Van AldfRWFRELT van RosenburgH: MaLayan Ferns 12. 185 



^ Aspicnium pseudo-caudatum V A V. R, 



Etiasplrniiun. Rliizoma ercctiim, squamis subulato-laiiceolatis, fuscis. 

 Sfipitcs approximati, 25 35 cm. \o\\g\, ciim rliacliide in sicco fu<;ci, glabri. 

 Frondes lanccolatac vel trian(2:iilari-lanceolatae, 40 45 cm. longae, pinnafae, 

 caudato-acuminatae. Piniiac firmiter hcrbaceac, <^labrae, iiifra pinnam ter- 

 minalem ± 20 ntrinqiie; pinna termiiialis elongato-triangiiiaris, apice remote 

 serrato-cieiiata, basi remote et profunde pinnatipartita, lobis obliqiiis, breviter 

 liiiearibiis. inteserrimis vel apice 2-erenatis; pinnae latérales petiolatae vel 

 superiores sessiles; pinnae siiperiores lanceolato-oblongae, acutae vel 

 obtusiusculae, obtuse serrato-crenatae, basi oblique et anguste cuneatae, 

 supremae in lobos basales pinnae terminalis transientes; pinnae inframe- 

 dianae vel inferiores maximae, long^iuscnle (usque ad 1 cm. longe) |)etiolatae, 

 elongato-triangulares, usque ad 10—12 cm longae, basi oblique cuneato- 

 truncata 2'/2 — 3 cm. latae, apicem remote serrato-dentatum, subcaudatum 

 versus serrato-Iobatae; pinnae inframedianae basin versus sensim profunde 

 pinnatifidae; pinnae inferiores basin versus sensim profundissime pinnati- 

 partitae, subpinnatae. Segmenta (crenae, dentés, lobi) obliqua; segmenta 

 superiora (crenae, dentés) integerrima vel apice 2-crenata ; segmenta sequentia 

 (lobi) breviter linearia vel parallelogrammiformia, apice plerumque oblique 

 truncata, plus minusve copiose crenata; pinnarum inferiorum segmenta 

 inferiora sublibera (ala costali angustissima conjuncta), cuneato-flabellata 

 vel oblonga, usque ad 2 cm. longa et l'/j cm. lata, margine exteriore 

 obtusa vel rotundata, plus minusve irregulariter crenato-dentata; venae 

 graciles sed distinctae, obliquae, superiores simplices, centrales 2 — 3-furcatae, 

 inferiores plus minusve distincte flabellato-dichotomae ; venulae ultimae in 

 singulis dentibus (crenaturis serraturisve) solitariae, eorum apices haud 

 attingentes. Sori valde obliqui, inter costam marginemque mediani, plerumque 

 ramulos anticos venarum furcatarum occupantes; indusium latiusculum. 



Central pinnae resembling much those A. caiidatiim FORST. ; lower 

 segments of lower pinnae resembling the pinnulae of A. ciineatiim Lam. 



Sumatra: M t. K o e r i n t j i, in forest, ait. 1 500 m. (H. A. B. BuNNEMEIJER 

 No. 8432, 4 March 1920). 



Aspicnium tenuifolium DON, Prod. Flor. Nep. 8; v. A. v. R. Mal. 

 Ferns 469. 



Rhizome short, the scales lanceolate-subulate, fuscous or black-brown, 

 glossy or iridescent. Stipes aggregate, 7'/2 — 20 cm. long, naked, dark-brown 

 or blackish, or the upper part green, as is the naked rhachis. Fronds 

 lanceolate-ovate, 15-30 (after Beddome to 50) cm. long, deeply 3-pinna- 

 tipartite, acuminate. Pinnae + 15 on each side (after HOOKER and BAKER 

 numerous), spreading or subhorizontal ; higher pinnae adnate or sessile, short, 

 linear or subspathulate-cuneate, entire or 2~3'fid ; lower pinnae stalked, 

 rhomboidal-oblong from a very obliquely truncate-cuneate base, blunt or 

 bluntish ; largest pinnae 5 — 7'/., cm. long, + 2 cm. broad. Pinnulae close 



