﻿1. CYATHEA. 2b 



* (28) C ispinuloisa, Wall., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 23; Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 I, tab. XII, C; — var. muriculata, Hassk., Jourii. of Bot., VII, 322. 



Stipe and racbis strongly prickly, often dark-purple. Fronds large, to 

 3 M. long, 3-pinnatifid. Pinnulae oblong, moderately long-acuminate, + 8 — 12 

 c.M. long, + 2 c.M. broad, pinnatifld neai'ly to tbe costa. Lobes numerous, 

 very close, lanceolate-oblong, acute, subfalcate, serrulate. Texture rather flaccid ; 

 surfaces naked, except that the costulae are covered beneath with small, bullate 

 scales; veins forked. Sori small, numerous, close to the costulae, not occupying 

 the higher veins; indusium thin, membranaceous, fragile, soon breaking down 

 irregularly. 



Var. muriciilata : Stipe and rachis muriculate, not spinulose. 



Malaya; Formosa, Japan, South. China, North. India. 



(29) C lluelleri, Hfc., Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 104. 



Fronds large, 3-pinnate; main rachis naked. Lowest pinnae oblong, ± 

 50 c.M. long. Pinnulae lanceolate, to 2^/2 c.BI. broad. Tertiary divisions linear- 

 oblong, ± 5 — 4 m.M. broad, adnata to the rachis, the edge not recurved, 

 deeply crenate. Texture moderately firm; surfaces naked, except the midribs 

 of the pinnules above; colour dark-green, paler beneath; veins forked in the 

 lower laciniae of the ultimate divisions. Sori 8 — 10 to the largest leaflets; 

 indusium cup-shaped, entire, persistent. 



New Guinea. 



* (30) C oinops, Ma»s1e., Journ. of Bot., VII, 322; C. sinops, Rac. 

 (not Hassk.), Flor. Btz., I, 36. 



Stipes to 50 c.M. long, clothed with very deciduous scales. Fronds oblong, 

 to 150 c.M. long, to 70 c.M. broad, 3-pinnate; main rachis tomentose above. 

 Pinnae not or hardly narrowed at the base, to 24 c.M. broad, on stalks to 

 2 — 3 c.M. long. Pinnulae sessile, linear, to 22 m.M. broad, acuminate, pinnate. 

 Tertiary divisions, ± close, bluntish, subfalcate, to 2'/2 m.M. broad, crenate, 

 each crenation corresponding with a small vault. Texture subcoriaceous; colour 

 dark-green, paler beneath; costae densely scaly, with 8-12 forked veins on 

 each side. Sori occupying the lower 3 — 7 veins; indusium thin, breaking 

 down irregularly. 



Java. 



(31) C schizochlaniys, JBfe., Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 209. 



Fronds large, 3-pinnate; main rachis thinly tomentose and clothed with 



