﻿35. MICROLEPIA. 313 



dark-green above, light-green below. Texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface 

 short-haired on the veins, the under one covered vv^ith pale hairs. Sori on 

 a short distance from the edge; indusium very small, semiorbicular, cover- 

 ing only the base of the sorus when mature, slightly hairy. 

 Malaya. 



(13) Ml. trapeziformiii, Huhn, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; M. rhomboidea, 

 Pr., Tent. Pterid., 123; M. polypodioides, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. XV; Davallia 

 rhomboidea, Wall., Bot. Zeit., i850, 158; D. strigosa, Sw., var. rhomboidea, 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 99; D. polypodioides, Don, var. hispida ^ rhomboidea, Hk., 

 Spec. Fil., I, 182; D. trapeziformis, Rb., (oldest name). 



Near M. strigosa, Pr., but rather larger in all parts. Rachis downy or 

 hispid beneath. Lower pinnulae lanceolate-deltoid, cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into oblong, entire or irregularly inciso-lobate or again pinnatifid, sub- 

 oblique, very obtuse lobes. Sori rather large, usually solitary on the entire 

 lobes, several on the pinnatifid ones, near the sinuses, within the margin ; in- 

 dusium half-cupshaped, naked or hispid. 



Trap. Asia. 



« (14) II. hirta, J»r., Tent. Pterid., 125; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. 

 CCLVI; Davallia hirta, Klf., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 100. 



Stipes strong, 30—60 c.M. long, deciduously short-hairy. Fronds 45 — 180 

 c.M. long, 30 — 60 c.M. broad, ovate-deltoid, subcaudate, 3-pinnate. Lower 

 pinnae erecto-patent, 7 — 10 c.M. broad, triangular-lanceolate. Pinnulae trian- 

 gular-lanceolate; tertiary segments rhomhoidal-oblong, the lowest largest, blunt, 

 broadly toothed or deeply pinnatifid, the base obliquely cuneate, slightly decur- 

 rent. Texture coriaceous; rachises and especially the under surface densely 

 pubescent. Sori 2—12 to a tertiary segment, 1 or more to each ultimate tooth 

 or lobe; indusium + hairy or covered by the hairs of the veins. — Stature 

 and habit of M. speluncae, Moore, but firmer. 



Trop. Asia; Hawaii. 



36. Tj\.F»E:i]VroiXJ31, Chistensen. 



Sori roundish, terminal on the veins, submarginal, single or in + con- 

 fluent pairs. Indusium broadly half-cupshaped, attached at the base and 

 sides, open at the outer edge. Receptacle indistinct. 



