A.sri.KMK.K — ASl'LKMl.M. 85 



lol)o»l iiioif tlian lialf way down In tlic racliis in the lower part, the two 

 sidos iiiit'([Uiil, till' iipiicr iiuriclrd mid riarrowfd sudih-iily, tlic lower very 

 ol)li(Hi(dy truncate at tlir Ka-r; texture eoriiiceou.H ; rarhis tleciduously 

 villoso; veins vi-iy (il)liqne; sori siihfhihelhite. 



Arayut, 800 ni.; Tonjrlon, '2,2.')() in.: Marivoles, 1,400 ni., and .\f<)ntall>an, 

 Lohcr, pinnir stroiifily aurieled, rpseinhlin}^ .1. dimidiatiiin, hut tlie point 

 aciiininato; Xueva \'izoaya, Mrrrill 2!t5; IJarjuio, TdjtpiiKj 2(iti. 



Tropics, around the worhl. 



A. pohjoilon l'"orst., ooUeeted at Sorso^^on hy lhi<nLr and in I^iffiina l)y 

 Cumiuy, and .1. zaniiafulium Prosl, colh-cted at Sorsof^on by Uacnkc, are 

 hardly so[)arahlc by the descriptions from A. caudatum. Tarachia trun- 

 catiloba Presl is also tiie plant eoinnioniy called ,1. caudatum — on the 

 assumption tliat the leal .1. caiiiliit iDit Forst. is not, as Presl states, 

 A. honiduin i\ault. 



(27) A. cuneatum i-ani. Stipes tufted, 15 to 2o cm. higii, firm, erect, 

 naked; frond 1") to 40 cm. long, 15 to 25 cm. broad, with numerous 

 spreading pinna' on each side, the lower ones 10 cm. long, .3 cm. broad, 

 lanceolate-delt()i<l, cut down to the rachis into several distinct ovate- 

 cuneate piiuiules, which are inciso-dentate and cut down in the lower part 

 nearly or quite to the rachis; texture subcoriaceous; rachis firm, grayish, 

 nearly naked; veins fin(>, conspicuous on the upper surface; sori linear, 

 suhllalu'ilate. 



Davao, Wdrhin;/ 14144; Maquiling, Loher. 



Tropics, every wliere. 



See coininent under .1. I<iscrititiifuliu))i. 



(28) A. affine Swartz. Stipe 15 to 30 cm. high, linn, erect, gray, nearly 

 naked; frond 30 to 45 cm. long, 15 to 30 cm. broad, with numerous pinnae 

 on each side, the lower ones lanceolate-rliomlioidal. cut down to the rachis 

 into numerous distinct rhomboidal pinnules, which are again inciso-serrate 

 or deeply lobed; texture subcoriaceous; rachis firm, naked; veins sub- 

 flabellate; sori copious, linear. 



Luzon, Htccrc: Mount Marivelcs, 1,400 ni., Loher. 



Ceylon to Hawaii. 



(2fl) A. nitldum Swartz. Stipe .stout, erect, grayish-black, naked; frond 

 6 to 10 dm. high, with numerous lanceolate-deltoid pinn*. the lowest of 

 which are 20 cm. long, 8 cm. deep, with numerous stalked subdeltoid 

 pinnules, which are again cut down to their rachis into broad, flaixdlato- 

 cuneate segments inciso-serrate round the outer edge; texture .subcoria- 

 ceous; rachis stout, gray, naked; \cins channeled, (labellate; .sori siiort, 

 radiant. 



Montalban, Marambibi, Loher. 



India and Malaya. 



This description (•o\irs two ferns. 



(30) A. laserpitiifolium Lam. Stipes tufted on an erect .scaly root- 

 stalk, 20 to 40 cm. high, stout, erect, gray-black, naked; fronds reaching 

 a length of above 1 in., by one-third as broad, with numerous pinnte; the 

 lowest pinucT deltoid-lanceolate, with numerous stalked pinnules, the 

 lowest of which are again pinnate, and their segments incised or pin- 



