ANTUOl'HVUM. 



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6. A. reticulatmn, Klfs. ; " fronds lanceolate suljfalcate 

 acuminate, the margin flexuose ending at tlie base in a long 

 flexuose stipes, sori reticulated or subreticulated extended 

 over the whole inferior surface immersed." Fee. — Klfs. En. 

 Fil. p. 198. Fee, Aiitroph. p. 44. Rl. Fil. Jav. p.S\. He- 

 mionitis, For5/. Prodr. p. 79. Siv. Syn. Fil. pp. 20 and 208. 

 Schk. Fil. vi. t. 6. mild. Sp. PL p. 128. A. falcatum, EL 

 Fil. Jav. p. 76. i. 32 [atid Moore brings hither A, callcefoliuin, 

 Bl. Fil. Jav. p. 83. t. 35, our n. I). 



Hab. Fee gives Society and Caroline Islands. Java and ttie Philippines, and ob- 

 serves tliat the species is rare in herbaria. Bluine recognizes four varieties, dis- 

 tinguished by the fronds being acuminate or obtuse, spatbulate or lanceolate, 

 simple or divided at the summit, so that it is difficult to say what should be in- 

 cluded under this species. My specimens, which I consider genuine, are from 

 10-18 inches long, and 1-1^- inch wide, and are from Java (Mirjuel), De Vriese 

 and Teijsmnnn, n. 341, 283, Blume (" A. falcatnm " and " A. reticulatum "). Pe- 

 nang and Misbmee, Griffilh. Assam, Griffllh and IVallich. Ceylon, Gardner, 

 n. 1229 ; one large specimen is bipartite and the apices have 2-3 large teeth or 

 segments, from Newera Elba, alt. 5-6000 feet, n. 1228 and 1305. Then I have 

 other smaller forms, with the fronds in general shape and size, between A.Lessoni 

 and this, which I hesitatingly refer to A.plantagineum. 



7. A. nanmn, Fee; "fronds elongato-spathulate very ob- 

 tuse attenuated at the base wrinkled above, cuticle on the 

 upper side (in the Philippine Island specimens) with scat- 

 tered very minute dots, the margin entire, sori deeply im- 

 mersed obtuse linear thickish." Fee, Antroph. p.44. — Moore, 

 Ind. A. ohtnsam, Bl. Fil. p. SO. t. 94. f. 4 [excl.syn.]. Bory. 

 J. Sm. 



TIab. J^vA, Bliimc.in [lerb. noxfr. Philippine Islands, " Cmwh!^, n. 81." — A 

 very small species, the spatbulate fronds not measuring more than 2 inches in 

 length ; in my specimen not more than 1 inch. I should doubt if it has attained 

 its full size. 



8. A. co7'iaceum,Wa.\\. ; *' fronds lanceolate acute subsessile 

 ecostate plicato-rugose and pale-fulvous when dry thick sup- 

 ple acuminate at the apex furrowed beneath plaited above, 

 the base terminating in a plane stipes, sori situated in the 

 plicatures of the frond forming straight lines remotely con- 

 fluent." Fee. — A. coriaceum, IFuIl. Cat. n. 43. Moore, Ind. 

 Hemionitis, Don. Antroph. plicatum. Fee, Antroph. p. 44. 

 t. 5.f. 1. Solenopteris lanceolata, TFa//. in Cat. sub n. 43, 

 and in Herb, nostr. 



Ilab. Nepal, on the trunks of trees, WalUch ; Kbasya and Mergui, Griffith.— 



Grows in dense tufts; fronds very uniform, G-7 inches long, G-8 lines widcthick 



and fleshy, no doubt, when fresh, wrinkled longitudinally when dry, sori much 



elongated and parallel. This has a very distinct appearance from any other of 



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