ASPIDIE^ — GYMNOPTERIS. 4o 



stipe of sterile frond 5 to 20 cm. high, of fertih^ 20 to 40 cm., scaly or 

 glabrescent; sterile frond simple, or with 1 to 3 pairs of pinn*, the 

 terminal one lanceolate, entire, repand or subserrate, often elongate and 

 rooting, lateral ones more or less reduced, herbaceous, glabrous; main veins 

 distinct, areolae of various forms, with few or no included veinlets; fertile 

 fronds usually trifoliate or pinnate, 3 to 10 cm. long, lanceolate. This 

 species is well distinguished from the preceding by the venation and the 

 longer, more slender rhizome. This species includes Poecilopteris hetero- 

 clita Presl and P. diiersifolia Presl. 



Isabela-Luzon, Warburg 11003; "Manila," Haenke, Cuming 32; Sorsogon, 

 Haenle, Baranda; Davao. Copeland 671, 752, 950. 



India and Malaya. 



(8) G. subrepanda (Hooker) J. Sm. Rhizome w<^ody, wide-creeping; 

 stipe 15 to 30 cm. high, stout, erect, nearly naked; sterile frond simple 

 and 30 cm. long by 3 to 5 cm. broad, or pinnate, and 60 cm. long by 30 

 cm. broad, with several pairs of linear-oblong, entire or subrepand pinnae, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous; main veins distinct nearly to margin; areolae and 

 included veinlets copious; fertile frond like the sterile, but smaller. 



Luzon, Cuming 225; Isabela-Luzon. Warburg 11622. 

 Penang. 



(9) G. repanda (Blume) Christ; Rhizome creeping; stipe 15 to 30 

 em. high, that of the sterile frond usually the longer, naked; sterile frond 

 30 to 60 cm. long, 20 to 30 cm. broad, sometimes elongate and rooting, 

 with numerous pinnae on each side, the lower ones 10 to 15 cm. long, 

 2 cm. broad, cut one-fourth of the way to the costa into entire, obtuse lobes, 

 herbaceous, glabrous; main veins distinct, areolae copious, without free 

 veinlets; fertile pinna; much smaller, stalked, entire or repand. Achrosfi- 

 clnim Quotjanum Gaud, is a form with the lobes deeper and toothed. This 

 species is construed as including also Poecilopteris sinuosa Presl, Hete- 

 roneuron argutum F6e, and H et eroneicrum cuspidatum Presl. 



Luzon, Cuming 104, 105, 161; Sorsogon, Haenke; Leyte, Cuming 294. 

 Java to China and Polynesia. 



(10) G. inconstans Copeland. Rhizome creeping, scaly; stipe of sterile 

 frond 1 to 3 cm. high, of fertile 3 to 10 cm., filiform, erect, green, glabrous 

 or scaly below; sterile frond 4 to 8 cm. or more long, usually pinnate, 

 linear to ovate in form, membranaceous, glabrous, the terminal pinna 

 usually elongate, linear, proliferous; lateral pinnae 2 to 6 pairs, lanceolate 

 to orbicular in form, usually entire, sessile, somewhat decurrent; veins 

 inconspicuous, forming few areolae, without included veinlets; fertile frond 

 linear, with 2 to 4 pairs of round or oblong remote pinnic 1 to 4 mm. 

 long, the lowest sometimes stalked, with few or no veins beside the costa. 



Lamao Forest Reserve, Luzon, Copeland 251, Merrill 312S. 

 Completely covering l)o\vl(lers in lieds of .streams. 



(11) G. contaminans (Wall.) Hedd. Rhizome short-creeping, thick; 

 stipe 30 to 40 cm. high, glabrescent; sterile frond 30 to 60 cm. high, 

 ovate; pinnae 10 or more on each side, alternate, sessile or short-stalki .1, 

 lanceolate, acute, entire, crenate or pinnatifid; terminal ]iiiiii;i coiiitnonly 



