306 48. POLYPODIUM, § EUPHEGOPTERIS. 



Hab. Mauritius and Madagascar, Bojer; Cameroon Mountains and Fernando Po, Mann; 

 Natal, Buchanan. — Habit of Ncph. conterminum. 



11. P. (Pheg.) a/atliecefoUum, Desv. ; St. 12-18 in. 1., firm, naked, stramineous ; 

 fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce 6-9 in. 1., 2 in. or more br., cut down to 

 a, broadly-winged raohis into falcate entire lobes, J-f in. br., lowest pair rather 

 smaller and defiexed ; tesstwe papyraceo-herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; veinlets 8-9 

 on a side, with the sori about the centre. — P. Sieberianum, Kaulf. Hk. Sp.4:.p.23B. 



Hab. Mauritius and Bourbon. — Occasionally the lowest veinlets join those above them 

 in the same group, and in the barren frond they fork oopiously,,and join towards the 

 edge. Eesembles most N^h. brachyodon. 



12. P. (Pheg.) erubescens. Wall. ; st. 2 ft. or more 1., tetragonous, glossy, 

 stramineous, naked ; fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 1-2 ft. br. ; lower pinnce sometimes 1 ft. 1., 

 I5 in. br., cut down nearly to the rachis into close acute or bluntish entire lobes 

 2 lin. br. ; texture rigid, subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; veinlets 

 simple, often 20 on a side, the sori close to the raised midrib. — /3, ambm/nensis ; 

 lower pinnce on stalks 1 in. 1. and narrowed conspicuously at the base ; sori not 

 close to the midrib. — Hk. 8p. 4. p. 236. 



Hab. N. India (up to 2,000 ft.), Malayan Peninsula and Isles. — Habit of iV. prolixvm, 

 but lower pinn% not reduced. 



13. P. (Pheg.) appendiculatum, Wall. ; St. tufted, about 1 ft. 1., deciduously 

 villose ; fr. l-|-2 ft. 1., 8-10 in, br., ovate-lanceolate ; pinnce 3-5 in. I,, j-| in. br., 

 narrowed from the base to an acuminate point, cut down nearly to the rachis 

 into linear-oblong falcate lobes J in. br. ; lower pinnae with a small gland at the 

 base, slightly reduced ; texture herbaceous ; rachis and lower surface villose ; 

 veinlets 8-12 on a side ; sori close to the midrib. — Wall. Cat. 349. 



Hab. East Himalayas and Penang. — Intermediate between the preceding and 

 following. . 



14. P. (Pheg.) cmriculatum. Wall. ; st. tufted, lJ-2 ft. 1., deciduously villose ; 

 fr. 3-4 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pinnce 6-8 in. 1., 1 in. br., cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into close spreading entire blunt lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; lower pinnce reduced 

 down to mere auricles, furnished with a prominent gland at the base beneath ; 

 textwe herbaceous ; rachis densely villose ; vmder side nearly naked ; veinlets 

 simple, 10-12 on a side, bearing the sori about the middle. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 238. 



Hab. Himalayas, up to 6,000 ft. 



15. P. (Pheg.) Germanianum, Baker ; st. 6-9 in. 1., tufted, firm, erect, nearly, 

 naked ; fr. 2 ft. 1., 1 ft. br. ; central pinnce 6 in. 1., 1^ in. br., cut three-quarters 

 of the way down to the rachis into Unear-oblong blunt entire lobes 2 lin. br., 

 vrith a space between them, the lower pinnse sessile, much reduced ; texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis and veins beneath slightly pubescent ; veins pinnate in the 

 lobes, with 8-10 veinlets on a side ; scni medial. — Pheg. Fie, Mem. 11-12. *. 13. 



Hab. Guadeloupe, L'Eernf,inier.—P. ctenoides, macrotheca, and hydrophila; Me, are 

 allied plants from the same island ; all of them closely resembling Gymmogramme daval- 

 Uoides in general habit, but the sori are roundish. 



16. P. (Pheg.) rusticum, Baker ; st. tufted, 4-6 in. 1., strong, densely clothed 

 with lanceolate spreading scales ; fr. 1^-2 ft. 1., 8-10 in. br. ; central pinnce 

 4-6 in. 1., I m. br., cut three-quarters of the way down to the rachis into close 

 blunt entire lobes 2 lin, br. ; lower pinnee distant and dwindling down very 

 gradually ; textwre herbaceous j rachis scaly in the lower part, villose throughout 

 like the costse ; veins pinnate in the lobes,' with 6-8 simple veinlets on a side • 

 sori medial, — Phegopteris, F&e, Mem. 11-12. «, 13. ' 



