﻿16 1. CYATHEA. 



merous, distant, lanceolate, ± 15 — ^30 c.M. long, 272 — 4 c.M. broad, the edge 

 repando-crenate, or slightly and irregularly undulate, the base subcuneate or 

 rounded, the apex acuminate, crenate-dentate. Texture thinly coriaceous; 

 surfaces naked or the upper one hairy on the costa near the base like the 

 rachis; costae and veins distinct; veins parallel, several times branched. Sori 

 in + 2, often very irregular rows on each side of the costa; indusium thin, 

 breaking dow^n irregularly. 

 Malaya. 



(2) C philippinensiis, bu., Ann. of Bot., V, 186. 



Trunk short, slender; the scales large, linear, pale-brown. Fronds bipin- 

 nate, oblong-rhomboid, ± 90 c.M. long, + 3U c.M. broad, narrowed from the 

 middle to the base; rachises of frond and pinnae densely scaly. Pinnae lan- 

 ceolate, central largest, 15 — 18 c.M. long, + 372 — 4 c.M. broad. Pinnules 

 ligulate, crowded, sessile, 6 — 7 m.M. broad, entire or crenate, with forked veins 

 and a single row of sori between the midrib and the edge; indusium mode- 

 rately firm, but breaking up into pieces. 



Philippines. 



(3) C aneitensis, Hfc., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 26. 



Pinnae oblong, 50—45 c.M. long, 10 — IS c.M. broad, sessile or nearly 

 so, short-acuminate, pinnatifid nearly to the costa. Lobes rather distant, oblong, 

 acute, subserrate. Texture coriaceo-membranaceous ; rachis smooth, purple or 

 ebeneous: costae and costulsie scaly with hair-like scales; veins forked. Sori 

 copious, intermediate between the costulae and the margin; indusium thin- 

 membranaceous, persistent, sqon breaking down and generally opening at the 

 back so as to form a lai-ge, lax, almost transparent, 2-lobed and ragged cup, 

 often again irregularly lacerated. 



Ternate; Aneitum. 



(4) C dulitensis, BU., Kew Bull, 1896, 40. 



Caudex short. Stipes densely tufted, ± 15 c.M. long, brown, naked 

 above, the base covered with large, spreading, linear-subulate, membranaceous 

 scales. Fronds oblong-lanceolate, + 30 c.M. long, 12 — 15 c.M. broad, 2-pin- 

 nate. Pinnae lanceolate, ± 272 c.^I. broad, pinnate at the base, the lower 

 ones short-stalked, the lowest reduced, deflexed. Segments linear-oblong, + 

 5 m.M. broad, nearly entire, the mai-gin revolute. Texture thick, rigid, coria- 

 ceous; sm'faces naked, rachis nearly so, brown; veins obscure, immersed, 



