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Drymoglossum Pres. 
12. D. piloselloides Pres]. Tert. Pterid. 227, Tab. 10. 
Abundant throughout the island, on trees, especially near the Sea. 
Area: An epiphytic creeper on trees, from N, and S. W. India to the 
Sunda-Islands (Java, 1. Raciborski). 
Polypodium L. 
13. P. nigrescens Blume Enum. fil. Jav. 127. 
Klong Sarlakpet (500 ft.), on rocks in the jungle. 
Area: A Monsoon-species from N. India and Ceylon to Eastern Polynesia. 
14. P. sinuosum Wall. Catal. 2231. 
Mouth of Klong Majum, Koh Saket, on low trees. 
Area: One of the most interesting species, whose ample rhizome is 
inhabited by ants like Myrmecodium, creeping on trees, from Perak and the 
Malaceca-States to Java and Western Polynesia, not common. It is not really 
allied to P. longifolium Mett. nor to the other simple Polypodia of the Lineare- 
group, but to the pinnatifid species with ,myrmecophile* rhizomes and often 
with large peltate scales: P. Sarcopus De Vriese and Teysm. Hook. Synops. Ed. 
II, 514. P. lomarioides Kunze, Lecanopteris carnosa Blume, L. pumila Blume 
fil. Jav. Tab. 94 B. P. sinuosum also, occasionally, has lobed and even pinna- 
tifid leaves. 
15. P. punetatum (L. Spec. Plant. 1524 sub Aecrosticho). 
P. ireoides Lamarck Hook. Synops. Ed. II, 360. 
Klong Munsé, Klong Sarlakpet, Koh Kong; on rocks in the jungle. 
Area: Tropical forests of E. and W. Africa and India to N. Australia and 
Polynesia, frequent, on trees. 
Niphobolus Kaulfs. 
16. N. aerostichoides (Sw. Syn. fil. 29,225 sub Polypodio). 
On trees in the jungle near Klong Munsé, Koh Saket. 
Area: Malayan shores from Ceylon and Malacca to N. Australia and the 
Philippines. Epiphytic. 
17. N. adnaseens (Sw. cit. 25, 228 sub Polypodio). 
Abundant throughout the island, usually on low trees, more rarely on 
rocks. 
Area: Very common throughout the Malayan region from N. India and 
Ceylon to W. Polynesia; also in Réunion and W. Africa. Epiphytic. 
Platycerium Desv. 
18. P. biforme Bl. 
