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occupying nearly the whole stipe. Texture subcoriaceous ; under surface 

 slightly villose on the veins and covered with globose glands, upper one 

 clothed with adpressed hairs, the edges hairy; veins 5—9 on a side, 

 the lowest ones only anastomosing. Sori 5 — 6 on a side, medial on the 

 veins; indusium hairy, fugacious; capsules hairy. 

 Java. 



(76) I>. Maenkeana, O.Ittsse, C. Chr., Ind. Pil. ; Nephrodium 

 Haenkeanum, Pr., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 290; N. multilineatum, Pr., Tent. 

 Pterid., 81. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes scattered, 30 — 60 c.M. long, strong, erect, 

 slightly pubescent. Fronds 90 — 120 c.M. long, 30 — 40 c.M. broad Pinnae 

 + 2 c.M. broad, cut Vs — ^k'^^^Y down to the costa into acute, subfalcate 

 lobes. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and under surface finely pubescent ; 

 veins 10 — 12 on a side. Sori subterminal on the veins; indusium very 

 fugacious. 



Malaya; Polynesia. 



(77) O. emineniS, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium eininens, Bk. 

 Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 213 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes stout, naked, ± 120 c.3I. long or longer, the, 

 upper half occupied by the much reduced pinnae. Fronds 2-pinnatifid, 

 75 — 90 c.M. long in the normal portion, half as broad. Normal pinnae 

 distinctly stalked, the central ones lanceolate, 15—50 c.M. long, + 2'/2 c.M. 

 broad, cut + ^j^-^wsiy down to the costa into oblong, obtuse, contiguous, 

 entire lobes + 4 — 5 m.M. broad. Lower pinnae dwarfed, deltoid, sessile, 

 the lowest changed into glands. Texture subcoriaceous; surfaces finely pilose 

 on the ribs; veins distinct, 10 — 12-jugate, several lower ones anastomosing. 

 Sori small, medial ; indusium minute, fugacious. 



Sumatra, Malacca. 



(78) W. lilr§»uia, O.Ktme, Rev. Gen. PI., II, 815; D. ademphora, 

 C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium hirsutum, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 291; 

 Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, tab. CCXL, B; Aspidium hirsutum, Kze (not Melt.), Christ, 

 Ann. Btz., XV, 154. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes 30 c.M. long or longer, grey, villose. Fronds 

 90 — 120 c.M. long, ± 45 c.M. broad. Pinnae very close and numerous, spreading 

 or more or less erccto-patent, the largest ± 25 c.M. long, + 2 c.M. broad, cut 



