72. CTCLOPHORDS. § 2. NIPHOPSIS. 693 



mentum ; costa conspicuous beneath ; main veins hidden ; areolae irregular, 

 with free veinlets. Sori numerous, densely crowded, occupying the whole 

 or nearly the whole under surface of the frond. 

 Celebes. 



(27) C Sarasinoram, C. Chf., Ind. Fil.; Niphobolm Sarasimrum, 

 Gies., Niph., 162; N. Lingua, Spr., p. p. (*) 



Rhizome wide-creeping; scales dense, black-brown, adpressed, the young- 

 er ones narrow, lanceolate, long-acuminate, with the apex crisped, the margin 

 long-ciliate. Sterile fronds oblong, 11—18 c.M. long, ± 5 c.M. broad, the 

 apex acuminate to caudate, the base suddenly narrowed and slightly decur- 

 rent, the stipe 7—17 c.M. long. Fertile fronds sometimes longer and nar- 

 rower. Texture coriaceous; upper surface naked, lower covered wilh light- 

 brown, adpressed tomentum; costa and main veins distinct; areolae irregular, 

 with free veinlets Sori small, dense, occupying the whole under surface or 

 only the upper half of it. 



Celebes. 



• (28) C Cbristii, C. Chr., Ind. Fil; Nvphobolus Christii, Gies., 

 Niph., 140; N. Lingua, Spr., p. p. (*) 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales brown, obovate and peltate at the base, 

 narrowed to a long, lanceolate-acuminate, spreading, often capillary, crisped 

 point, the margin pale and slightly ciliated towards the point. Barren fronds 

 ovate or oblong, 10 — 12 c.M. long, to 6 c.M. broad below the middle, on 

 stipes 5 — 10 c.M. long, narrowed gradually from the broadest part to a long- 

 acuminate point, the base cuneate or rounded; fertile fronds lanceolate, nar- 

 rowed gradually to both ends, 10 — 12 c.M. long, to 27j c.M. broad, on stipes 

 + 15 c.M. long. Texture coriaceous; costa and main veins distinct; upper 

 surface naked, lower covered with scattered, adpressed stellate hairs in the 

 barren, but more woolly in the fertile fronds. Sori large, crowded, at length 

 confluent, occupying the whole under surface. 

 • Borneo. 



* (29) C dislichocarpus, C. Chf., Ind. Fil.; Polypodium dtsticho- 

 carpum, Melt., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 532; Niphobolm distichocarpus, Gies., Diels, 

 in Engl. & PrantI, Nat.Pfl. Fam., I*, 325. 



(*) See Gies., Niph., 157—158, 



