298 55. ASPLENIUM. § 3. EU-ASPLENIUM. 



long, resembling those of A. caudatum Forst., approximate, nearly simply 

 pinnatiM, with a large, deeply 3-M auricle at the base (on the upper 

 side) ; lobes ± 7 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, cuneate, obtuse, the apex erose. 

 Texture firmly chartaceous; colour bright-green; veins flabellate. Sori 

 numerous, flabellate ; indusium grey, very narrow. 

 Malacca, 



(66) JL. borriclum, nif. 



The tjq^ical form differs from A. caudatum Forst. in having the pinnae 

 deeply pinnatifid often nearly to the costa, the lobes decurrent and separ- 

 ated by broad sinuses which may be as broad as or broader than 

 the lobes. 



(67) A. tenuifolium, iton. 



Also in Luzon and British Burmah. 



(68a) A. stei*eo|)liylSuu], Kme} A. Hagenii, v. A. v. B. . 

 Rhizome short and erected in the specimens occurring in the Bui- 

 tenzorg Herbarium. 



Forma paucipinna: Fronds shorter; pinnae ± 4 — 5-jugate. 



(69ffl) A. nutans, «#*., in Fed., Rep., XII, 168. 



Rhizome short-creeping, woody, the scales dense, ferrugineous, lanceol- 

 ate, acuminate, entire. Stipes approximate, + 20 cm. long, castaneous, 

 naked, glossy, scaly at the base. Fronds to 70 cm. or more long, to 7 

 cm. broad, long-acuminate, 2-pinnate. Pinnae numerous, petiolate, linear- 

 lanceolate, straight, acuminate; central pinnae largest, to 10 cm. long, 

 7 mm. broad; lower pinnae somewhat smaller. Pinnulae + 10 on a side, 

 remote, subpetiolulate, obUquely cuneate-obovate, irregularly incised on 

 the anterior side, the largest + 9 mm. long by 4 mm. broad. Texture 

 firm; surfaces sparingly minutely scaly; rachises slender, sparingly fibril- 

 loso-paleaceous ; veins flabellato-pinnate. Sori short, somewhat curved ; 

 indusium subsemiorbicular. 



Neio Gkiinea. 



(696) A. Foersleri, Ust., in Fed., Rep., XII, 168. 



Fronds + 50 cm. long, + 10 cm. broad below the middle, sub-3- 

 pinnate. Pinnae ± 20 on a side below the toothed apex, somewhat 

 remote, ascending, lanceolate, acuminate, obliquely cuneate-truncate, and 



