48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§ EITPOLTPODIUM. 325 



coriaceous ; both sides quite naked ; veinlets forked ; son medial. — Hk Sp. 4. 

 p. 193. 



Hab. Java, Zollinger, 165. 



127. P. discolor, Hk. ; fr. tufted, subsessile, 4-6 in. 1., ^-| in. br., cut down 

 within a short distance of the rachis into close, hlunt, entire, linear-oblong lobes 

 1^-2 lin. br. ; texture coriaceous ; upper surface with small white dots, the lower 

 clothed with white chalky meal ; veins obscure ; sori in rows of 3-4 on each side 

 close to the edge.— -ff/t. Sp. 4. p. 189. Ic. PI. t. 4. 



Hab. British Guiana, Schotnbwgh, 1031. 



128. P. crassifrons, Baker; rhizome stout, the scales spreading, fibrillose, 

 dark-brown ; St. tufted, firm, very short, densely clothed with short dark- 

 brown hairs ; jfr. 5-6 in. 1., -^ in. br., narrowed very gradually downwards, cut 

 down nearly to the rachis into close entire blunt lobes 1 lin. br. ; texture very 

 thick ; under surface, especially the midrib, clothed with short brown tomentum ; 

 veins hidden ; sori in close rows of 6-8 each, close to the edge of the lobes. 



Hab. New Caledonia, Depla/nche. — The alliance of this is with the preceding. 



129. P. subserratum, Hk. ; rhizome creeping ; st. 4-6 in. 1., erect, rigid, slender, 

 nearly black, clothed above with short stout black hairs ; Jr. 8 in. 1., 2 in. br., 

 cut down nearly to the rachis into close blunt entire lobes •J in . br. ; texture 

 papjraceo-herbaceous ; rachis black, erect, hispid, like the stem ; both sides 

 naked ; veins close, black, distinct, once forked ; sori not known. — Hk. Sp. 4. 

 p. 202. 



Hab. Borneo ; gathered by Mr. Wallace. 



130. P. hhasyamum, Hk. ; st. tufted, very short, fringed with soft hairs ; fr. 

 1 ft. or more 1., 1^ in. br., flaccid, cut down within a short distance of the rachis 

 into linear-oblong entire or sUghtly undulated blunt lobes 2-3 lin. br. ; texture 

 thick, subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides ciliated ; veinlets simple ; sori sunk, 

 in rows of 4-6 on each side the midrib. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 191. 2nd Cent. t. 49. 



Hab. Khasya and Assam (3-4,000 ft.). 



131 . P. in<squale. Fee ; st. tufted, very short ;^. 18 in. 1., 3-4 in. br., cut down 

 within g in. of the rachis throughout into linear-oblong bluntish or acute 

 subentire lobes, those of the lower part 1^-2 in. 1., 2 lin. br., the lowest much 

 reduced ; texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins nearly all forked ; sori 

 nearer the edge than the midrib. — Fee, Fil. Ant. t. 12. 



Hab, Guadeloupe and Jamaica. 



***** Fronds pinnate. Sp. 132-207. 



+ Pinnce close, dilated and casually confluent at the base. Sp. 132-186. 



A. Fronds half an inch or less broad. — Sp. 132-143. 



132. P. moniliforme, Lag. ; rhizome stout, creeping, densely clothed with dull- 

 brown linear or lanceolate scales ; st. 1-3 in. 1. , ei-ect, rigid, slightly villose ; fr. 

 6-9 in, 1,, J in. br., cut down to the rachis into close entire rounded pinnce 

 ^ in. each way ; texture very coriaceous ; rachis black ; both sides naked ; veins 

 hidden ; sori 1-4 fo each pinn^. — Hk. Sp. 4. p. 182. P. subcrenatum, Hk. Ic. 

 t. 719. Jamesonia adnata, Kze. 



Hab. Along the Andes from Mexico to Pern. — Distinguished in the group by its very 

 rigid habitr and short broad often deourved pinnae, P. hvmiU, Mett,, appears to be a 

 variety with the sori nearer the edge than usual. 



