48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EUPOLYPODIUM. 321 



101. P. zm/lanicmn, Mett. ; rhizome strong, wide-creeping, clothed with broad 

 , grey scales ; st. 1 in. or more 1., clothed with soft spreading hairs ; fr. 8-12 in. 



1., J-f in. br., the point acuminate, the base narrowed very gradually, the edge 

 slightly undulated ; iea^tire coriaceous, both sides naked ; veins forked, oblique ; 

 sori round, in long rows midway between the midrib and edge. — Hi. Sp. 4. 

 p,. 169. *. 272. B, 



Hab. Ceylon. 



102. P. samoense, Baker ; st. tufted, 1 in. or less 1., slender, brown, clothed 

 with soft spreading brown hairs ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., 2-3 lin. br., the point bluntish, 

 the edge nearly entire, the lower part narrowed very gradually ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; the rachis green, the surfaces very nearly naked ; veins once 

 or even twice forked ; the sori small and sometimes on the point of both 

 veinlets, forming an irregular wavy line near the edge. 



Hab. Samoa, Powell, 111. 



103. P. chrysolepis, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, densely clothed with reddish- 

 brown squarrose scales!^ st. 1 in. or more apart, 1 in. or more 1., scaly ; fr. 2-3 

 in. 1., \ in. br., the point acute, the. edge entire, the lower part narrowed very 



• gradually ; texture thick, coriaceous ; both surfaces clothed with small, pale, 

 ovate-acuminate deciduous scales attached by the centre of the disk ; veins 

 forked ; sori large, round, in rows nearer the midrib than the edge. — Hi. 8p. 4. 

 p. 173. Ic. PI. t. 721. 



Hab. Andes of Quito, Jameson, 37. — Scales like those of Jjepicystis. 

 tt iSori oblong. Sp. 104-111. Grammitis, Auct. 



104. P. (Gram.) bisidcatum, Hk. ; rfcome wide-creeping, scaly ;^. resembling 

 the stem of a rush, 6-9 in. 1., less than 1 lin. thick, with 6 furrows, of which 

 the two deepest bear the close prominent oval sori ; veins invisible. — Hk. Sp. 

 4. p. 164. 2nd Cent. t. 98. Holcosorus pentagonus, Moore, • 



Hab. Borneo ; discovered by Mr. T. Lobb. 



106. P. (Gram.) gramineum, Sw. ; rhizome short-creeping, scaly ; st. sub- 

 tufted, slender, 1-2 in. 1., finely villose ; fr. 2-4 in. 1., \ in. br., ligulate, 

 narrowed rather suddenly into the stem, the edge entire ; textwre coriaceous ; 

 bath sides nearly naked ; veins oblique, forked ; sori oval or oblong, placed 

 nearly end to end, with a space between them, in two rows, which reach from the 

 midrib nearly to the edge. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 165. 



Hab. West Indies, Guiana. — The Javan 0. ccespitosa, Blume, is said to differ by its 

 immersed sori and setigerous capstiles, and is considered a distinct species by 

 Mettenius. 



106. P. Pervillei, Mett. ; rhizome elongated ; basal scales brown, lanceolate ; 

 fr. distant, ligulate, 1-2 in. 1., 1 lin. br., narrowed to a subsessile base, blunt ; 

 iesstwe rigidly subcoriaceous ; surfaces bright-green ; veins simple, erecto-patent, 

 falling short of the edge ; sori dorsal, oblong, costular, not mixed with para- 

 physes. — Kuhn, Fil. Afr.p. 150. 



Hab. Seychelles, PerviUe, Wriglit, Borne, 195. 



107. P. (Gram.) marginellwm, Sw. ; st. densely tufted ; fr. 3-6 in. 1., li-2 lin 

 br., ligulate, blunt at the point, tapering gradually downwards into the short 

 stem_; texture coriaceous; both surfaces naked or slightly hairy, the frond 

 margined with a distinct black line ; veins oblique, simple ; sori close, copious, 

 oval or oblong, m rows nearer the midrib than the edge.— ^/Jr. Sp. 4. p. 164. 



Hab. West Indies and Guatemala to Guiana and Peru ; St. Helena, Cape Verdes. 



