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sori acmi-immerseJ minute, inserted on n munitest reeeplacle on the hack ot the veinlets or on tire angle of the lesser areoles 3hUe„ ■
Polypoclrrrnr irioides, /look Sp. ML v. 67 ¡-Phynratodes, P t o . .-D ry n a r ia , P. S ». , - P . sessile, A « »f/,-Mic rosoriu,n, Z i„ k - X
.m g n ..re /,„,/■ Ale Gen. ,. 20, D. / . 3 -P h ym a to d e s polycephala, Pr. Tent., p. 198. t. 8, f . 19 -A s p id ium rnicrocarpum, DÍ, A «
Jm ., p. U 2 Polypodmm glabnim, S o A in Wall. Oat. n. 281 P . polycephalum, Wall Oat. n. 273. '
On trees in moist woods—Anamallays, Coimbatore hills, Nilgiris, i c . at no great elevation.
PLATE No CLXXVm.
7. Pteapcllie iridactyla. (Wall) Aquatic, caudex creeping, branched, the yoting,apices only paleaceous with blackish lanoeokte
subukta scales, strpites more or less ap.art, L3-4 inehes lo 1 foot long, winged upwards, aud as well as the hack of tho costa and costales
f.rrt..racco.q,umosc, fronds 2-3-9 inches long, f l } and 2 inehos wide, firm membranaceous very dark, dirty green (when dry
black) lanceokte acuminate entire, (rarely sub-hastato, tri-lobale or tri-partite, or ó iido-pinnatifid) below long-taperhig into a graduall,
deeurrent wing upon the petiole, glabrous above, margin entire, venation very conspicuous, costules prominent bene.atli, rather wide anart
e.x.eiidrng about two-thirds ol the way to the m.a,gin. then uniting and forming krge co,staI .areole, within whieii the s m iW « ;
origin, a second scries of smaUer areoles is formed nearer the margin, and these .and the rest of the frond are filled up with a iiet-worl- „f
smaller irregular areoles iiieluding free simple or forked veinlets which have clavate apices, sori small not very numerous, 1 -3 in each
to g e arsole comprtal upon the se c o n d .^ veins of the primary areole. often coufineiit into tensverse, oblong or linear (grammitoid) sori’
UooL Sp. Ml. V. ,5 i-P„lypodr„mtnda ctyI„n, Wall. Cat. ». 3IÓ ¡ -H o o k et Grea. ,e. Ml. t. 209 ;-P h yma to d es, ft-rai.--D rynariadi,bis
J . Sm. in Hook ; Journ. o f Bot. m., p. 397 Polypodium pteropus, B l M l Jav., p. 168 Í. 76.
(I have never seen the fronds tri-partite or pinnatifid in any of the Southern Indkii or Ceylon specimens),
vidley ( C o f m Z X l " ' ^
PLATE No. CLXXIX.
8 Ph,pettia Wightiana. (Wallich). Caudex creeping, blackish, paleaceous with rather dirty-brown ovato-Ianeeokte srale.
s ipites sub-aggregated a few lines to 1-2 inches long, fronds extremely v.,riable in site and texture, from 3-4 inches to U foot and from
i ot an inch to nearly 2 inches wide, lanceolate or linear-knceokte coriaceons and opaque, or coriaceo-membranaceous orq'uite membrana
oeons, blimtIy or sharply acuminated, much and gradually attenuated, at the sometimes quite sessile base, the nmrgin entire or subsiiinate ■
venation reticulated with free .„eluded veinlets, but there are p rim ary veins wl.icl. form k rge costal .árenles L h .d rn g the Icss ” »
and numerous forked tree voiolets and the compital sori, sori often much sunk (with protuberances at the back) forming a single series
nearer the costa than the margin varying much in size, when young wholly or partially covered with i b Í, es
K e . .U t l lolgp., p. 22 ; - P . atro-punetatum. Hook and Arnt. B o l Beech Fog., p. 103 ; - P . l i n e a r e - ^ . Jap., p. 336, Pe t 19 - J
Pleopeltis elongata, ICl/s. Polyp. GueintzU, J/eiteii Folyp, p. 91. ’
Common in all hilly regions on the We.stern side of the presidency.
A verg variable epeciee-Pleopelti, KequipeialU, (Walligh) i. Hu, larger and more memlranaceom vavietg, but títere are inte,-
mediate forms.
PLATE No. CLXXX.
^ ( ™ - ) 'o"g-»toptag. paleaceous with lanceolate ferruginous scales, stipites remote 1-2-4
mches long, fronds eori.ceo eaniose, 3-9 inches long, } to 1 inch wide, lanceolate more or less acumimato, long and gr,adnally attei.uatod at
the base above, sparingly beneath, copiously furnished with orbicular ovate, email appressed peltate scales dark in the centre, pale in the
orcnmferenee and dentrcukte veins immersed indistinct, the primary veins form large obliquely elongated areoles, wind, iimlnde ve„
irragn , r and different sized areoles and a few free veinlets which are rarely forked, sori generally very largo and often exceedingly pro-
mrnent, pulvmate globose or oval, stalked scales mixed with the spore cases. Hook Sp. M l v. 56 ¡ -W il ld . in Sehlceht Adunbr p 17
J g . P. macrocarpum, Willd. Sp. PI. v., p. 147 ;—Pleopeltis linearis, K lfs .;—Pleopeltis ensifolia, Ilook E x. Fil. l. 62—Polypodium margínale,
Willd. Sp. PI. V., p. 1 4 9 Grammitis revoluta, Willd. Sp. PL v. 1 3 9 Pleopeltis Kaulfnssiana, Presl. /—Polyp, leucosporum,
Kl. in Ii" " -
Nilgiris common in woods about Ootacamund.
