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tîian tbe type and narrowed more gradually below, and P. princeps, Mett., from New
Guinea, has the scales divided at the point into 3-4 ciliæ, and is thinner in texture, with,
more adpressed tomentum, and more numerous sori and areolæ.
284. P . (Nipli.) suhfurfuraceiim, H k . ; rhizome sliort-creeping, clothed with
deciduous ferruginous iibrillose scales ; St. 4-0 in. 1., firm, erect \ f r . l j - 2 ft. 1.,
4-5 in. hr., the apex acuminate, the lower pa rt narrowed gradually, the edge
entire ; texture coriaceous ; uj)per surface naked, lower with thin glaucous tomen-
tiim ; main veins distinct to the edge, connected by arched areolæ, with 1 or 2
irregular rows of 6 to 10 sori in each.—/ / / , Sp. 5. p . 52.
Hab. Mishmee and Bhootan, Griffith.
f t Tomentum thicker, more woolly, and looser. Sp. 285-296.
285. P. (Niph.) nummidarioefolium, Mett. ; rhizome slender, wide-creeping,
filiform, clotlied wdth bright-ferruginous fibrillose scales ; st. erect, j-1 in. ].,
often scaly ; f r . dimorphous, the barren ones roundish or elliptical, the fertile
ones longer and narrower, 1 j-2 in. 1., j - j in. br. ; texture subcoriaceous ; upper
surface naked, low'er densely coated with loose ferruginous W’oolly tomentum ;
main veins distinct, connected hy 4 to 6 arched areolæ ; sori close, scattered, sometimes
covering the wdiole surface.—/ / / . Sp. 5. p . 54. Galeoglossa, Presl.
Hab. N. India (up to 2,000 ft.), Neilgherries, Philippines, Malaccas.—P. obovatum,
Mett., is said to be like this, but to have the fertile fronds similar in shape to the barren
ones, and both obovate-oblong.
286. P . (Niph.) floccigerum, Mett. ; rhizome wdde-creeping, the scales squarrose,
lanceolate-acuminate, bright-ferruginous ; st. very short ; f r . 6-12 in. 1., j - j
in. hr., narrowed gradually to both ends, the edge entire ; texture rigid, coriaceous
; upper surface naked, lower densely matted with subferruginoiis tomentum
; veins hidden ; sori immersed amongst the tomentum, covering the whole
npper pa rt of the frond.—R k . Sp. 5. p . 45. Antrophyum niphoboloides, R k . Sp. 5.
p. 94.
Hab. N. India, Philippines, Malaccas.—Most like N. porosim, but the frond much
narrower and texture more rigid.
287. P . (Niph.)y'?552iw, Baker ; rhizome stout, short-creeping, the scales dense,
spreading, lanceolate, ferrnginons ; st. none, or very short ; f r . 6-12 in. L, j - l j
in. hr., narrowed very gradually to both ends, the edge entire ; texture subcoriaceous
; upper surface naked, lower denselj^ coated with soft woolly ferruginous
tomentum ; veins hidden ; sori close, scattered, immersed amongst the tomentum.
—Niphoholus, B l. P . porosiim, Wall. I lk . Sp. 5. p . 48.
Hab. Himalayas (5-6,000 ft.) to Ceylon and Java.—Characterized by its strapshaped
subsessile fronds, very woolly beneath.
288. P . (Niph.) flocculosum, Don ; rhizome short, the scales linear-subulate, pale-
ferruginous ; St. 4-6 in. ],, firm, erect, cottony upivards ; f r . 6-18 in. 1., f-1 j in. hr.,
narrowed very gradually to both ends ; texture coriaceous ; upper surface naked,
low’er densely matted with close glaucous or suhferniginous tomentum ; main
veins distinct to tlie edge ; sori small, bright-coloured, in straight rows of 4 to 6
each between them.—P. detergibile, Hk . Sp. 5. p . 49.
Hab. N. India, ascending to 5,000 ft.
289. P . (Niph.) africanum, Mett. ; rliizome stout, densely clothed with large
grey ovate scales ; / r . subsessile, 6-12 in. 1., j-1 j in. in’., narrowed gradually to
both ends, the edge entire ; texture coriaceous ; upper surface naked, low’er densely
coated with close nearly wdiite woolly tomentum ; veins immersed ; sori close.
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