Sm.), Copel, Polypod. Philipp., 113, p. p.; Bedd., Ferns 

 S.Br.I., Suppl, tab. CCCLXXXV. (*) 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales dense, spreading, lanceolate, ferrugine- 

 ous, with the base peltate, ± lobed, the edge ciliate towards the apex. Stipes 

 ± 4—10 c.M. long, firm, erect. Fronds 8—16 c.M. long, 27^—4'/, c.M. 

 broad, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, the apex often cuspidate, the base cuneate 

 or rounded Texture coriaceous ; upper surface at length naked, lower matted 

 with adpressed, ferrugineous tomenlum; branches of the stellate hairs mostly 

 short, some of them long, the longer ones interlaced; costa and main veins 

 distinct. Sori large, rather prominent, immersed among the tomentum when 

 young, placed in close, rather irregular rows of 4—6 between the main 

 veins. 



Philippines; North. India. 



(11) C princeps, C. Chf., Ind. Fil.; Polypodium princeps, MeU., 

 Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., II, 232; Niphobolus princeps, Gies., Diels, in Engl. & 

 Pranll, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, 325. 



Rhizome short ; scales lanceolate-subulate, with the base dilated, the margin 

 subentire, the apex divided into 3—4 ciliae. Fronds approximate, subsessile, 

 60—90 c.M. long, 5—10 c.M. broad, spalhulate-lanceolate, short-acuminate, the 

 margin entire, subcallous. Texture coriaceous; upper surface covered with 

 small, cretaceous dots, lower thinly tomentose, the stellate hairs much ad- 

 pressed, their branches short, or, long and interlaced; costa prominent; 



(*) See Gies., Niph., 157—158. 



