54. ATHYEIUM. 277 



broAvn, rigid, clothed witli subulate-lanceolate, brown, pellucid scales. 

 Fronds oblong, 20 cm. long by 4 '/o cna. broad, acuminate, pinnate, hardly 

 narrowed at the base. Pinnae spreading, close, short-stalked, + 30 on 

 each side, oblong- rhomboidal, up to 2 '/a cm. long, V2 cm. broad, obtuse,, 

 unequal-sided at the base, conspicuously auricled at the upper base, 

 cuneate at the lower base, inciso-lobate but more conspicuously on the 

 anterior side. Lobes 7 — 8 on each side, + 2 mm. broad, ovate, subacute. 

 Texture herbaceous; surfaces smooth; colour bright-green; veins very 

 oblique, black, forked. Sori 1 to each lobe, on the anterior veinlet, rather 

 large; indusium distinct, thin, persistent, grey-brown, roundish-reniform, 

 entire. — See Copeland's information in Philipp. Journ., IV^, 1 12. 

 Mindoro. 



(3c) A.. Copelaudi, Christ.; A. japonicmn, Copel, in Philipp. 

 Journ., IIF, 290, p. p. ; Diplazium japonicum. Bedel, p. p., C. Chr., Ind. 

 Fil., Suppl. 



(3d) See No. 4. 



(3e) See No. 6. 



(Sf) A. Hochreutineri, Christ, in Ann. Cons. Gen., XV — 

 XVI, 197. 



Rhizome thick, suberect. Stipes few, angular, about 12 cm. long, 

 rufo-stramineous, scaly, the lower scales ovate, acute, reddish-brown, the 

 others subulate, somewhat crisped, brown. Fronds caudate-elongate from 

 a subdeltoid base, about 28 cm. long by 9 cm. broad, not or hardly 

 narrowed at the base, the rachis reddish-brown, furfuraceous. Pinnae 

 about 25 on a side, horizontal, falcate, the largest petiolate, about 5 cm. 

 long by l'/2 cm. broad, blunt or subacute, the upper part cut about '/s- 

 way down to the costa, the lower part deeply incised, the upper base 

 auriculate, the lower cuneate; lower pinnae reflexed. Segments to 5 

 mm. long and 8 mm. broad, obtuse, obtusely crenate, the lowest anterior 

 segments acute, resupinate towards the rachis. Texture herbaceous; 

 upper surface dark-green, lower paler ; costae and veins black ; veins 3 — 4 

 on a side. Sori solitary on the higher segments more numerous on the 

 lower; indusium roundish-reniform, grey, persistent. 



Java. 



