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glabrous; veiiilcts altoiit lo pairs, tlie sori medial on tlu-iii, forming two 

 rows, or, near the midrib, terminal and forming a single row, exindusiate. 



Luzon, Baranda, Hteere; Davao, M'nrhurii 14171, Copeland 952. 



India to Queensland and Polynesia. 



(43) N. moulmeinense Bcddomc. Rhizome short, creeping; stipe GO 

 to 120 cm. liigli, erect, naked unless at the top; frond 60 to 120 cm. 

 high, 40 to 00 cm. broad; pinnsE usually more than 6 on each side, 

 20 to 30 cm. long, scarcely 4 cm. broad, long-acuminate, entire or crenate 

 or more often serrate with falcate teeth 2 to 3 mm. deep, abruptly 

 contracted to the sessile or subsessile base, subcoriaceous, glabrous or 

 nearly so, smooth; veinlets about 15 on a side; sori medial on them, 

 mostly with a visible indusium. 



Rizal, Loher ; Mindoro, Merrill 907; Zamboanga, Copeland; Davao, 

 Copeland 1240, called "Saiop" in Bagobo. 



India and Malaya. 



This species diflfers typically from the preceding in being of firmer 

 texture, with more numerous, narrower, and more uniformly narrow ])inna; 

 with less entire margin, more numerous main veins, and indiisia ; in 

 practice, they are not very distinct. 



(44) N. extensum (Bl.) Hooker. Stipe .30 to GO cm. high, naked or 

 nearly so, brownish; frond 60 to 120 cm. high, 30 to 50 cm. broad; 

 pinna; 15 to 25 cm. long, about 2 cm. broad, cut down about two-thirds 

 of the way to the rachis into linear-oblong lobes, papyraceo-herbaceous, 

 naked or nearly so; veinlets G to 8 on each side, often only the lowest 

 pair iniited; sori nearly terminal, not confined to the lobes, indusiat(^ 



Rizal, Loher ; Albay, Baranda. 

 India, Malacca. 



(45) N. Otaria Baker {Auisoannpium Cionintiiauiitn Presl.). Stipe 15 

 to 30 cm. high, substramineous; frond 30 cm. or more higli, with a 

 linear-oblong terminal pinna 10 to 15 cm. long, 2 to 4 cm. broad, acuminate, 

 lobed one-fourth to one-third of the way to the midrib into finely serrate 

 lanceolate lobes, and 3 to 6 distant, spreading, similar lateral pinnse on 

 each side, the lower ones stalked, thinly herbaceous, glabrous; veinlets 

 6 to 8 on each side, the lowest uniting midway between the midrib and 

 the edge; indiisia present. 



Luzon, Cuming 239. 



India. 



(4G) N. aridum (Don) Baker. Stipe 30 cm. or more high, erect, naked ; 

 frond about 100 cm. high, 30 to 50 cm. broad; pinna; 15 to 25 cm. long, 

 about 3 cm. broad, cut about one-third of the way down to the midrib 

 into subtriangular, acute lobes, coriaceous, glabrous or slightly hairy; 

 veinlets 8 to 10 on a side; sori in rows about midway lietween midrili 

 and margin. 



Luzon, Cum in f/ 278. 



India. Malaya. 



(47) N. cucullatum (Hliinie) Baker. Rliizome wide-creoping; stipe 

 30 cm. or more high, erect, brownish, nearly naked; frond 40 to SO cm. 

 higii, 20 to 30 cm. broad: pinnse close, 10 to 15 cm. long. 1 ♦•> ' em. 



