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clathratum/G. B. Clarke, from which it differs , by the scales in sorus and 

 on rhizome. 



■'•■■■) Polypodium (Pleopeltis) distans Makino, non Don, Kaulf., Raddi, 

 et Metten. 



Polypodium linear e var. distans Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XV. 

 (1901) p. 60. u," ' 



Polypodium leiopteris Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XII. (1898) p. 

 88, non Kunze. 



Polypodium sesquipedale forma leiopteris Makino, Phanerog. et Pteii'cL 

 Jap. Icon. Illustr. I. tab. 8, excl. syn. 



Nom. J up. Miyama-noJcishinobu: -■■-■ .; . , \, 



Hob. Japan, mountains. 



Nephrodium erythrosorum (Eaton) Hook. var. prolificum (Max- 

 im.) Makino. 



Aspidium 'prolificum Maxim, in litt. ex Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL 

 Jap. II. (1879) pp. 239, 632; Matsum. Catal. Herb. Coll. Sc. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo (1886) p. 253. 



...:.:.: Nephrodium prolificmn Diels in Engler et Prantl, Nat. Pfl.-Fam. I. 

 4, p. 173; Matsum. Ind. PL Jap. I. p. 323. 



Nom. Jap. Chirimen-shida. '(.. , - ./. _ t .,-..\?' 



Hab. Prov. Musashi : Tokyo, Bot. G-ard. Koishikawa, cult. (Herb. ! Sc. 

 Coll. Imp. Univ. Tokyo,': Aug. .2:5, 1877).. . ;; .; .: . ■ \;:r 



Some European botanists think the present plant as an independent 

 species. It is, however, nothing but a garden form under cultivation ; 

 not uncommon in Tokvo. 



Nephrodium unitum R; Br. Prodr. FL Nov. Holl. p. 148 ; Mett. 

 Phegpp. et Aspid.p. 386; Hook.et Baker, Syn. Fil. ed.-2, p. 289 ; C.Bj 

 Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, I. p. 529; Diels in Engl.: et Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.-Fam. I. 4, p. 178 ; Matsum. Ind. PI. Jap. I. p. 327. 



-Aspidium unitum -Mett. in Anu. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. I. p. 230 ; 

 Makino -in -^ot. Mag., Tokyo, X. (1896) p. 223 (a. glabra) ; Christ in 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2 Ser. % (1900) ~p.-101& qui ILO ..• 1 .Cwi 



