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Pil., p p.); Tecfaria Chrislii, CopeL, Philip. Journ., 11,416; Sagenia coadiinala, 

 J. Sm., Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LXXXI. 



Stipes rufous, + naked, sparingly scaly at the base, the scales acute, 

 flaccid, brown. Fronds 50—90 c.M. long, pinnate, the rachis naked, smooth, 

 glossy, flavido-rufous. Pinnae pinnatitid, + 1 — 4 on each side below the 

 deeply pinnatifid terminal one, the lowest largest, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 deeply pinnatifid, the lobes broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, crenate or 

 lobed. Texture thin, diaphanous; upper surface clothed with short, white 

 pubescence, the margins ciliate; costulae slightly pubescent; veins copiously 

 anastomosing, with copious, included, clavate, free veinlefs. Sori in 1 row 

 on each side of the costulae ; indusium orbicular-reniform, with a pale 

 margin. — This species was often confounded with the american A. cicutari- 

 rum, Stv., which is quite another plant. — Trop. Asia. 



Christ describes another form in Philipp. Journ., II, 187: Aspidium ma- 

 layense, Christ {Tec/aria malayensis, CopeL, 1. c, 416), distinguished from this 

 by the scaly stipes, the naked fronds, the less copiously anastomosing veins, 

 the rather wanting included veinlets and the peltate indusia. — Malacca, 

 Singapore, Luzon. 



(33) A. latifoliuin, J. Sm., Journ. of Bot., Ill, 410; Nephrodium 

 lalifolium, Bk., Hk. Bk , Syn. Fil., 298; {? Teclaria inelanocaulon or siifolia 

 CopeL, Philipp. Journ., II, 418); T. lahf'olia, CopeL, 1. c, 416. 



Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, glossy, ebeneous. Fronds 60 — 90 c.M. long, 

 30 — 45 c.M. broad, the apex deeply pinnatifid with lanceolate-acuminate lobes, 

 the lower lobes sinuated; below this 3 — 5 pinnae on each side, the lowest 

 much the largest, 20—50 c.M. long, 15 — 20 c.M. broad, deeply pinnatifid 

 above, pinnate at the base, lobes acute. Textuie papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis 

 glossy like the stipe; main veins distinct to the edge; areolae fine, with 

 copious free veinlets. Sori in irregular rows near the main veins, mainly or 

 entirely on the connected veins. 



Celebes, Amboyna, New Guinea; Polynesia. 



(34) f%.. graucle, J. Sm., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 36; ^. gramlifc- 

 lium, Pr., C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium grande, Bk., Ann. of Bot., V, 330; 

 Tecfaria grandifoUa, CopeL, Philipp. Journ., II, 413. 



Stipes rufescent, shining. Fronds 60 — 90 c.M. long, ovate-oblong, pinnate. 

 Lateral pinnae in 5 — 6 pairs below the deeply 3-fid apex, + 25 c.M. long, 

 6—6^2 c.M. broad, oblong-lanceolate, caudato-acuminate, slightly sinuate, the 



