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mouth broadly dilated, scarcely 2-lipped; receptacle filiform, more or less 

 exserted. — A very variable species. 

 Panlropical. 



* (38) T. Si|ieeioiS9iiii, ir«lf«i., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 30; T.radi- 

 cans, Sw., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 81, p. p.; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CLXXXI ; 

 C. Chr. Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, firm, tomentose. Stipes scattered, 5 — 15 c.M. 

 long, narrowly winged towards the apex. Fronds lanceolate or deltoid-oblong, 

 15 — 30 c.M. long, 5 — 15 c.M. broad; main rachis narrowly winged. Pinnae 

 2^/2 — 10 c.M. long, mostly erecto-patent, ovate-rhomboidal or lanceolate-trian- 

 gular, the rachis narrowly winged. Pinnulae rhomboid-oblong, cut down to 

 a winged rachis into linear or oblong, simple, bifid or pinnatifid segments. 

 Texture firm-membranaceous ; colour blackish-green; ultimate lobes 1-nerved. 

 Sori lateral, 1 — 4 to a pinnula; indusium narrow-campanulate, the mouth 

 slightly 2-lipped. 



Scattered throughout warm-temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



* (59) T. maximum. Ml., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 29; V. D. B., Hym. 

 Jav., tab. XVIII; T. anceps, Hk., var. jS, Hk., Spec. Fil., I, tab. XL, fig. C, 3; 

 T. millefolium, Pr., V. D. B., 1. c, tab. XX. 



Rhizome stout, creeping, nearly naked. Stipes strong, erect, 1 — 3 c.M. 

 apart, naked or slightly hairy at the base, + succulent, winged upwards, 

 l^j^—iO c.M. long. Fronds 30—75 c.M. long, 15—30 c.M. broad, ovate- 

 lanceolate, 4 — 5-pinnatifid, ± succulent, naked. Pinnae erecto-patent, the lowest 

 not much shorter than the next in order, or as long, ovate-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate. Pinnulae lanceolate, cut down into segments which are pinnate again 

 with 1 — 4 divisions on each side. Ultimate divisions linear, + 5 — 5 m.M, 

 long, ± 1 m.M. broad, simple and truncate, emarginate or bifid, straight, 

 falcate or curved. Texture subcoriaceous; rachises more or less narrowly 

 winged. Sori 2 — 8 to a pinnula; indusium cylindi'ical, the mouth dilated, 

 not 2-lipped. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Queensland. 



% 2. EUTRICHOMANES. e. Abrodictyum. 



(40) T. Cumini^ii, C, Chr., Ind. Fil; T. Smithii, Hk., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Fil, 84; Hk., Icon. PL, VHI, tab. BCGIY ; Habrodictyon Cumingii, V.D.B., 

 Hymen. Jav., tab. XII ; Abrodictyum Cumingii, Pr., (oldest name), Hym., tab. VII. 



