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Stipes naked, greyish. Fronds large. Lower pinnae to 30 c.M. long, 

 7 — 10 c.M. broad, deeply pinna tifid into oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire 

 or distantly crenale lobes. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis, veins and margins 

 slightly hairy on both sides; veins of the lobes slightly pinnate, and mostly 

 forming costal arches. Sori small, copious, principally in irregular rows near 

 the costulae. 



Java. 



(3) P. megalocarpa, JBedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl , 48 ; 

 Pohjpodium megalocarpum, Hh., Hk. Bk, Syh. Fi\., olS; Nephrodiumoligodictyon, 

 Bk., Ann. of Bot., V, 328, Aspidium megalocarpum, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome erect, scaly at the crown. Stipes stout, 40 — 60 c.M. long, scaly 

 towards the base. Fronds oblong-deltoid, 60—90 c.M. long, the upper part 

 deeply pinnatifid with lanceolate, pinnatifid lobes. Pinnae in + 6 pairs; the 

 lowest largest, equilateral, 15—25 |c.M. long, 5 — 9 c.M. broad, cut more than 

 72 -way down to the costa into narrow, oblong, crenated segments to ± 372 

 c.M. long, ± 5 — 8 m.M. broad. Texture subcoriaceous, opaque ; surfaces nak- 

 ed or the upper one furnished with scattered, small, jointed, transparent 

 scales; venation pinnate in the lobes, forming areolae near the costae only. 

 Sori medial or nearly so, in 2 rows on each side of the costa along the wing 

 and in a single row on each side of the costulae; indusium fugacious. 



Java, Malacca. 



* (4) P. I^euzeana, J»f., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 194; Bedd., Perns 

 Br.I., I, tab. CXXXIV; Nephrodium Leuzeatium, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn Fil., 295; 

 Aspidium Leuzeanum, Kze., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 39; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. — 

 var. hemiteliiformis, Rac, 1. c; — var. digitata. 



Caudex erect, short, to ± 12 c.M. high, or subarborescent and to ± 1 

 M. high, the apex clothed with long, linear-lanceolate, ciliate, woolly, brown 

 seales. Stipes 50 — 100 c.M. long, often striated, scaly at the base. Fronds 

 subdeltoid, 2 — 3-pinnatifid, ± 1 — 2 M. long, 30 — 90 c.M. broad. Pinnae nu- 

 merous, close, pinnatifid, or at least the lowest pinnate on the lower side, 

 shorl-stalked. Pinnulae sessile or short-stalked, to ± 25 c.M. long, to + 8 

 c.M. broad, the lowest 1 — 2 X pinnatifid. Lobes numerous, separated by nar- 

 row sinuses with roundish tops, oblong, bluntish, subf;ilcate, entire, toothed 

 or sinuated. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked. Sori usuallv in 1 row on 

 each side, nearer the edge than the costulae ; indusium early fugacious, (often 

 wanting <!). 



