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POLYPODIUM, 



JP OLYPODXTJM K.HASYANUM. (Hook.) Caudex short creeping scaly, stipites short tufted (articulated upon the caudex) 

 fronds a span to 14 inches long 1-1| inch broad subcoriaceo-membranaceous hairy below and on the costa deeply nearly to the rachis 

 pinnatifid with very acute sinuses, segments approximate horizontally patent from a broad and subdecurrent base oblong obtuse or 

 the lower ones subriangular or short and rounded entire or subsiuuate ciliated, costules fiexuose, and simple oblique veins apparent, sori 

 short-oval eight or ten on each segment in 2 rows nearer the margin than the costa sunk into an oval cavity (having an elevation on the 

 dipper side of the frond) bordered by a raised margin. Hook Sp. Fit iv. 19 L Ic. PL t 949, Cent of Ferns, t 49. Mett t Poly. p. 50. 



The figure is taken from Sir W. Hooker's Cent of Ferns, 



Hab. Khasya Hills, 4,000 feet elevation,— Assam. 



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