POLYPODIUM. 



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(undivided) fronds, borne on stalks lin. or more in length, clothed with soft, 

 spreading hairs, are Sin. to 12in. long, Jin. broad, sharp-pointed at their 

 summit, but very gradually narrowed to the base, and slightly waved along 

 the edges ; they are of a leathery texture and naked on both sides. The 

 spore masses are disposed in long rows midway between the midrib and the 

 edge. — Hooker, Species Filicum., iv., p. 169, t. 272b. Beddome, Ferns of 

 Southern India, t. 237. 



P. ZoUingerianum — Zol-lin-ger-!-a'-num (Zollinger's). Synonymous with 

 P. heterocarpum,. 



Fig, 70. Polypodium zosterseforme 

 (^ nat. size). 



P. (Phymatodes) ZOSteraeforme — Phy-mat-o'-des ; zo-ste'-ne-for'-me 

 (riband -shaped), Wallich. 

 This singular-looking, stove species, of small dimensions, is a native of 

 Tenasserim, Burmah, and Moulmein. Its riband-like fronds, 4in. to 6in. long, 

 very narrow, with edge entire, and gradually narrowed to the base, are produced 

 from a wide -creeping, slender rhizome of a fragile nature and scaleless ; they 

 are borne on very slender short stalks (Fig. 70, reduced from Col. Beddome's 



