﻿106 9. TIUCHOMANES. § 3. LEPTOMANES. 



(54) T. tricbophylluin, Moore, Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil, 466. 



Stipes densely tufted, wiry, terete, ^'/j — S c.M. long. Fronds 5 — 10 

 c.M. long, oblong, decompound, 2 '/a — 4 c.M. broad. Rachis stiff, terete. Pin- 

 nae much imbricated, 12— 15-jugate, many deltoid, 1 — 1 '/a c.M. broad. Lower 

 pinnulae copiously pinnatifid. Ultimate divisions bristle-like, 3 — 7 m.M. long, 

 spreading in all directions. Sori copious, free, ± 1 m.M. deep, placed near 

 the base of the pinnulae on the upper side; indusium with a funnel-shaped 

 tube and truncate mouth. 



Borneo, New Guinea; New Caledonia. 



(35) T. pluma, Mk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 466; Hk., Icon. PL, X, 

 tab. CMXCVH; Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, fig. 68. 



Rhizome short-creeping , the scales dense, minute, fibrillose, brown. Stipes 

 5 — 10 c.M. long, terete, wiry. Fronds lanceolate, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 2 '/^ — o'/2 

 c.M. broad, decompound; rachis stiff, terete. Pinnae crowded, 20 — 30-jugale, 

 spreading, under 1^/2 c.M. broad. Lower pinnulae sparsely pinnatifid, cut 

 into bristle-like, dichotomously forked lobes 3 — 7 m.M. long, spreading in all 

 directions. Sori few, placed near the base of the upper pinnae ; indusium 

 + 1 m.M. long, stalked ; tube funnel-shaped, the mouth truncate ; receptacle very 

 long. 



Malaya; Samoa, New Caledonia. 



