Microlepia.) FILICES. 625 
ot 12—18‘ long, attenuate at both ends, herbaceous, ig segeoare 
innae 50—60 on a side, close, shortly (‘/s“) stipitate, 4—12" « 3—4", 
dimidiate, patent, the bsicee wail inner margin straight or slightly curved, 
he latter paraliel to the rhachis, the upper and outer ec nfluent, rounded 
off, closely crenate. Veins forking once or twice, the costule close to the 
lower margin. Sori numerous, intramarginal, discreet, in a line along the 
upper edge, one for each crenature. Invol. small, curved or reniform, 
its outer margin falling short of the edge. Annulus with 12 joints. iticees 
triquetro-globose, smooth. — Davallia repens Desy. — Dicksonia repens, 
Bory. — 0. Boryanum, J. Sm. — Davallia Macraeana, Hook. & Arn. in 
Bot. — p- 108. 
Ra ommon all islands. Nat. name: Tenkae, — Occurs in the Viti and 
New de i ona. wMalayslan islands, India and Mauriti 
18. MICROLEPIA, Presl. 
Sori terminal, discreet, on the thickened apices of free veins, or ap- 
parently lateral by the production of a lateral veinlet from the apex 
(Loxoscaphe). Invol. inferior, dimidiate, adnate with the semicircular base, 
intra- or submarginal, its free outer margin truncate or produced, the 
sides not confluent with the margins of the lobule. Stipes continuous 
with the rhizome. — A genus of mostly tropical ferns, with head-quarters 
in Polynesia and southeastern Asia, only few species being American and 
African. Differs from seectal ja chiefly in the non-articulate stipes. 
Bi- “ingyen erage segmen ghost or obovate: 
Fro rie vol. adnate with the - + LM strigos 
Fro: nd pate inv open at the vibe : : 2,08; Ted 
Tanne, ultim. e segments linear, ees. truricate “ - 3. M. tenutfolia. 
1. M. se ramet Presl, Epimel. p. 95. — Rhizome stout, creeping, covered 
with pale yellowish hairs which consist of a single row of cells. Stip. 
straw-colored or brownish, 12—18‘ long, med pT: Frond 
ovate-lanceolate, 1—2 ft. long, of firm texture, pale, pubescent or ciliate 
underneath, particularly along ribs and veins, bipinnate. Pinnae- ovate- 
la si weap _ the lowest 4—8‘ long, stipitate (2—-3”), with lowest 
pinnules , these deeply cut into rhomboidal or oblong suboblique, 
obtuse hans ents. eins quite prominent, subpinnate in th 
segments, with a flexuose costule. Sori globose, generally one to a seg- 
ment, at the apex of the first anterior veinlet or of its first fork-branch. 
Inyol. semiorbicular or broad cup-shaped, adnate with the sides, firm, 
n, ciliate, its free margin not quite even with that of the crenature. 
Annulue with 24 joints. Spores smooth, tetraedrous, with convex back 
and grooved faces. — Davallia hoa ee — Synops. Fil. p.-98. — 
Khasyana, Hook. Sp. Fil. I, tab. 47 & 57. — Dicksonia strigosa, Thinbe. 
8. var. hirta. — Frond taller, 2—3 i. long, tripinnate, less pubescent, 
sometimes subglabrate. Pinnae lanceolate, the lowest 8—16' ‘he: nme 
Hillebrand, Flora of the Hawaiian Islands 
