TAB. XXIV. 
Polypodium (PHEaoPTERis) dare^forme, Hook. 
Caudice crassiusculo brevi subrepente dense ferrugIneo-pa» 
leaceo squamis lanceolatis acuminatissimis, stipite 4-unciali 
nitido paUide castaneo, fronde spithamsea ovato-deltoidea 
submembranacea bipinnata,pinnis primariis 4-5 uncias longis 
1 J unciam latis oblongo-lanceolatis subsessilibus acuminatis, 
pinnis oblongo - ovatis subbipinnatifidis laciniis obovato- 
linearibus obtusissimis simplicibus vel bifidis, venis sen costis 
in divisionibus solitariis ante apicem terminantibus clavatis, 
soris solitariis parvis ad basin laciniarum ultimarum, capsulis 
in utroque soro perpaucis. 
Hab. Khasya hill, Simons, n. 98. 
This finely cut Polyjpodium has some aflinity with Polypod. 
tenuisectuniy Bl. and perhaps, still more, with Blume’s P. 
millefolium, but besides other characters, the form of the two 
is quite different, and the ramification is much more com- 
pound. 
Fig. 1. Secondary pinna with sori. f. 2. Portion of a 
pinna, f. 3. an ultimate segment with a sorus, from which 
most of the few capsules are removed v^magnified. 
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