304 56. PHYLLITIS. § 1. SOOIjOPENDBIUM. 



(36) Ph, Orashoflfii, Rst., in Fed., Rep., XIII, 216. 



Rhizome scandent, woody, the extremity clothed with minute, ovate- 

 lanceolate, black-brown, pale-margined, denticulate scales. Stipes firm, + 

 20 cm. long, scaly, as are the rachis and costae. Fronds + 40 cm. long 

 by 20 cm. broad, pinnate. Pinnae, 3 — 4 (or more?) on each side below 

 the terminal one; lateral pinnae ascending, short-stalked, trapezoidal-sub- 

 falcate, acuminate, crenulate, the upper base truncate-rotundate, the lower 

 base cuneate; lowest pinnae + 15 cm. long by 4 cm. broad, the others 

 as large or the higher somewhat smaller and the terminal one somewhat 

 larger. Texture herbaceo-chartaceous ; surfaces naked or somewhat scaly 

 near the costae ; costae slender ; veins fine, immersed, the lower once to 

 thrice forked, the higher simple. Sori long, reaching costa and margin, 

 intermixed with a few shorter ones, those of each pair approximate, + 

 1 mm. apart; indusium membranaceous. 



Sumatra. 



(4) Ph. schizocarpa, «. a. «. je. 



Also in New Giiinea, 



(5) Ph. longifolia, O.Mtxe, Copel., in Philipp. Journ., VIIF, 

 153; Ph. innnata, 0. Ktze; Trvphlehia longifolia d; pinnata, Bk.^ in Becc, 

 Mai., Ill, 41, 42; Tr. pinnata, Bk., Hk., Icon. PI., XVII, tab. MDCLII; 

 Scolopendrium longifolium, Pr., Rel. Haenk., I, 48, tab. IX, fig. 1 ; Sc. 

 pinnatum, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 247; Kze, Farnkr., I, tab. LVI. 



Stipes compressed, greyish or blackish, naked or sparingly scaly. 

 Fronds 50 — 120 cm. long, with 1 — 6 pinnae on each side below the ter- 

 minal one. Pinnae lanceolate, acuminate or caudate, 10 — 20 cm. long, 1 '/2 — 5 

 cm. broad, entire or more or less irregularly repando crenate ; terminal pinna 

 prohferous at the point ; lateral pinnae erecto-patent, the highest decurrent, 

 whether or not subconfluent, the lower short-stalked, obliquely cuneate 

 at the base. Texture firm-membranous or subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked ; 

 veins oblique, mostly once forked. Sori numerous, not reaching either 

 the midrib or the edge, those of each pair approximate with the indusia 

 reaching each other with the free edges when young, at length leaving 

 a distinct, elevated lamelliform crest on the frond medial between the 2 

 sori. — The young plants have the fronds simple though not rarely 

 fructiferous. 



Celebes (?), Philippines to Papua. 



