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VASCULAK CRYPTOGAMIA OF NKW GUINEA. 107
Pohjpodium piuictatiim Thimb.—Widely spread iu both liomi-
splieres.
55.- Polypodium (Phegopteris) loxoscaphoides Baker, n, sp.
— JStipe short, slender, naked, castaneous. Frond oblong-deltoid,
decompound, a. foot long, moderately firm, green and glabrous on
both sufaces. Lov.er pinnie the largest, oblong-lanceolate subequilateral,
4-5 in. long. Ultimate segments ^V ^^' ^^ng, cuneate
with two veins or oblong with a single vein, with a single sorus
dorsal on the vein in the centre of the segment. No indusium
seen.—Mount Musgrave and 9200 ft. on Owen Stanley range.
Habit of Davallia [Laxoscop/te) (jibberosa and niijresci'ns.
98.* PoLYPODiuji (Eupolypodium) trichopodum F. Mnell. Eecord,
p. 41.— Khizome short-creepiag, ^ iu. diam., densely clothed with
small ovate imbricated pale brown palefe. Stipes very slender,
contiguous, brown, wiry, clothed with inconspicuous fine spreading
hairs. Frond simple, linear, obtuse, entire, 1-2 in. long, ^ in.
broad, narrowed gradually to the base, thick and moderately firm
in texture, clothed with fine spreading brown hairs. Veins erectopatent,
forked. Sori globose, superficial, costal.—Mount Victoria
and Mount Knutsford. Very distinct.
99.- Polypodium (Eupolypodium) mollipilum Baker, n. sp.
liootstock not seen. Stipe slender, brown, wiry, 1-1^ in. long,
clothed with fine spreading hairs. Frond simple, linear, entire,
3-4 in. long, \ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the
base and apex, moderately firm and thick, densely clothed with fine
spreading brown hairs. Veins forked. Sori globose, superficial,
costular.— Near the summit of the Owen Stanley range. Near L'.
Jliiokeri lirack., and r. lurtiun Hook.
101 '. Polypoiium (Eupolypodium) Stanleyanum Baker n. sp.
—Itootstock not seen. Stipe naked, h in. long. Fronds linear,
obtuse, entire, 8-5 in. long, ^-^ in. broad, very thick and rigid in
texture, glabrous and scaleless, narrowed gradually from the middle
to the base. Veins quite hidden. Sori globose, superficial, medial
between the midrib and edge, confined to the upper part of the
frond.—Near the summit of the Owen Stanley range. Allied to /'.
zi'i/lfi7iiciii)i Mett.
101. -• Polypodium (Eupolypodium) Knutsfordianum Baker,
n. sp.— lihizonie short-creeping, -^^ in. thick, clothed wilh small
pale brown ovate densely imbricated paleas. Stipe very short,
densely clothed with brown spreading hairs. Frond simple, linear,
enlire, 8-4 in. long, \ in. broad, firm in texture, clothed with a few
sjjrcading brown hairs, obtuse, narrowed gradually to the base.
Veins distinct, furnished with 2 short anterior branches. Sori
globose, superficial, forming 2 spacedout rows near the midrib.
j\lount Knutsford. Al.-iO allied to /'. zri/lioiicKiii,
108.* Polypodium ( I'ki polypodium) subselligueum ])aker,
n.sp.— Iioothlvck not .seen. Stipe nak(!d,l!-2 in. long. Frond simple,
linear, entire, thick, glabrous, 5-0 in. long, ^ in. broad at the
middle, narrowed gradually to the apex and base. Veins quite
hidden. Sori oblong, superficial, f-^ in. long, confined to tho
mitldle of tlic frond, placed close to the midrib and parallel with it