42 POLYI'UDIACE.E OF THE PHILirPINE ISLANDS. 



cm. more or less liigli, contracted gradually to the base, oblong-spatulate, 

 acute or obtuse, entire, papyraceo-lierbaceous, glabrous; main veins prom- 

 inent, zigzag, reaching nearly to the margin, areolte copious, with free 

 included veinlets; fertile frond 15 to 30 cm. high, 4 mm. broad. 



Davao, Warburg 14114. 



India and ^lalaya. 



(3) G. minor (Mett.) Bedd. (Dendroglossa normalis Presl in part.) 

 Rhizome wide-creeping, firm ; stipe of sterile frond 2 to 5 cm. high, glabrous, 

 stramineous; of fertile about 10 cm.; sterile frond 3 to .5 cm. high, 1 cm. 

 broad, obtuse, entire, with tapering base, herbaceous, glabrous; no main 

 veins, areolae and included veinlets copious; fertile frond 3 to 5 cm. high, 

 3 mm. broad. 



Saniar, Cuming 32G in part. 

 Khasya hills in India. 



(4) G. lanceolata Hooker. Rhizome woody, wide-creeping; sterile 

 frond sessile or decurrent on a short stipe, 15 to 30 cm. high, I to 3 cm. 

 broad, obtuse or acute, entire, narrowed very gradually below, herbaceous, 

 glabrous; main veins raised but falling short of the margin; areolae 

 copious, with free veinlets; fertile frond 15 to 30 cm. high, 2 to 4 mm. 

 broad, on a stipe 20 cm. high. 



Saniar, Cuming 32G in part, a small form; Davao, Copeland 932. 

 India and Malaya. 



(5) G. axillaris (Cav.) Presl. Rhizome wide-scandent, branching; stipe 

 of sterile frond short or none, of fertile about 10 cm. high, slightly scaly 

 at the base; sterile frond 15 to 30 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. broad, obtuse, 

 entire, tapering gradually to the base, papyraceous, glabrous; no main 

 A'eins; areolae very copious, with free veinlets; fertile frond 15 to 30 cm. 

 long, 2 to 6 mm. broad, flexuous. 



Luzon, JVee, Cuming 30; Albay, Baranda. 



India and Malaya. 



This and the two preceding species are sometimes regarded as forms 

 of G. variahilis. 



(G) G. taccaefolia (Hooker) J. Sm. Rhizome short, stout, creeping; 

 stipe of sterile frond about ID cm. high, of fertile about 30 cm., both clothed 

 below with narrow, horizontal paleae; sterile frond 30 cm. more or less, long, 

 typically trifid, sometimes simple or pinnate, sometimes rooting at apex, 

 pinnae acute, entire, lanceolate, rachis winged in the more complex forms and 

 tlie lowest pinnae forked, papyraceous, glabrous; main veins distinct nearly 

 to margin, with regvilar transverse veinlets and copious areolae with included 

 veinlets; fertile frond typically trifid with middle segment 15 cm. long, the 

 lateral 10 cm., 3 to 4 mm. broad, exceptionally simple or pinnate. This 

 species is regarded as including Anapausia decurrens Presl, Gymnopteris 

 subquinqiiefida Presl, and G. lati folia Presl. 



Luzon, Cuming 3 and 5; "Manila," Meyen, Gaudichaud; Rizal, Loher; 

 Mindoro, Cuming 357; Culion, Merrill 534. 



(7) G. flageliifera (^Yall.) Bedd. Rhizome short and terrestrial, or 

 scandent up tree trunks when it is scaly and climbs by means of rootlets; 



