6a. MATONIA. 79 



consisting of + 4 — 8 mostly 5 — 7) capsules; indusium curved back under 

 the capsules. 



Malacca, Lingga Islands, Borneo, Amboyvia. 



(2) II. Fox^vvorthyi, Copel., in Philipp. Journ., IIF, 343, tab. II; 

 lyc, 27, tab. XVI. 



Like the preceding, but the lobes straight, spreading, obtuse or retuse, 

 up to 3 ','2 cm. long, often bearing more than 1 sorus on each side. 



Borneo, Amboyna. 



6ft- r»HA.rS^EIi.OSOBMJS, Copeland. 



Fronds pendulous, sympodially branched (as in Lygodium). each dwarf- 

 branch bearing a pair of simple or once or twice forked pinnae; veins 

 free or forming costal areolae; sori usually just outside these areolae. 

 Malayan. 



(1) l*h. sariiieiitosns, Copel., in Philipp. .lourn. IIP, 344, tab. 

 Ill ; IV'^, 28, tab. XVII ; Matonia sarmentosa, Bk., in Journ. of Linn. Soc, 

 XXIV, 256; Ann. of Bot., V, 191, tab. XIV; Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl. fam., I^ fig. 180 B & 183. 



Stipe and rachis slender, pendulous. Fronds up to 100 cm. long. 

 Ultimate segments linear, 5 — 15 cm. long, 3 — 4 cm. or more broad, entire 

 or somewhat sinuated, blunt. Texture coriaceous ; colour ash-green ; surfaces 

 naked; costae distinct; veins simple or forked. Sori in 1 row on each 

 side, sometimes copious, on short anterior veinlets, + medial between 

 the costa and margin, consisting of + 8 — 14 capsules; indusium but slightly 

 curved under the capsules. 



Borneo. 



