ltA\ ALlJi:.]; — MNliS.WA. Go 



or <l<iul)le, tlie widtli of tlie lolw; indusiimi inllaiid: Icxturf moderately 

 linn; color yellowisii, stipe sti-amiiieoiis. 



Ma;,'uio, Ijilirr .")('(. 



nai>it of !i siinill ami >iini>!e fm in <'\ I,. riridiN (ol. 



(!.■}) L. capiilacea Ciirist. Hull, iirii.. Hnis. 6 ( IS!)H ) : 144. Kliizoino 

 filiform, cieciiiiii; ami iiitertw iiied ; >{i\h- I.") niiii. loii^r. tllifonii, fuscescent, 

 rachist f;reen : frond 1 dm. loiifi, 1 em. wide, linear lanceolate, acuminate, 

 weak, liac'cid, .sul>l)i|>innate ; [linna' allernate. ."> mm. loiifj, ohlony-triaiifjular, 

 lower ed^'e entire with co.sta close to it. U])i»er e(I;;e incised almost or (|uite 

 to the costa into '.i or 4 erect se^^ments wiiich are linear, narrowed upward, 

 the lower segments forked: sori -mall, terminating the segments, flanked 

 on each side by acute teetli. 



Ma(|uilinf,'. T.OO to 1.000 m.-. Loher .57; Bapuio, Elmer 0020. 



The dissected sterile fronds adveiitive on old rhizomes of //. jiictiiKihi 

 resemlile this plant. 



I 14) L. Lancea il.. ) (lirist t [.. trnprz'iformis Pry.). Rhizome short- 

 creepinji:: ^tipe stronji. er»'ct. 14 cm. long, green except at base; frond 10 

 to 20 cm. long, with a long entire |)oint and 1 to 4 pairs of rather rigidly 

 erecto-pateni luaiiche-., pinna' i|iiiimile>i about 2..'> cm. Iimil;. 1 cm. deep, 

 the lower line nearly straight or curved dowiiwards. the u|)|)er rounded, 

 entire, closely placed, but scarcely imbricate; texture pellueido herbaceous; 

 sori in a ctmtinuous line below the upper margin. 



Negros, Gimogon River, Copeland tl(!: Davao, Loher 'rl. 



Tropical America. Ceylon. Malay ri'gion. 



(15) L. rigida -1. Sni. Khizome wide-creeping; stipe lo tn 1.") cm. liigii, 

 rigid, erect, prickly towards the base; frond with a long unbranclird central 

 point ami 1 to 4 pairs of flexuose lateral branches, 10 to 20 cm. long: 

 ]>itiimles )i to ,S mm. broad, 4 mm. deej), the lower edge often falc.ite, 

 the upper three or four times blinitly. not (h'cply lobed. placed close 

 together but not imbricated; texture very thick and coriaceous; veins 

 prominent; sori in a marginal line on the lobes. 



Davao, Lolier .lo ; l.uzon. linrdiidn 20. 



Malay Peninsula. 



The color of the mature frond is sepia brown, and the |)ale veins stand 

 out froni the groundwork in relief. 



(I(!) L. triquetra (Baker) Christ (/.. tennifitlin \\\.) . Khizome 

 creeping, fibrillose; stipe strong, erect, 10 to 1.') cm. high: frond with 

 2 to 7 jiairs of pinna' and a ti'imiiial one; lateral pinna' spreading, with 

 subrigid rachiscs, 10 cm. long. 1 to 2 cm. broad; ])innules cut down on 

 the upi)ei- side into narrow simple or forked linear segments widl toward 

 the marly straight costa; texture pellucido-herbaceous, both surfaces naked; 

 sori small, terminal on the segments; indusium suborbicular. 



Leyte, Ciiiiiixfi 300; Davao. Loher .58. 



Java to Samoa. 



(17> L. blumeana (Hk.). Rhizome creeping; stipe 10 to 1.') cm. high, 

 strong, erect; frond 20 to 30 cm. long, 1.") to 20 cm. broad, bipinnate; 

 pinna' rigid, ereeto-patent, 10 to 1.") cm. long. 1 cm. broad; ]>imiules thinly 

 herbaceous, cut down on the upper side into very slender tiliform simple 



