„Index Filicum”, wliere these are different trom the names given 
in iny handbook. 
The numbers placed betore the names of the plants indicate 
the sequence in the sections and those i)laced within brackets refer 
to the jiages of niy handbook. 
Tokyo, April 1909. 
Section I. 
+ No. 1. AlM»pliilii ifV#//.. (38). — A very 
common arborescent fern, widel}’ distributed thronghout. 
British India across the Malaijan Archipelago and Formosa. 
4- No. 2. llavalSiii pallifla. (301). — Terrestrial. 
Borneo, Mindanao, New-Gninea, Aneitum, Samoa. 
4- No 3. Aeplirolcpis hÏMM'rafa. M’rlio/f.. (162); Aspi- 
dium biserratim, Sw., Schrad. Journ., 1800 32.— A very 
common fern, as well epiphytical as terrestrial, widely distributed 
thronghout: 
The tropics of the world. 
4- No 4. Cihof iiiiii baroiiief/.. */. (48, 792). ? Polypo- 
dium Barometz, L., Spec., 1092.— Typical form. The copious, 
very long, fine, woolly hairs of the stipes are sometimes used 
to fill pillows. 
Malaga, Assam, Soidhern China. 
4 - No 5. Ilr.yiiaria ri^idiila. Hefifi.. (699); Polypodium 
rigididulum Sw„ Schrad. Journ., 1800^, 26,— Epiphytical, but some- 
times also terrestrial. Plants not dying down when destitute of 
its humus-collecting cupleaves, which commonly form large nests. 
Tropical Asia, Australia, Polynesia. 
4- No 6. Polypodium verriico««iiiii. ifVi//.. (619).— A 
beautiful, often cultivated ornamental epiph 3 ffe with large, sub. 
pendulous fronds. 
Malaya, Tropical Australia. 
4 - No 7. Ilmiiiiiula javaiiiea. HL» (756).— Terrestrial. 
Tropical Asm, Japan, Kamschatka. 
