48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM. 319 



often deltoid, with the lobes of the lower side prolonged, several inches long, and 

 pxnnatifid ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; areolm copious, with a few 

 free veinlets ; sori scattered, very copious. — P. irregulare, Presl. Hh. Sp. 5. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula and Isles. — P. petrophyum, Blume, is said to differ by its longer 

 ultimate lobes and copious free veinlets. 



89. P. ^Dicty.) sparsiflorum, Hk. ; rJdzome thick, knotted ; St. 18 in. 1., scaly 

 towards the base ; Jr. 2-3 ft. 1., 1 ft. or more br. ; pintKB distant, 7-8 in. 1., 

 I5-2 in. br., the apex acuminate, the edge slightly repand, the base narrowed, 

 the lower ones stalked ; texture herbaceous ; loth sides naked ; no distinct main 

 veins; areolce rather large, without free veinlets; sori small, scattered irre- 

 gularly — Hh. Sp. 5. p. 92. 



Hab. Sierra de Crystal and Old Calabar, West Tropical Africa, Mann. 



90. P. (Dicty.) draconopterum, Hk. ; rhizome woody, the scales lanceolate, 

 dull-brown ; st. 2-3 ft. 1., firm, erect, scaly below ; fi: 3-4 ft. 1., 2 ft. or more br., 

 with a large oblong-acuminate terminal lobe, and several lateral ones on each 

 side, which do not reach down to the rachis, the lowest sometimes 1| ft. 1., 4 in. 

 br., and forked ; texture papyraceous ; both sides naked ; main veins distinct to 

 the edge, connected by distinct transverse veinlets with copious areolae with free 

 veinlets between ; sori minute, copious, scattered, often confluent. — Hk. Sp. 5. 

 p. 86. 



Hab. New Granada to Ecuador. 



*** Eremdbryoid series. Stems articulated at the point of junction with the 

 rhizome, and sori generally, but not always, terminal on the veins. Polvpodium, 

 Mett. Sp. 91-389. .<'/'> 



§§§§§ Eupolypodium. Veins free. Sp. 91-224. Tab. 48. Fig. a, b. 



* Fronds entire. Sp. 91-111. 



t Sori round. Sp. 91-103. 



91. P. Sp-ucei, Hk. ; sf. tufted, very short, clothed with soft spreading hairs ; 

 fr. 1 in. 1., 1-1^ lin. br., blunt, narrowed gi-adually downwards, the edge entire ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; both sides rather densely clothed with long soft hairs ; 

 veins simple ; sori few, round. — Hi. Sp. 4. p. 172. 2nd Cent. t. 10. 



Hab. E. Peru, l^ruce, 4746. 



92. P. parasiticum, Mett. ; Jr. tufted, subsessile, 2-3 in. 1., lJ-2 lin. br., 

 narrowed very gradually below, the point bluntish, the edge entire or slightly 

 undulated ; textwe coriaceous ; both sides when young rather thickly clothed 

 with long soft hairs ; veins immersed, forked ; sori roundish, in two rows, 

 ultimately confluent. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 167. 



Hab. Neilgherries and Ceylon. — Probably this is the Javan P. pilosiusculum, Hk. 

 (Ch-ammitis, Blume) ; and Q, adspersa, Blume, which we have not seen, is apparently very 

 near it. 



93. P. Hookeri, Brack. ; St. tufted, 1 in. or less 1., clothed with soft spreading 

 hairs ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., J-f in. br., the point acute or bluntish, the edge entire, the 

 lower part narrowed gradually ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides thinly clothed 

 with soft hairs ; veins simple or forked ; sori round, in long rows close to the 

 midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 171. P. setigerum, Hk. S^ Am. {non Blume). 



Hab. Sandwich Isles, Fiji, Queensland, Philippines. — The Bourbon P. Bea/rnnontii, 

 Leperv., is evidently the same. An authentic example of P. conforme, Brack., does not 



