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Drymoglossum Presl. 



12. 0. piloselloides Presl. Tert. Pterid. 227, Tab. 10. 

 Abundant throughout the island, on trees, especially near the Sea. 

 Area: An epiphytic creeper on trees, from N. and S. W. India to the 



Sunda-Islands (Java, 1. Raciborski). 



Poly podium L. 



13. P. nigrescens Blume Enum. fil. Jav. 127. 



Klong Sarlakpet (500 ft.), on rocks in the jungle. 



Area: A Monsoon-species from N. India and Ceylon to Eastern Polynesia. 



14. P. sinuosum Wall. Gatal. 2231. 



Mouth of Klong Majum, Koh Saket, on low trees. 



Area: One of the most interesting species, whose ample rhizome is 

 inhabited by ants like Myrmecodium, creeping on trees, from Perak and the 

 Malacca-States to Java and Western Polynesia, not common. It is not really 

 allied to P. longifolium Mett. nor to the other simple Polypodia of the Lineare- 

 group, but to the pinnatifid species with „rnyrmecophile* rhizomes and often 

 with large peltate scales: P. Sarcopus De Wiese and Teysm. Hook. Synops. Ed. 

 II, 514. P. lomarioides Kunze, Lecanopteris carnosa Blume, L. puinila Blume 

 fil. Jav. Tab. 94 B. P. sinuosum also, occasionally, has lobed and even pinna- 

 tifid leaves. 



15. P. (Minna tum (L. Spec. Plant. 1524 sub Aerosticho). 

 P. ireoides Lamarck Hook. Synops. Ed. II, 360. 



Klong Munsé, Klong Sarlakpet, Koh Kong; on rocks in the jungle. 

 Area: Tropical forests of E. and W. Africa and India to N. Australia and 

 Polynesia, frequent, on trees. 



Niphobolus Kaulfs. 



16. N. acrostichoides (Sw. Syn. fil. 29, 225 sub Pohjpodiö). 



On trees in the jungle near Klong Munsé, Koh Saket. 



Area: Malayan shores from Ceylon and Malacca to N. Australia and the 

 Philippines. Epiphytic, 



17. N. adnascens (Sw. cit. 25, 228 sub Pohjpodiö). 



Abundant throughout the island, usually on low trees, more rarely on 



rocks. 



Area: Very common throughout the Malayan region from N. India and 

 Ceylon to W. Polynesia; also in Béunion and W. Africa. Epiphytic, 



Platycerium Desv. 

 18. P. Uforme Bl. 



