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COPELAND. 
PROSAPTIA Presl. 
1. P. contigua (Forst.) Pr. 
No. 31f5, Lakekamu. 
Malaya, Polynesia. 
POLYPODIUM I Annaeus. 
§ Eupolypodium. 
1. P. decorum Brack. 
No. 113, Waria River, German New Guinea, altitude 900 m. 
Polynesia to Ceylon. 
This is more slender than most specimens and is not quite pinnate. It has 
been determined by Bailey as P. blechnoides (Grev. ) Hook, which would be the 
name to maintain if the species were identical. But the latter as described is 
much broader ; and the hairs around the sori could hardly have been overlooked 
in the preparation of Greville’s figures. The sinuses between segments are closed 
to water by a few very peculiar branched hairs, as in the • P. decorum -of the 
Philippines. 
§ Goniophlebium. 
2. P. verrucosum Wall. 
Nos. 240, 240A. No. 240 is a very large form, the fronds reaching a length of 
almost three meters. 
Australia to the Philippines. 
§ Phymatodes. 
3. P. senescens Copel. spec. nova. 
P. (Crypsinus) rhizomate repente paleis pallide ferrugineis mox albes- 
centibus late lanceolatis integris vestito; stipitibus inter se ca. 1 cm 
distantibus, frondis sterilis 1-1.5 cm altis, frondis fertilis 3-5 cm altis, 
glabris, nitidis, tenuibus sed rigidis ; fronde sterile elliptico-orbiculare, 10 
mm lata, basi late euneata, minutissime et remote incisa, glabra, dura et 
opaca, margine revoluta; fronde fertile lineare utrinque angustata, vix 
5 mm lata, sensim integra, coriacea ; soris utroque latere uniseriatis, 
medialibus, inter se remotis, parvis, leviter immersis. 
No. 274- 
Related to P. pyrolifolium Goldm., P. neglectum Bl., and P. oodes Kze. 
4. P. accedens Bl. 
No. 252, Ambasi. 
Malaya and Polynesia. 
An adhuc P. damunense Rosenstock ? 
5. P. rupestre Bl. var. leucolepis Rst. 
No. 218, Ambasi. 
The species Malayan, the variety Papuan. 
6. P. punctatum (L. ) 3wtz. 
Nos. 119, 256, Ambasi. The former is acute, the latter subcordate at the base. 
Polynesia to Africa. 
