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(11) A. resectum Smith. Rhizome slertder, creeping on ground; stipes 

 scattered, slender, 10 to 25 cm. high, dark brown, polished; fronds 20 to 

 30 cm. high, 6 cm. broad, acuminate with numerous subsessile pinnae, 

 the lowest not reduced; pinnae with more than half of the basiscopic side 

 cut away, base of upper side truncate at a right angle, rather obtuse, 

 margin inciso-crenate except the part cut away, membranaceous, glabrous; 

 rachis like the stipe or sometimes green above; veins once or twice forked; 

 sori not touching either costa or edge. 



Luzon, Cuming 110; Tonglon 2,250 m., Loher; Isabela Province, Warburg 

 11607; Davao, Copeland 955, 1112. 

 Africa to Hawaii. 



(12) A. multilineatum Hook. Stipe 15 cm. high, firm, erect, naked, 

 grayish green; frond 30 to 45 cm. long, 15 to 20 cm. broad, oblong- 

 lanceolate, with a long linear-lanceolate terminal pinna and 9 to 18 lateral 

 ones on each side, which are 10 to 15 cm. long, 12 to 20 mm. broad, 

 acuminate, the edge faintly toothed, but the point more deeply, the base 

 cuneato-truncate with a short petiole; texture herbaceous; color dark-green; 

 rachis naked; veins mostly simple, with sori on each reaching from the 

 midrib to the edge. 



Tonglon 2,250 m., Loher. 

 Samoa and Fiji. 



(13) A. wightianum Wall. Stipes tufted, 15 to 25 cm. high, greenish, 

 naked; frond 30 to 45 cm. long, 15 to 20 cm. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 

 with 6 to 9 pinnae on each side, which are distinctly stalked, and the 

 lowest 5 cm. apart, 12 to 15 cm. long, 12 to 18 mm. broad, acuminate, 

 irregularly crenate, the base gradually truncato-cuneate, equal on both 

 sides; texture coriaceous; color pale green; veins inconspicuous, distant, 

 often forked ; sori distant, falling short of the edge. 



Luzon, Steere. 

 Madras and Ceylon. 



(14) A. tenerum Forst. Stipes tufted, firm, erect, grayish, nearly 

 naked, 6 to 25 cm. high; frond 10 to 40 cm. long, 3 to 12 cm. broad, 

 oblong-lanceolate, with 10 to 25 stalked horizontal pinnae on each side, 

 which are 1 to 4 times as long as broad, bluntly rounded at the point, 

 the edge deeply toothed throughout, the two sides unequal, the upper 

 one narrowed almost at a right angle, sometimes slightly auricled, the 

 lower one very obliquely truncate, lower pinnae deflexed; texture herbaceous; 

 rachis compressed; veins usually simple; sori numerous, regular, parallel, 

 not reaching either edge or midrib. 



Maquiling, Loher; Davao, Warburg 14146; Baco River, Mindoro, Merrill 

 1771 (very large) ; Gimogon River, Negros, Copeland 78; Mount Mariveles 

 1,050 m., Copeland (very small). 



Ceylon across Polynesia. 



This fern varies widely in stature, but is comparatively constant in other 

 respects. 



(15) A. lunulatum Swartz. Stipes tufted, 5 to 10 cm. high, firm, 

 nearly naked, gray or ebeneous; frond 15 to 45 cm. long, 3 to 5 cm. 



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