TAB. LXVI. 
Alsophila podophylla, Hook. 
Frondibus bi-tri-(quadri ?)-pinnatis glabris, pinnulis 4-6-polli- 
caribus petiolatis lineari-oblongo-lanceolatis coriaceo-mem- 
branaceis acuminatis sinuato-dentatis basi truncatis apice 
serratis terminali pinnatifido-lobato majore subtus pallidi- 
oribus, venis infimis solummodo cum proxlma vena anasto- 
mosantibus, soris copiosis sparsis globosis, capsulis com- 
pactis, receptaculo magno hemisph^erlco, costa subtus pu- 
bescenti-squamulosa. 
Alsopbila podophylla, Hook, in Kew Gard. Misc. 9, p. 334. 
Hab. Chusan, Alexander. Hong Kong, Dr. Harland, J. C. 
Bowring j Esq. Col. Urquhart ; abundant at the foot of Vic- 
toria Peak, in a ravine, Wilford. 
A very distinct and well marked species ; its nearest ally is 
probably Als. gigantea. Wall. The caudex is 4-8 feet high. 
Fronds 8-9 feet long. Stipes densely scaly below, and, as 
well as the main rachises, bright castaneous when dry, rough 
to the touch, but not to the naked eye, with minute raised 
points. Veins in fascicles ; the lowest veinlet in each fascicle 
very frequently uniting with the lower one of the opposite 
fascicle and thus forming a triangular areole next the costa, 
the rest of the veinlets free. This plant would probably be 
a Gymnosphoera of Blume and may be, and possibly is, his G. 
glabra \ but with the very brief character given by that 
author of less than two lines, it is impossible to form any 
decided opinion, one way or the other. 
Tab. LXVI. Digs. 1, 2, 3. Portions of a frond of Also^ 
phila podophylla, sterile and fertile ; natural size. f. 4. Por- 
tion of a fertile pinna, showing the venation ; magnified, f. 5. 
Single sorus, and f. 6. Keceptacle, from which the capsules 
have fallen ; more magnified. 
Cent. 2. t. 66. 