Very similar to the last species in outward appearance, the. venation however is different, and the under-surface o f the fro n d it
'• ahvays clothed with orbicular peltate scales. The venation is only to he detected by soaking the frond, it is then much more prominent than
that of P. Wiyhiiana. The venation is more that o f Phlebodium than o f Pleopeltis, and there is sometimes a narrow areole forme.d near
the costa within the large elongated areole ; this areole, however, is not alway-e formed, the connecting veinlet being sometimes absent. (Vide
magnified figure o f venation) the receptacles are situated on the converging apices o f several veinlets.
PLATE No. CLXXXL
10. Pleopeltis hemionitidea. (Wall.) Caudex creeping, scaly, furnished with wiry sciily fibrous roots, stipites very short (3-6
lines long) scaly winged upwards, fronds 6 inches to 11 foot long, 1 2 inches broad, membranaceous sub-cbartaceous, sub-transparent
very dark shining green, broad lanceolate, gradually acuminated into a fine point, at the apex and gr;idually attenuated at the base, entire
glabrous, main costa slightly scaly beneath near the base—venation very prominent, costules and veins blackish, the former pinnate nearly
horizontal, the latter forming about 5 series of sub-quadrate areoles, in which are inconspicuous free veinlets which are either simple or
forked, but without clavate apices. Sori compital rather large, forming one series between the costules, and these very irregular in shape
and size, sub-globose or oblong, or even (by confluence) linear lying transversely witli regard to the costa, parallel with the costules. Wall.
Cat., p. 284 Polypodium hemionitideum, Ilook. Sp. Fil. v. 73 Metten Polyp., p. 112 Drynaria, J /—Selliguea, Pr. Tent. P t ,
p. 2ie. /. 9, / 17 Colysis, Pr. Epim., p. 147.
My specimens have only a single sorus between each o f the costules situated in the 2nd areole from the costa, they are not probably
in fa ll seed. I t i s allied to “ P. membranácea," but differs in ha,ving much darker green, more crisp fronds; the veins fo rm more regular
areoles than in (hat species, and both costules and veins are dark and prominent, the venules are very inconspicuous and are not as recurved
nor are their apices as thickened as in “ membranácea.”
Sampajee ghát, (Coorg) 4 miles down from Mercara in ravines growing on rocks—Nilgiris, (Maclvor, in Herb. Hook.)
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N ip h o b o lu s . K a x d f. E n u n x . F il. 124i.
C y c lo p h o ru s , D i s m u a ; /— P y r r o s ia , d / f j '5e / / - C a n d o l l e a , Mirbel in p a r t /— S c y to p to r is , F j w / / — S p h a r o s tlc h u m , F m / ; — P o ly -
c am p ium , Presl. /—A p a lo p h le b ia , Presl. /—G y ro s o r iu n i, Presl. /—ü a le o g lo s s a , Presl. / —G y n o s o r um Presl. /—C r a s p e d a ria , L in k in
p a r t/—N ip h o p s is , J . Smith /— P o ly p o d i i s p ., Auct.
Sori non-indusiate, globose, cyclose or elliptic, superficial or immersed, buried amongst dense stellate pubescence; tbe receptacles
terminal or medial on the excurrent free nr irregularly anastomosing veinlets. Veins internal obscure, pinnate prominent or uniform,
from a central costa venules amistomosing, sometimes transversely parallel, forming parallelo grammoid areoles with excurrent free or
occasionally connivent or anastomosed veinlet.s, sometimes uniting in rouiuUsii or oblong hexagonal unequal oblique areoles with variously
directed simple or divaricately forked veinlets, the veins of the fertile fronds when contracted Jess developed.
Fronds simple or lobed, rigid coriaceous opaque, clothed especially beneath with stelUte hair-seales or sometimes even lanate ;
the fertile often contracted, sometimes also more elong.ated, occasionally fertile at the apex only, and then there contracted, clothed
especially beneath with dense stellate pubescence. Sori uni-nmlti-serial, often crowded and confluent. Rhizome creeping often ehmcfated
or sometimes short, decumbent. The species of Niphobolus may be known by having polypodioid sori buried amongst stellate hairs’
(Moore). ® ’
T ie venation o f Niiohobolue n verg variable in iife r en t epecies. Presl I„ , formed 8 genera out o f i l
1. Niph,bolus poro,us. (Wzllicli). C.mdex crccpiiiq, subi.kto-pdeacemis with fermginoHS sralcs, stipitos .zggrcgiiled short srarcely
any or 3-.o mchos long, s.id th in winged «■ margiiiod ta the baso, fronds canioso-oorkcco.is 6 inches to a foot and nioro loira J an inch to
i-1., inch wa.e, knccoktc or lincar-knccolalo or oven linear often finely acnminated, tho margin quite entire (or rarely s°poiioosiy and
veiy nneqnally pmnatifid with remote long and narrow segments) from near the middle gr.adaally attenmated downwards to the caudex a t
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