MARATTIACEAE 



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FIG. 278. 



Pinnae of the five genera of the Marattiaceae, all of them lateral pinnae. A Angiop- 

 teris crassipes, Wall. ; B^Archangiopteris Henryi, Christ and Giesen. ; C = Marattta 

 fraxinae, Sm. ; D = Danaea (esculifolia, Bl. ; E Danaea elliptica, Sm. A, C, D, JS 

 after Bitter ; B after Christ and Giesenhagen. (From Engler and Prantl, Nat PJfanzenfant.) 



In all of them, except in Kaulfussia, and occasionally in Danaea, they 

 are disposed in a single series on either side of the midrib : they may 

 be short and compact, and be seated near to the margin, as in Marattia 



