TAB. LXXVI. 
Lygodium (Eulygodium) tolystachyum. Wall 
Villosulum, longe seandens, ramis bipinnatis, pinnis remotis 
geminatis 1-1 J pedalibus ad basin srnpe gemmiferis, pinnulis 
alternis remotis petiolulatis in petiolulum articulatis, ste- 
rilibus fertilibus eonformibns oblongis vel ovato-lanceola- 
tis pinnatifidis, segmentis oblongis obtusis, fertilinm laciniis 
soriferis, rachibus pubescentibus bine longeque ferrugineo- 
villosis, venis liberis. 
Lygodium polystachyum, Wall. Cat. n. 2200. 
IIab. Malayan Archipelago and Peninsula. Woody moun- 
tains of Pulo-Penang, Wallich. Mergui ( Griffith ) and 
Tonglow, and Mergui, Rev. C. S. P. Parish , n. 46, Moul- 
maine, Thos. Lobb. 
An undescribed species of Lygodium , and unquestionably 
among the most distinct of the Genus. Dr. Wallich was the 
first to discover it, and we have specimens also from Griffith, 
and from Mr. Parish. It appears to be an extensive climber, 
the main rachis is deciduously villous and pubescent. The 
primary pinnae spring in pairs from one point or side of the 
main rachis, and often bear a shaggy gemma between them 
at the base. The pinnae are 2-2 \ inches long, and what is, as 
far as I know, peculiar to this species, the fertile pinnae do not 
essentially differ from the sterile ones, they are merely a 
little narrower, and the segments, somewhat contracted, bear 
the two rows of capsules on the underside. 
TAB. LXXVI. Fig. 1 . Portion of a fertile plant, of 
Lygodium polystachyum, Wall.; natural size. f. 2. Sterile 
pinna; nat. size. f. 3. Sterile segment; magnified, f. 4. 
Fertile segment; magnified, f. 5. Sorus; and/. 6. Capsule; 
more magnified. 
C'eitt. 2. x. 76 
