344 48. POLYPODIUM, §§§§§§ GONIOPHLEBIUM. 



1., 8-12 in. br. ; pinnm numerous, erecto-patent, 4-6 in. 1., J-| in. br., the edge 

 entire, the base subcuneate ; texture coriaceous ; rachis and botli sides naked ; 

 weolm and prominent swi in a single series. — Hk, Sp. 5. p. 30, Ic. t, 69. 



Hab. West Indies to Ecuador. 



247. P. (Gonioph.) plectolepis, HJi. ; rhizome stout, the scales squarrose, lan- 

 ceolate, ferruginous ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, stramineous, glossy ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 

 ] ft. br. ; pinncB numerovis, spreading, 4-6 in. 1., ^-f in. br., narrowed gradually 

 from the base to the point, the edge distinctly crenate ; texiiire papyraceo- 

 herbaceous ; rachis and both sides finely pubescent ; areolae and scyri in a single 

 series. — Hh. Sp. 5. p. 30. 



Hab. Mexico and Guatemala. 



248. P. (Gonioph.) ehnoodes, Spreng. ; rhizome stout, densely clothed with 

 soft spreading dull-brown subulate scales ; St. 4-6 in. 1., erect, slender, naked ; 

 yr. drooping, 1-2 ft. 1., 4-9 in. br., cut down to the rachis into distinct entire 

 falcate opposite pinnae 2-4 in. L, i-f in. br., cordate at the base ; texture papy- 

 raceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both sides glandular aijd pubescent ; areolce and 

 sori in 2-3 series. — P. dissimile, Bk. Sp. 5. p. 25. 



Hab. West Indies and Venezuela. — The synonym of P. dissimile, Linn., is doubtful ; 

 Schkuhr and Orisebacb refer it to our P. soronv/m. 



249. P. (Gonioph.) persicoefoUum, Desv. ; rhinome wide-creeping, the scales 

 small, linear, dull-brown ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, naked, subebeneous ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., 

 8-12 in. br., decurved ; pinnw distant, 4-6 in. 1., |-1 in. br., the apex acuminate, 

 the edge slightly toothed, the base narrowed gradually and the lower ones 

 distinctly stalked ; texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; areolce in 

 about 3 rows, the sori uniserial, distinctly immersed. P. cuspidatum, Elume. 

 Hi. Sp. 5. p. S2. 



Hab. Java. — Very near to P. suiauriadatwm, from which it may be best known by the 

 pinnae being narrowed at the base, and the lower ones distinctly stalked, P. grandidens, 

 Eze., appears to be a more deeply toothed form. 



250. P, (Gonioph,) Beddomei, Baker ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales dense, 

 subulate, reddish-brown ; fr. 18 in, L, 7-8 in, br, ; pinnos 3-4 in. L, 4 in. br., the 

 edge deeply crenated, sometimes auricled at the base on the upper side, all 

 sessile, the upper ones more or less adnate"; texture herbaceous ; rachis and both 

 sides rather densely clothed with soft whitish hairs ; areolm in 2-3 rows, the sori 

 uniserial. — Gonioph. moUe, Beddome, Fil. Brit. Ind. t. 206. 



Hab. Burmah, iJe». C. S. Parish. 



261. P. (Gonioph.) suhauriculatum, Blume; rhizome wide-creeping, clothed 

 with small dull-brown linear scales ; St. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, naked, glossy ; 

 fr. 2-3 ft, 1., 8-12 in, br., oblong-lanceolate, decurved ; pinnce 4-6 in. 1., ^-1 in. 

 br., the edge entire or slightly toothed, sessile, the base rounded or even auricled ; 

 texture herbaceous or subcoriaceous ; rachis and both sides naked ; areolce in 2-3 

 rows, the smi uniserial, distinctly immersed. — Hi, Sp. 5. p. 32. 



Hab. East Himalayas (Khasia, &o;), Malaccas, Philippines, Fiji, Samoa, N. Caledonia, 

 Queensland. — Q. serratifolium, Brack., is a deeply-toothed herbaceous form, and P. Rdn- 

 ivardtii, Kunze, is creuate instead of dentate. 



252. P. (Gonioph.) verrucosumjWalV; st. ]|-2 ft. 1., firm, erect, terete, naked ; 

 fr. 3-4 ft, 1., 1 ft. br. ; pinnce numerous, distant, 6-8 in. 1., ^ j in. br., quite entire ; 

 texture coriaceous ; rachis and botli sides naked or slightly hairy ; areolw in 



