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42. PCECILOPTEBJS, EscTm.; Presl 



V&rnation uniserial, distant or contiguous, subfasciculate and 

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

 Primary veins costaeform, pinnate ; venules arcuately or angu- 



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



larly anastomosing, producing on their exterior sides or angles 

 one or more free or anastomosing veinlets, forming unequal 

 areoles. Sporangia 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, J. 8m. Acrostichum crispatulum, Watt. 



East Indies. 



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



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

 Fee, Acrost. t. 55. Acrostichum virens, Wall. ; Hook, 

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



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



Heteroneuron punctulatum, Fee, Acrost. t. 54. 

 Mauritius and West Tropical Africa. 



