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into i>innatitiil, cli)se, liinceolato piiimilos, tliiii. }ilal)ious; areohp copious, 

 without free voinlets; sori small, in rows iioar the main voins. 



Luzon, Ciiniiiig 0, 114. 



Malaya ami Polynesia. 



(4) A. Brogniartii (I?ory) Dicls. Rliizomo sliort, erect, densely scaly 

 at the top; stipe 150 cm. or more hifjh. dark hrown at tlic Imse, liplitor 

 above and j;ial)rous; frond oO to 100 cm. iii^li, lialf as lirf)ad, apex pin- 

 natitid into deep, re|)and or lobed segments; below tliis numerous distinct 

 pinnie, the lowest 15 to 20 cm. long, lanceolate-deltoid, lobed throughout 

 into broadly lanceolate lobes of which all except the lowest basipetal one 

 are entire or nearly so, subcoriaceous, glabrous; areohe copious, with 

 few or no free veinlets; sori rather small, quite conlined to the margin. 



Rizal, Lohcr; Albay, Camarines and Masbate, Baranda; Xegros. 

 Copcland. 

 Malaya. 



(5) A. iamaoense Copeliuid. Rhizome ascending; stipe 1.") to 2.} cm. 

 higii. with a few snuill, lanceolate scales at the base, fibrillose near tlie 

 top. like the rachis; frond 15 to 25 cm. high, deltoid, usually trifoliate, 

 with a deeply tripartite apical segment, less often with the apical 

 segment entire, or with an extra pair of entire pinnse intercalated; lowest 

 pinntp short-stalked, about 10 cm. long, furcate with the smaller, lower 

 segment distant, herbaceous, glabrous, margin entire; areola^ witli free 

 veins; sori copious, irregularly scattered, round or elongate, exindusiate, 

 bright, deep red. 



On bowlders in creek bed, Lamao Forest Reserve, Luzon, Copeland 223. 

 This may not tn' distinct from .1. irririitiini. 



(()) A. difforme lilume. Stipes ttifted. erect: .'?() cm. or more liigh, 

 scaly near the base; frond 1 in., moic or less, liigh, at least lialf as 

 broad; upper pinnse lanceolate, nearly entire or with broad obtuse or 

 falcate lobes reaching half way to the costa ; lower pinna? often deltoid, 

 with the lobes of the lower side prolonged and pinnatitid, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous; areola" copious with few free veinlets; sori very copious, 

 scattered. 



Isabela-Luzon, Wurhurff 115S9; Rizal and Laguna, Lohcr: Culion, 

 Merrill (j(;3 ; Davao, Warburg 141.32. 



Malaya. 



(7) A. Whitfordi Copeland. Rhizome suberect, very short, densely 

 scaly at llie apex; stipe 20 to 30 cm. high, dark l)rown at the base and 

 clothed with linear scales, lighter above and glabrous; frond 30 to 40 

 cm. high, deltoid, acuminate, papyraceous, glabrous, olive green, the white 

 veins conspicuous on the upjier surface; apex pinnatifid. the segments 

 broadly crenate and obscurely serrate; below this aliout (i free pinnit on 

 each side, erecto-patent, acuminate, lanceolate, pinnatifid more or less 

 than half way to the rachis into oblong, obtuse, entire or serrate lobes, 

 lower pinnre stalked; lowest ones deltoid, with one free basi.scopic pinnule 

 resembling one of tiie upper pinnie; v(>ins laxly anastomosing, without 

 free included veinlets; sori round or oblong, irregularly scattered but 

 wanting near the costa, exindusiate. 



Lamao Forest Reserve, near the river. Luzon. Whitford 201. 



