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glabrous; veinlets about 15 pairs, the sori medial on them, forming two 

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



Luzon, Baranda, Steere; Davao, Warburg 14171, Copeland 952. 



India to Queensland and Polynesia. 



(43) N. moulmeinense Beddome. Rhizome short, creeping; stipe 60 

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

 high, 40 to 60 cm. broad; pinnae 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 997; Zamboanga, Copeland; Davao, 

 Copeland 1240, called "Saiop" in Bagobo. 



India and Malaya. 



This species differs typically from the preceding in being of firmer 

 texture, with more numerous, narrower, and more uniformly narrow pinnae 

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

 practice, they are not very distinct. 



(44) N. extensum (Bl.) Hooker. Stipe 30 to 60 cm. high, naked or 

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

 pinnae 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 6 to 8 on each side, often only the lowest 

 pair united; sori nearly terminal, not confined to the lobes, indusiate. 



Rizal, Loher; Albay, Baranda. 

 India, Malacca. 



(45) N. Otaria Baker (Anisocampium Cumingianum Presl.). Stipe 15 

 to 30 cm. high, substramineous ; frond 30 cm. or more high, 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 pinna 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; indusia present. 



Luzon, Cuming 239. 

 India. 



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

 frond about 100 cm. high, 30 to 50 cm. broad; pinnae 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 between midrib 

 and margin. 



Luzon, Cuming 278. 

 India, Malaya. 



(47) N. cucullatum (Blume) Baker. Rhizome wide-creeping; stipe 

 30 cm. or more high, erect, brownish, nearly naked; frond 40 to 80 cm. 

 high, 20 to 30 cm. broad; pinnae close, 10 to 15 cm. long, 1 to 2 cm. 



