l92 25. ASPlDIUM. § 1. TECTAEtA. 



acuminate, or the anterior one short and blunt, the central lobed, elongate, 

 subfalcate, blunt or acuminate, ± 4 — 5 cm. broad at the base, sinuated 

 in the lower half; highest pinnae lanceolate, subfalcate, acuminate, + as 

 long as the lowest, sinuated, adnate, free or connected with the terminal 

 one ; terminal pinna 3-partite or deeply and narrowly lobed at the base, 

 with the central or terminal segment lanceolate, lobed or sinuated towards 

 the base. Texture coriaceous; rachis dark, more or less deciduously and 

 minutely puberulous, as are the costae at least towards the base; upper 

 surface naked, lower very minutely puberulous especially on the veins; 

 main veins reaching the margin; areolae numerous; free veinlets few. 

 Sori terminal on free veinlets, mostly placed in 2 rows between the main 

 veins ; indusium partly round, pairtly reniform, with the sinus often close. 

 Neio Chiinea. 



(9) A. Bcccariaiiuni, Bh.} Tectaria Cesatiana, Copel, in Philipp. 

 Journ., VF, 76, p. p. 



(9«) A. Baiiilerianuiu. JK*i., in Fed., Rep., X, 338. 



Rhizome erect, woody; scales dense, castaneous, glossy, straight, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, entire. Stipes tufted, to 30 cm. long, fuscous, 

 glossy, scaly, at length naked. Fronds deltoid-ovate, to 20 cm. long, 15 

 cm. broad, 2-pinnatifid, shortly acuminate, cordate at the base. Pinnae 

 2 on each side below the terminal one; lowest pinnae stalked, unequal- 

 sided, ovate, ± 12 em. long, 7'/, cm. broad, produced on the lower side, 

 shortly acuminate, deeply pinnatifld, with the lowest basiscopical lobe to 

 6'/j cm. long, 2'/2 cm. broad, lobed; highest pinnae linear-oblong, + 10 

 cm. long, 2'/2 cm. broad, shortly acuminate, lobed, with the lobes hnear, 

 subfalcate, subacute; terminal pinna triangular, elongate, broadly cuneate 

 at the base, deeply pinnatifld, with the lobes falcate, acuminate, the 

 lowest lobes inciso-lobate. Texture coriaceous; edges shortly ciUate; 

 rachises fuscous, glossy, shortty pilose, as are the veins ; areolae elongato- 

 hexagonal, with free veinlets. Sori in 1 row on each side near the 

 costulae, terminal on free veinlets; indusium persistent. 



New Chiinea. 



(10) A.. re|>ant]uui. waid., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 258; A pachy- 

 phyllum, Kze, in Bot. Zeit., iS4S, 259; Diels, in Engl. &Prantl., Nat. Pl.fam., 

 P, fig. 97 A — C; A. siifolium, Mett., var. pachyphyllum, Christ, in Ann. 



