﻿104 9. TRICHOMANES. § 2. EUTRICHOMANES. f**. TRICHOMANOPSIS. 



5 — 20 c.M. long, S'/j — 15 c.M, broad, deltoid, obovate or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 3 — 4-pinnatifid, the main rachis mostly slightly winged towards the apex and 

 submarginate below. Pinnae erecto-patent, 1^2 — 2 c.M. broad, lanceolate- 

 oblong, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis. Pinnulae deeply pinnatifid, 

 with lineal', simple or pinnatifid lobes. Ultimate segments short and often 

 tooth-like. Texture ± coriaceous; margin often slightly crisped. Sori 2 — 12 

 to a pinnula, small; indusium more or less exserted, the mouth slightly 

 dilated. 



Trop. Asia, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Comores, Seychelles. 



* (50) T. Baueriaiiuili, Endl., C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; T. apiifolium, 

 Pr., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 31; V. D. B., Hymen. Jav., tab. XIX; T. meifolium, 

 BL, Enum., 227; — var, polyanthos; T. polyanthos Hk., Spec. Fil., I, 138; 

 Icon. PI., VIII, tab. DCCIII. 



Rhizome erect, clothed with long, brownish hairs. Stipes tufted, 10 — 20 

 c.M. long, strong, erect, densely clothed with long, spreading, reddish hairs. 

 Fronds 20 — 50 c.M. long, 10 — 20 c.M. broad, ovate, acuminate, 3 — 4-pinnate; 

 rachis hairy, slightly and narrowly winged towards the apex. Longest pinnae 

 5 — 15 c.M. long, IYj — 4 c.M. broad, spreading or erecto-patent, lanceolate- 

 acuminate. Pinnulae several, cut down into flattened, linear, simple, bifid or 

 pinnate segments, the ultimate ones to 4 m.M. long, + '/2 ^^•^^- b^'oad. Tex- 

 ture subcoriaceous, surfaces naked; a single costa in each ultimate segment. 

 Sori 2 — 12 to a pinnula; indusium small, turbinate, the mouth ± dillated, 

 entire or slightly 2-lipped. 



War. polyanthikS: Sori larger; indusium campanulate, the mouth 

 distinctly 2-lipped. Stipe and rachis + hispid. 



Malaya; Polynesia; — var. polywnlhos: East. Malaya; Polynesia. 



a. 



a.a. 



% 3. LEPTOMANES. 



Rhizome wide-creeping. 



•{>. Ullimate segments not spreading into various directions. (51) T. gemmatuin. 



•f.f . Ullimate segments spreading into various directions. (52) T. meifolium. 



Rhizome short-creeping or erect. 



h. Ultimate segments as in u, •^. (53) T. parviflorum. 



h.h. Ultimate segments as in a, •{•.•{•. 



c. Pinnae i2 — i5-jugate. Sori numerous. (54) T. trichophyllum. 



c,c. Pinnae 20 — 30-jugate. Sori few. (55) T. pluma.. 



