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(15) A. moclesta, JBfe., Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 210. 



Stipes to 30 c.M. long ; the scales glossy, dark-brown, linear, to 1 % c.M. long. 

 Fronds 05 — 90 c.M. long, rhomboid, 3-pinnati fid, the rachis pubescent, unarmed. 

 Pinnae oblong-lanceolate, the central ones the largest, 20 — 30 c.M. long, 6% — l^j^ 

 c.M. broad, short-stalked, the lower smaller, decidedly petiolate. Pinnulae 

 lanceolate, sessile, 1 — 1^2 c.M. broad, cut down in the lower part to the 

 rachis and in the upper to a narrow wing into close, ligulate, entire, obtuse 

 segments to + S'/^ m.M. broad. Texture moderately firm; surfaces green 

 and nearly naked except a few lanceolate scales on the midribs of the pin- 

 nulae beneath; veins distinct, 6 — 7-jugate, simple or forked. Sori costular, 

 not reaching the margin. 



Sumatra. 



* (16) A., eaudata, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 42; Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 I, tab. XX, B. 



Fronds 3-pinnatifid ; rachises tomentose or pubescent above (after Hooker's 

 drawing). Pinnulae sessile, oblong-lanceolate, ± 6—8 c.M. long, + l'/2 c.M. 

 broad, broadest at the base, the apex suddenly contracted into a long, narrow, 

 serrate or toothed, tail-like acumen, the edge cut down nearly to the costa into 

 close, oblong, slightly falcate, rather obtuse, + serrate lobes ± 4 m.M. broad. 

 Texture semicoriaceous, firm; surfaces naked; veins simple or forked. Sori 

 close to the costulae, occupying the lower half of the ultimate segments. 



Luzon. 



(17) A. iSifingireiisis, Christ, Warb., Mons., I, 90. 



Stipe stramineous, angular, unarmed, but covered like the main rachis 

 with minute, filiform and subulate scales. Fronds + 70 c.M. long, broadly 

 ovate-deltoid, 3-pinnatifid. Pinnae 10 — 15, distant, ovate, the rachis strigoso- 

 pilose. Pinnulae + 4 c.M. long, + 1 c.M. broad, deeply incised. Lobes sepa- 

 rated by rounded sinusses, ovate, rounded, crenulate. Surfaces naked, the 

 under one paler than the upper one ; veins simple. Sori close, + 4 on each side 

 of the costulae; receptacle not elevated. — Fronds with the aspect of Dryopteris 

 setigera, 0. Ktze, but firmer. 



Sanggir Islands. 



(18) it., lepicloelacla, Christ, Sebum. & Laut., Flor. deut. Sch. 

 geb., SuppL, 37. 



Stipes unarmed, fusco-stramineous, castaneous at the base, hardly 10 c.M. 



