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42. PCECILOPTERIS, Escliw.; Prcsl. 



Vernation uniserial, distant or contiguous, subfasciculate and 

 decumbent. Fronds pinnate, 1-3 feet long, often bulbiferoua. 

 Primary veins costseform, pinnate ; venules arcuately or angn 



Genus 42. Portion of barren frond. No. 3. 



larly anastomosing, producing on their exterior sides or angles 

 one or more free or anasto Dosing veinlets, forming unequal 

 areoles. Sporanf/ia amorphous, or sometimes in defined lines 

 on the venules (Jenkinsia, Hook.). 



1. P. flagellifera, /. 8m. Acrostichum flagelliferum, Wall. ; 



Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 23 ; Blume, Fl Jav. t. 13. 

 East Indies. 



2. P. crispatula, /. Sm. Acrostichum crispatulum, Wall. 



East Indies. 



3. P. prolifera, J. 8m. Acrostichum proliferum, Blume; 



Hook. Ic. PL t. 681, 2. Heteroneuron proliferum, 

 Fee, Acrost. t. 55. Acrostichum virens, Wall. ; Hool:. 

 et Grev. Ic. Fil t. 221. East Indies. 



4. P. punctulata, Presl. Acrostichum punctulatum, Jrmrt 



Heteroneuron punctulatum, Fee, Acrost. t. 54. 

 Mauritius and West Tropical Africa. 



