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D. poly car pa Mett. Malacca (fide Beddome) who says how- 

 ever he has not seen this species and doubts if there is a 

 specimen in Europe. (Dictyopteris heterosora Baker is 

 Aspidium vastum). 



POLYPODIUM. 



§ 1. Fronds entire. 



P. parasiticum Mett. Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Hullett) ; Pe- 

 nang Hill (Fox). Distrib. India. 



P. subevenosum Bak. Johor, Gunong Pulai ; Gunong Pantai 

 (Ridley); Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Hullett, Eidley 8961); 

 Pahang, River Ban Tahan (Ridley) ; Perak (Scorte- 

 chini) Endemic. 



P. hirtellum, Bl. Malacca, Mt. Ophir, Gunong Mering (Rid- 

 ley 3354) ; Perak (Scortechini), Tea Gardens, Thaiping 

 Hill (Ridley), Gunong Brumber; Pahang (Wray 1553). 

 Distrib. Ceylon, Malaya. 



P. sessiUfoUum Hook. Penang Hill (Ridley 10172, 7134). 

 Distrib. Malaya. 



P. universe Bak. Richmond Pool (Matthew) ; Penang (Cur- 

 tis). Endemic. 



P. Ridleyi Christ. A very small plant with entire fronds thin 

 and undulate when dry ; on knots on Baccaurea parviflora 

 on Gunong Pulai, Johor (Ridley 12136). 



P. adspersum Bl. Singapore (Lobb), probably wrongly local- 

 ised. 



P. setigerumBl. Singapore (Moore's Herbarium). 



§ 2. Fronds lobed. 



P. trichomanoides Sw. Malacca, Mt. Ophir, Mering (Ridley 

 9863) "forma fronde glabra, soris subterminalibus " 

 (Christ); Selangor, Hulu Semangkok (Ridley 12035). 

 Distrib. India, Africa. 



R. A. Soc, No. 50, 1908. 



