528 APPENDIX. 78. ELAPHOGLOSSUM. 



sparingly fimbriate. Fronds dimorphous; barren fronds + 1772 cm. long, 

 3 cm. broad, narrowed gradually from the middle towards the decurrent 

 base, rounded at the apex, the edge somewhat pellucid and slightly 

 reflexed. Texture rigidly coriaceous; surfaces naked; under surface 

 provided with an intramarginal elevated ridge uniting the vein tips ; costa 

 prominent and slightly channelled on both sides ; veins somewhat prominent. 

 Fertile fronds contracted, narrowed gradually towards the base and the 

 bluntish apex. — Rhizome 



90. .4.IVGrIOI*TEK.IS, Hoffmann. 



{Be*) A. jsumairana, v. A. «;<, R. 



Koorders' No. 16983,3 from Celebes differs from this only in having the 

 pinnulae somewhat longer, less oblique at the base, and the rachises 

 apparently naked (glabrescenf?). 



Sumatra., Celebes. 



91. jVLA.rS,A.TTI.^, Stcartiv. 



(6) II. ternatea, de rr., Mon. Maratt., 4, tab. Ill, fig. 16; Christ, 

 in Philipp. Journ., 11°, 185; Copel., in Philipp. .Journ., IV^, 11, tab. ■VII. 



Fronds 3-pinnate. Leaflets 3—10 (or more?) on a side, linear-lanceolate, 

 10—20 cm. long, 1 '/a — 2 '/, cm. broad, petiolulate, acute or gradually 

 acuminate, the edge crenate-serrulate and often deflexed, more sharply 

 serrate towards the apex, the base obliquely ovate-cuneate or rotundate- 

 cuneate, broadest on the upper side. Texture herbaceous to coriaceous; 

 surfaces naked but the under one not rarely albo-punctulate, paler than 

 the upper one; costae sparingly squamulose beneath; veins invariably 

 simple, pellucid, nearly horizontal. Sori not close, somewhat remote from 

 the margin; largest synangia 12 — 15-celled; indusium narrow, fimbriate. — 

 The description is taken from Philippine specimens determined by 

 Christ, 1. . c. 



Moluccas., Luzon. 



