﻿312 55. JIICROLEPIA. 



Sori 2 — 12 to a lobe, 1 to a crenation, a short distance from the edge; 

 indusium naked. 



Philippines; Ceylon, North. India. 



* (10) 11. Strigoisa, J»r., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 308; Bedd., Ferns 

 S.I., tab. CCLV; Davallia sirigosa, (Sw.) Kze, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 135. 



Rhizome creeping, hairy. Stipe erect, strong, 15 — 40 e.M. long, both it 

 and the rachis pubescent troughout. Fronds ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 30 — 100 

 c.M. long, 15—30 c.M. broad, 2-pinnate. Pinnae short-stalked, erecto-patent, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, straight or falcate, the lowest longest, 10 — 20 

 c.M. long, + 2 c.M. broad, cut down to the rachis with numerous close 

 pinnulae. Pinnulae rhomboidal, obliquely cuneate at the base, the lowest 

 largest, oblong, broadly and rather bluntly toothed or crenated. Texture sub- 

 coriaceous; rachises and veins beneath more or less copiously hairy; veins 

 beneath prominently raised. Sori small, 2 — 12 to a pinnula, placed near the 

 bases of the crenations at a short distance from the sinuses; indusium half- 

 cupshaped, hairy. 



Trop. Asia ^ Polynesia, Japan, China. 



(11) II. liLiirxii, Bedd., Hand. Ind. Ferns, 66; Davalia Kurzii, 

 Clarke, Trans. Lmn. Soc, Bot., '2,'^ Series, I, 446. 



Fronds large, 3-pinnatifid. Lower pinnae 30—40 c.M. long, 15 — 25 c.M. 

 broad, lanceolate, with linear-lanceolate pinnulae, which are cut down to the 

 rachis (which is not wavy, or only slightly so towards the apex) below into 

 triangular, subobtuse or lanceolate-caudate lobes, which are bluntly serrate. 

 Texture more or less coriaceous; under surface pubescent even when adult; 

 venation moderately prominent. Indusium finely ciliated round the margin. — 

 Near M. platyphylla, /. Sm. 



Malacca; Burmah. 



* (12) ML. proxinia, JPi*., C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Davalia proxima, BL, 

 Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 134. 



Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, naked. Fronds 100 c.M. or more long, 

 to 80 c.M. broad, 2-pinnate; rachis rough-hairy. Pinnae stalked, to 40 c.M. 

 long, to 10 c.M. broad, lanceolate, the lower ones shorter than the following, 

 the stalks 1—1 V2 c.M. long. Pinnulae short-stalked, lanceolate, inequilateral, 

 to 6 c.M. long, to 2 c.M. broad, toothed at the apex, the base deeply pinna- 

 tifid. Segments rounded, entire, the lower to 13 m.M. long, to 6 m.M. broad. 



