Asi'hKMK.K — rALi.iriKias. ( 1 



witli inmi.ious piiiniv iiml u hiii,'.' |iimi:ii iliil tcnninal scgnu-nt; pinniK 8 

 to 20 em. Iniijr. .$."> to ."> cin. hioail, I'litire or sciiiitc or sli<.'lit]y lohnd, 

 acuniiiiiitf, the lowiT .stalkctl, tlie uii|H'r senile and somcf iiiics inolifciniis ; 

 vi'ins in iiiiinate groups, tlic veinlets from noiphborin;.' v.iiis nnitiii;,' to 

 form a series of arclies; sori on all tln'-c vcinlct-, Imt tlir veins running,' 

 from tlie eosta to tlie margin stcrili". 



Luzon and J.eyte, Cuiniiitf ."{(KJ ; l?aeo River. Mindoro, MmiU ITTti; 

 Davao, Copeland (503, 94!); San Ramon, Zamboanpa, Copeland 737. 



Africa across Polynesia. 



((() C. esculenta (Ketz). Caudex sometimes risinj; al«>ve tlie ground; 

 stipes :W to (■((» em. liigli. firm green, almost smootli : fruiting fronds 

 80 to l.")!! em. IiIliIi. lialf as wide, hipiimate; iiiiinulrs more or less lobod, 

 acute, truncate at base, sometimes auricled, glabrous, herbaceous; veins 

 pinnate running directly from costa to margin, sterile, tlicir branches 

 bearing sori. anastomosing in pairs from neighl)oring veins forming a 

 series of small mclii's. 



Luzon, flacnke; Manila. Lohrr; Warhury 1274tl: Province of Pataan, 

 Merrill 2542, 25.52; Carranglang, Merrill 280; Penguet, Topping 210; 

 Davao. Copeland G04. 



India to Malaya and Formosa. 



The young plants are eaten as greens by uatives everywhere, called 

 "Paco." 



(28) ALLANTODIA K. Brown (in part). 



Veins forming 2 or 3 series of areolfc in the marginal lialf of the lamina 

 and ending in an intramarginal cross-vein; sori running from near tlie 

 costa to the first areola; indusium fastened all round its margin, and 

 vuiit\iring irregularly when the spores mature. A single terrestrial fern, 

 apparently related to Callipteris. 



The first plant described in this genus has since been placed in 

 Asplenium § Athyrium; but the genus is now universally recognized as 

 defined here. 



(1) A. javanica (Blume) Beddonie. Rhizome short; stipe about 30 

 cm. liigli; frond :!(i to GO cm. high, half as broad, pinnate; pinnie lance- 

 olate, entire or serrulate at the apex, glabrous, membranaceous. 



Davao. Warburfi 14118. 



India across Polynesia. 



(29) DIPLAZIUM Swartz. 



Rhizome creeping, or more often erect; fronds simple to tripinnate; 

 veins free; the lowest acroscopic branch of each vein bearing a double 

 sorus, the other fertile veinlets bearing single sori on the side facing 

 the apex of the vein the veinlet springs from, as in Asplenium. Mostly 

 robust terrestrial ferns. Palete often harsh and dark ; main roots usually 

 stout and black. 



