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P O L Y P O D IUM LONGIFRONS .
FILICES.— G y r a t æ . B t . P o l y p o d i a c e æ . Kaulf. F i l i c e s veræ. Willd., Spreng.
G e n . C h a r . P O L Y P O D I U M , Sw. S o r i s u b ro tu n d i (s e ria ti, sp a rs i v. c o n fe rti). I n v o lu c r u m
n u llnm . B r .
P o l y p o d iu m l o n g i f r o n s ; s tip ite subnuHo, f ro n d ib u s la n c eo la tis a c um in a tis in te g e rrim is m em b ra n a c
eis re tic u la tis te n u is s im e m a rg in a tis , b a si lo n g e a tte n u a tis , so ris u b iq u e sp a rs is , c audic e lo n -
g issim o.
P o ly p o d ium lo n g ifro n s . T V a ll. M S S .
P o ly p o d ium n o rm a le ? D o n . P r o d r . F l . N e p a l . p . 1 .
H a b . In d ia O rie n ta li. J V a l l. I n N e p a l i â ? H a m i l to n .
Caudex longissime repens, crassus, flexuosus, lignosus, hispido-squamosus, radiculosus, fibris fibformibus, ramosis,
fusco-tomentosis.
Stipes subnuUus, vel, si mavis, bvevissimus, alatus, in frondem sensim superne dilatatus.
Frondes, plurima; ex eodem caudice, u t videtur, pendentes, sesquipedales et ulti-a, lanceolatæ, glabræ, membra-
naceoe, subpeUucidoe, reticulatæ, in areobs uniglandulosoe (fig. L), integerrimæ, margine subunduîatæ, tenuiter
jncvassatæ, apice acuminate, inferne longe attenuatæ, costatæ ; costa crassa, fusca.
Sori numerosi, hemispbærici, pe r totem inferiorem parCem frondis sine ordine sparsi.
Capsidce flavo-fuscæ, longe pedicellatæ.
Semina oblonga, subreniformia, peUucida vix colorata.
Fig. 1. Portio frondis, cum soris. f. 2, Capsulæ. f. 3. Semina:—ìnagi. auct.
F o r oiu' k n ow led g e o f th is fin e spe c ie s o f P o l y p o d iu m we a re in d eb ted to th e H o n o u r a b le th e
E a s t In d ia C om p a n y , f rom w h om wc h av e re c e iv ed i t w ith th e M S . n am e h e r e ad o p ted , b u t w ith o u t
a n y p a r tic u la r h a b ita t b e in g g iv en . I t is, h oweve r, p ro b a b ly from N o p a l, a n d is p e rh a p s tlic same
a s th e P . n o r tn a l e o f M r . D o n ; b u t th e c h a ra c te r in th e P r o d r o m u s F lo ra : N e p a l e n s i s o f th a t
a u th o r is to o s h o r t to e n ab le u s to d e te rm in e th a t p o in t sa tisfa c to rily .
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