48. POLrpoBR-ji, §§§§§§§§§ PffniATODEs. 355 



307. P. (Phym.) soridens, Hk. ; rhizome wide-creeping, the scales sqnarrose, 

 linear, reddish ; st. 1-3 in. L, slender, naked -yfr. 4-12 in. 1., ^J in. hr., narrowed 

 very gradoally to hoth ends, the barren ones entbe, the fertile ones repand ; 

 texture rigid, coriaeeons ; hoUi sides glossy ; areolae fine, irr^nlar, free veinlets 

 rare ; sori 1 to each lobe, deeply immersed, and forming very distinct papillae on 

 the upper side.— fli. .S^. 5.^. 61. t. 283. B. 



Eab. Borneo, Wcdlaee, Ldbb. 



308. P. (Phym.) sinuosnm. Wall. ; rhisome forming a crust which enwraps the 

 matrix, clothed with peltat« scales, black in the middle and white round the edge, 

 the stem arising from a conical protuberance, 1-2 in. 1., firm, naked ; Jr. dimor- 

 phous, the barren ones 3-6 in. 1., ^1 in. br., the edge entire, the fertile ones longer, 

 and the edge repand ; texture coriaceous ; both sides naked ; veins obscure ; sort 

 large, immersed, ronnd or oblong, marginal or submarginaL — Hi. Sp. 5. p. 61. 

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Hab. Malaccas, Amboyna, New Hebrides, Solomon Isles. 



309. P. (Phym.) longifilittm, Mett. ; rhizome woody, short-craeping, the scales 

 linear, nearly black ; fi^. 1-2 ft. 1., ^1^ in. br., the apex acute, the edge entire, 

 often revolnte, the lower part narrowed very gradually into a short firm stem ; 

 texture coriaceous, the lower surface naked or subfnrforaceous ; main v^ns none ; 

 areola fine, hidden, with copious free veinlets ; sori oblong, quite immersed, placed 

 end to end a space from one another in a line close to the edge, the caps, mixed 

 with minute stalked peltate scales. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 60. 2nd Cent. t. 87. HI. Ex. 

 t. 20. Paragramma, Moore. 



Hab. Malaccas and Philippines. 



310. P. (Phym.) Brownii, Wickst. ; rhizome woody, wide-creeping, the scales 

 lanceolate, dull-brown ; fr. scattered, 6-18 in. 1., J-J in. br., ligulate, the point 

 blnntish, the edge entire or slightly repand, the lower part narrowed very gra- 

 dually to a base or short stem ; texture very coriaceous, rigid ; areolae uniform, 

 without free veinlets ; sori large, prominent, oblong, immersed, in a single row 

 end to end a space from one another midway between the midrib and edge. — 

 P. attenuatnm, B. Br. Ht. Sp. 5. p. 58. G. F. t. 30 [not H. B. K.). Dictymia, 

 J.Sm. 



Hab. Australia, New Caledonia, I'ijL 



311. P. (Phym.) superfidale, Blume ; rhizome woody, wide-creeping, the scales 

 lanceolate, spreading, brown, shining ; St. 4^6 in. 1., firm, naked, oft^ curved ; 

 fr. 6-12 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., narrowed gradually at both ends, lie edge entire ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; both sides naked ; areokg fine, irregular, with free veinlets ; 

 sori copious, scattered irregularly. — Hi. Sp. 5. p. 71. 



Hab. N. India (np to 5-6,000 ft.), TBns-Sima, Hong-Kong, Malaccas. — Characterized 

 in the group by its large, copious, irr^ularly-scaltered sori. 



312. P. (Phym.) Schomburghianum, Kze. ; rhizome ^1 in. thick, densely clothed 

 with spreading lanceolate scales, with a broad scariose border ; st. distant, 1-2 

 in. 1., firm, erect ; fir. 12-18 in. 1., li-3 in. br., entir^ narrowed at both ends ; 

 texture coriaceous ; both sides naked^ the margin thickened, no distinct main 

 veins ; areoUB copious, fine, with free veinlets >sori large, not immersed, in single 

 rows not far from the midnb. — Hk. Sp. 5. p. 68. 



Hab. Guiana and Amazon Yalley. 



