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rachis, the lowest deflexed, the others spreading, obtuse, entire, + l^j^ — I'/a 

 c.M. long, + 7 — 10 m.M. broad, the upper base truncate, auriculate, the 

 auricle sometimes acute. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked, the upper one 

 black-caslaneous, the under one fuligineous ; veins free. Sori continuous. — 

 About one pinna in ten shows an anastomosis of veinlets. 

 Mindanao. 



(4) S. pellaeiforme, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Lindsay a pellaeiformis, 



Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, 102, tab. XIV, fig. 14, a— b. 



Rhizome short, strong, slightly creeping, clothed with black-brown, spreading, 

 subulate scales. Stipes approximate, subtufted, blackish-red, polished, naked 

 or punctate, 10—20 c.M. long. Fronds ligulale-linear, + 30 c.M. long, 

 3 — 4 c.M. broad, simply pinuate. Terminal pinna oblong, shghtly lobed. Lateral 

 pinnae inequilateral, numerous (±40 on each side), close, spreading, sessile, 

 the lower ones short-stalked, ovate-rhomboidal, the base truncate & ± auri- 

 cled above, cuneate k commonly slightly rounded below, the apex blunt, the mar- 

 gin entire or finely crenate. Texture papyraceous, pellucid, dark-green; veins 

 erecto-patent, simple or forked, the tips thickened. Sori occupying the upper 

 and lower margin, forming a continuous line on each side of the costa, 



Celebes. 



* (5) S. divergens, XuHm (not Diels), Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 58; 

 Viltaria divergens, Rb., Wall., List, No. 2191; Lindsay a divergens, Ilk. Sf Grev. 

 (not Wall.), Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 109; Bedd., Ferns Br.L, II, tab. CCL; Hk. & 

 Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. CCXXVI. — var. auriculata, Christ, MS. in Herb. Bog. 



Stipes approximate, wiry, erect, blackish, polished, 5 — 15 c.M. long. 

 Fronds 10 — 30 c.M. long, 3 — 5 c.M. broad, lanceolate, pinnate. Pinnae close, 

 spreading, Z^j^ — l^j^ m.M. broad, the apex blunt, the edge entire or nearly so, 

 the upper base truncate, slightly auricled, the lower base rounded or cuneate, 

 lower pinnae + reduced, ± deflexed. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked, po- 

 lished; surfaces naked; veins forked, inconspicuous; costa present. Sori conti- 

 nuous along both sides and the apex. 



Var. auriculata: Pinnae distinctly auricled at the base on the 

 upper side. 



Malaya. 



• (6) S. l¥alkerae, Kuhn, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nal. Pfl.Fam. 

 I*, 218; Lindsaya Walkerae, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 109; Hk., Spec. Fil., I, 

 tab. LXIX, A; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CCXV. 



