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206*. p. hwrpaphyllum, Zenker ; fr. \\ ft. 1., oblong-lanceolate, simply 

 pinnate ; pinnce ligulate-acuminate, falcate, serrate, 1^-2 in. 1., ^ in. hr., sub- 

 petiolate, upper side parallel witii rachis and acutely auricled at base, lower 

 cuneate-truncate ; teature subcoriaceous ; surfaces glabrous ; veinlets 2-3-furcate ; 

 sori medial, terminating lowest anterior forlis. — Ettings. tab. W.flg. 12. 



Hab. NeilglierrieS; Zenker. 



218*. P. plali/hasiSy'Bakev • rhizome as thick as a quill ; scoto linear, brown, 

 with a sudden pale edge ; St. 6-8 in., dull-brown, slightly scaly upwards ; fr. 

 lanceolate, bipinnate, 6-9 in. 1., 2-3 in. br. ; rachis brownish, scaly ; pinnos 12-16- 

 jugate, lanceolate, ascending, imbricated, cut down to rachis into deeply crenate 

 linear erecto-patent distant pinnl. 1 lin. br., suddenly dilated into a broadly 

 adnate base, lowest ascending, |-1 lin. br., not reduced ; texture coriaceous ; 

 surfaces dull-green, the upper naked, the lower with minute scattered scales ; 

 veins immersed, obscure ; sori uniserial in pinnl., filling up the wliole space 

 between costa and margin. 



Hab. Andes, S.ilta, Pea/ree. 



229*. P. (Goniop.) Eatoni, Baker; rhizome firm, creeping, as thick as a quill, 

 clothed with large linear ferruginous scales; st. 3-4 in., slender, naked, stra- 

 mineous ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 1 ft. I., 6-7 in. br., truncate at base, simply pin- 

 natifid, cut down to a broad wing into lanceolate simple pinnce nearly 1 in. br. at 

 base ; texture membranous ; surfaces naked ; areolce 2-3-serial between midrib 

 and edge, the inner much the largest ; sori uniserial, medial. — P. Glieisbreghtii, 

 Eaton <& Hall, non Linden. 



Hab. South Mexico, Oheisbreghl, 273. 



238*. P. (Gonioph.) erythrocarpum, Mett. ; rhizome \ lin. thick, glaucous, firm, 

 wide-creeping ; sc(des lanceolate, dark-castaneous, minute ; st. 3-4 in., naked, 

 stramineous, very slender ; fr. oblong-deltoid, 3-4 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., caudate, 

 simply pinnate ; pinnce 6-6-jugate, ligulate, blunt, 3-4 lin. br., obscurely repand, 

 adnate, only the lowest narrowed at the base on the lower side, scarcely 

 shortened ; texture rigidly subcoriaceous ; rachis and castas below pilose ; veins 

 raised, very distinct to the edge ; areolos and sori uniserial, the latter near the 

 midribs, not crowded. — Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 136. P. Atkinsoni, Clarke, MSS. 



Hab. Sikkim, 8-11,000 feet. 



238*. P. (Gonioph.) Hendersoni, Atkins, MSS. ; rhizome very slender, wide- 

 creeping ; St. 3-4 in., naked, very slender, grey- stramineous ; fr. lanceolate, 

 8-9 in. 1., 1^-2 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 20-30, ligulate, bluntish, patent, 

 2-3 lin. br., closely inciso-crenate, only the lowest slightly narrowed at base, not 

 reduced ; texture membranous ; surfaces naked, light-green ; areolce and sori 

 uniserial, the latter crowded close to the midrib, 



Hab. Sikkim, 10-11,000 ft., Elwes, Alhmon. 



238*- P. (Gonioph.) microrhizoma, Clarke ; rhizome 1 lin. thick, firm, wide- 

 creeping ; scales minute, lanceolate ; st. 4-5 in., naked like the rachis, castaneous 

 on the lower side ; fr. lanceolate, f-1 ft. I., 3-4 in. br., simply pinnate ; pinnce 

 20-30-jugate, patent, lanceolate, acute, 3-4 lin. br., distantly incised, all except the 

 lowest dilated at thie base ; texture moderately firm ; surfaces green, naked ; 

 areolos and sori uniserial, the latter near the midrib, not crowded. 



Hab. Sikkim, temperate region, Glarke, Elwes. 



251*. P. (Gonioph.) argutum, Wall ; rhizome \ in. thick, firm, wide-creeping ; 

 scales minute, lineai', subulate, dark-brown ; st. 3-6 in., naked, castaneo-stra- 



