ri-i;iiiiti;.i: — ri'Kins. inl 



Merrill :i;{47 ; Mashato ami Bataaii, Baranda; Capiz, Copeland 50; Davao, 

 Copeland 375. 



India tn Polynosia. 



(7) P. semipinnata I,. Stipe almvit .'to em. iiij,'ii, tirm, erect, naked, 

 briglit du'.stiuit hrowii ; fKiiid alxnit .">(i em. iii^'ii, liaif as luoad, ovate-lance- 

 olate, tlie upper part cut down to tlie raelii.s into close entire lobes, the lower 

 two-third.s with U to 8 pairs of opposite distantly-placed pinnu;; pinna; with 

 lon<,', entire points, and a broad entire wing on the upper side, but the 

 lower side with several liiii-ar pinnules, sterile margins finely serrate, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous; veins simple or once forked; Indusium mem- 

 branous. 



Luzon, Cuming 258. Merrill's No. 3790, from tin- Lamao Forest Reserve, 

 differs only in that all the divisions are shorter, and pmpoii innally broader. 



India to .Tapan and Borneo. 



(S) P. distans .F. Sni. Stipe about 1.1 cm. high, slender, erect, naked, 

 pale: frond about ;10 oiu. high, 10 to 1.1 cm. broad, upper part long, linear, 

 sharply .serrate, below this 12 to 20 pairs of close short lobes, the lower two- 

 thirds of the frond with G to 9 pairs of opposite, distant, linear-pointed 

 pinnu"; each with a few spreading pinnules at its base, coriaceous; rachis 

 scabrous; veins conspicuous, simple or once forked; sterile lobes finely 

 spinulose-serrate; indusium membranous. 



Luzon. Cuiiiinii 410. 



(0) P. heteromorpha F^e. Stipe 15 to 30 cm. high, naked, erect, pale; 

 frond 30 to 45 em. lii;;li. half as broad, ovate-lanceolate, the upper part with 

 a long entire terminal point, below which it is sinuate and furnished with 

 a few short, linear lobes; piniuv in several opposite pairs, the lowest of 

 wliich are 1 dm. apart, the upper ones entire or slightly compound at the 

 base, the lowest pair cut down nearly to the rachis, with several spreading 

 linear pinnules on each side, subcoriaceous, glabrous, the margins slightly 

 crisped; veins conspicuous, usually once forked; indusium narrow, mem- 

 branous. 



Luzon, Cuming 409; Rizal and Manila. Loher. 



Celebes. 



P. dispar Kunzc is a fern differing from P. semipinnata only in that 

 the upper side of the pinnsc as well as the lower, is more or less pinnate: 

 they arc hardly s]>ecifically distinct. 



Isabela-Luzon, Warburg 11G13. 



China and .Japan. 



(lOi P. quadriaurita llctz. Stipe 30 to 00 cm. high, strong, erect, 

 naked or slightly scabrous, stramineous or brownish; frond varying from 

 15 to 100 cm. in height, 10 to 30 cm. or more broad, with a terminal, central 

 pinna cut down nearly to the rachis into numerous, close, parallel linear- 

 oblong lobes 1 to 2 cm. long, 4 to 6 mm. broad, the sterile ones entire or 

 slightly serrate; lateral pinnse several pairs. 15 to 30 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. 

 broad, the lowest ones usually again compound, having 1 or 2 similar but 

 smaller pinnules branching from the base on the lower side, all cleft to the 

 rachis into close, erecto-patent, entire, linear or linear-oblong segments; 



