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POLYPODIUM. 
PoLYPODIUM ERUBESCENS. (Wall) Caudex ? stipites 1-2 feet and more long stout, as well as the rachis and costa 
more or less purplish-tawny, fronds in general ample but varying from 1 to 4 feet in length and from 6 inches to more than 2 feet in 
breadth, firm sub-coriaceous, broad-ovate acuminate, pinnated to the extremity, pinnæ 3-16 inches long 4-1} inch wide, approximate, 
sessile, elongate-oblong, the sides parallel for a long way and then gradually acuminated to a serrated apex, deeply nearly to the costa 
pinnatifid, segments oblong subfalcate rather acute entire or obscurely serrated, veins approximate simple free, two lowermost opposite | 
pair meeting but scarcely uniting at the sinus, soriferous always at the very base so as to form two lines or series (at length confluent) 
one on each side and close to the costa not extending to the apex of the segment, main rachis stout with a broad groove on the upper side 
(when dry) Hook. Sp. Fil. iv. 236 ;—P. erubescens, Wall. Cat, n. 330. 
The specimen figured is from Dalhousie—(Col. Dyas). 
Hab. Throughout the Himalays, Sikkim alt. 2,000 ft., Khasya, Malacca. 
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