72. ^ OYCWPHORHS. § 2. NIPHOPSIS. 695 



rather naked, lower densely covered with adpressed, white, minute stellate 

 hairs intermixed with larger, scattered, fulvous ones. Sori occupying the nar- 

 rowed apical part of the frond, confluent, also covering the costa, forming a 

 dark-brown mass 5 — 18 c.M. long. 

 Luzon, Mindoro. 



♦ (32) C Stigmosus, JDesv., Berl. Mag., V, 301 ; Polypodium slig- 

 mosum, Sw., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 102; Hk. Bk., Syn. Eil, 350, p. p.; Nipho- 

 bolus venosus, BL, Flor. Jav., II, 63, tab. XXVIII, fig. 1 ; N. stigmosus, Moore, 

 Gies., Niph., 113; Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferus, 328, p. p. 



Rhizome short-creeping ; scales long, narrow-lanceolate, finely acuminate, the 

 margin entire or with few short teeth, the base not peltate. Stipes always pre- 

 sent, not rarely to 20 — 30 c.M. long, not angled, subterete or laterally compres- 

 sed especially in dried material, not aoglod, tomentose, the upper (inner) side 

 furrowed, not flattened. Fronds lanceolate, 20—60 c.M. long, 3—7 c.M. 

 broad, the apex acute or acuminate, the base cuneately narrowed. Texture 

 coriaceous; costa and main veins distinct beneath; areolae hidden, in 10 — 16 

 rows on each side of the costa; upper surface densely tomentose, afterwards 

 naked, often purveyed with numerous depressed dots, which are commonly 

 covered with deciduous, white, dot-like cretaceous scales; under surface cloth- 

 ed with interlaced, long- and short-branched stellate hairs forming a dense 

 coat^ Sori numerous, small, close, placed in irregular rows, hidden among 

 the tomentum when young, occupying the upper ^/g — ^j^ of the frond. 



Malaya; Ceylon, South. India. 



* (33) C Beddomeanus, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Polypodium stigmo- 

 sum, Sw., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 350, p. p.; Niphobolus stigmosus, Moore, Bedd., 

 Handb. Ind. Ferns, 328, p. p. ; N. Beddomeanus, Gies., Niph., 101 ; N. costatus, 

 Pr., Bedd., Ferns Br.I., I, tab. CXX. 



Rhizome short-creeping, scaly at the extremity, the scales dark-brown, 

 narrowed from a broad base into a long, acuminate, hair-like point, the base 

 nut peltate. Stipes — 18 c.M. long, deciduously tomentose, not laterally 

 compressed, the upper (inner) side flat, angled, not furrowed, the lower 

 (outer) side convex or angular. Fronds lanceolate, 30 — 90 c.M. long, 3 — 7 

 c.M. broad or broader, the apex acuminate, the lower part narrowed very 

 gradually to the base. Texture coriaceous, rather thin; costa and main 

 veins distinct beneath; areolae hidden, in 8—14 rows on each side of the 

 costa; upper surface covered with long-branched, interlaced stellate hairs, 



