228 34a. davallodes. 



2 — 12 to a lobe, solitary at the base of the ultimate teeth or lobes, 

 near the centre, small; indusium semicupuliform, relatively short and 

 broad, nearly semipatelliform, attached by the base and sides (as in 

 Davallia), naked, ciUate or hairy, the outer edge truncate or rounded. 

 Philippines, Celebes, Borneo. 



(2) D. graiuniatosorutu, Copel., in Phihpp. Journ., IIF, 34; 

 Microlepia grammatosora, G. CJtr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Differs from D. hirsutum G02M. in having the lower pinnae hardly 

 reduced, not much shorter than the following, and the indusia relatively 

 long and narrow, nearly semicylindrical. 



San Ramon, Mindanao. 



(3) D. gyiunocarpuni, Copel., in Philipp. Journ., IIP, 34: 

 Microlepia gymnocarpa, C. Chr., Ind. Fil., Suppl. 



Differs from D. hirsutum Copel. in having the lower pinnae gradually 

 much reduced, and the indusia very short, mostly broader than long, 

 attached by the base only, free at the sides (as in Humata). — . See 

 Copeland's information in Leaf!., V, 1683. 



Negros, Camiguin. 



(4) D. K.ingii, Copel., in Philipp. Journ. VF, 147; Humata Kingii, 

 Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I'', 210, fig. 112 H; Davallia 

 Kingii, Bk., Hk., Icon. PI., XVII, tab. 1622; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome firm, woody, creeping, the scales with the base small, round, 

 peltate, membranaceous, the apex abruptly narrowed into a very long, 

 spreading, subulate, hair-like or setiform acumen. Stipes scattered, straight, 

 firm, naked, + 15 cm. long. Fronds lanceolate-oblong, + 30 — 45 cm. 

 long, 20 — 25 cm. broad, 3-pinnatifid, the main rachis pubescent and nar- 

 rowly winged. Pinnae lanceolate, rather spreading, the central and lowest 

 the largest,, + 3^4 cm. broad. Pinnulae oblong, adnate, decurrent, 

 deeply pinnatifld into close, oblong, bluntish or acute lobes. Texture 

 thin; surfaces sparingly hairy; veins free. Sori solitary at the base of 

 the ultimate lobes ; indusium triangular or oblong, attached at the truncate 

 or cordate base by a single central point to the vein only and not to 

 the parenchyma (as in Leptolepia). 



Java. 



