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minutely serrulate, separated by as much as their own breadth ; terminal pinna 

 like the lateral ones. 



Malaya; North. India, Yunnan; — var. philippinensis : Luzon. 



* (5) P. pycnopliylla, Mett., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 17S; Bedd., 

 Ferns Br.I., I, tab. LIl; Lomaria pycnophylla, Kze, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 161; 

 Hk., Spec. Fil, III, tab. CXL VIII ; — var. remota, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., VI, 

 150; — var. mixta, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 1S4. 



Rhizome stout, erect, woody. Stipes erect, naked, 15 — 40 cM. long, 

 basal tubercles present. Fronds ovate-lanceolate, +60 — 150 c.M. long, 15 — 30 

 c.M. broad, the apex pinnatifid, narrowed. Pinnae numerous, linear, spreading 

 or nearly so, contiguous, 1 — 1^/2 c.M. broad, the apex acuminate or subcaudate, 

 the edge Cnely serrulate, but more strongly towards the point, the base 

 truncate or subtruncate, mostly purveyed beneath with 1 — 2 conspicuous, 

 prominent glands. Texture coriaceous ; veins numerous, close, simple or forked. 

 Fertile pinnae distant and narrowly linear. 



"Var. reiiiola: Pinnae separated by ± their own breadth. 



Var. iiiiiLta: Fertile pinnae often dilated and sterile at the apex. 



Malacca, Java, Borneo; Yunnan, North.India; — var. remota: Philippines; 

 — var. mixta: Luzon. 



(6) P. eiiplilebia, Mett., Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 129; Ferns 

 Br.I., II, tab. CLXV; Lomaria euphlebia, Kze, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 183; Hk., 

 2^ Cent, of Ferns, tab. LXXXIX; L. arliculala, Muell., Fragm., V, 174. 



Rhizome stout, woody. Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, naked, erect, basal 

 tubercles present. Fronds ovate-lanceolate, 30 — 60 c.M. long, 15 — 30 c.M. 

 broad. Pinnae V^l^ c.M. or more apart at the base, erecto-patent, linear, 

 serrulate, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 1 — 2 c.M. broad, narrowed at the base on both 

 sides and at the toothed apex. Texture subcoriaceous ; veins prominent. 

 Fertile fronds similar, but the pinnae more distant and narrowly linear. 



New Guinea, Malacca; China, Japan. 



(7) P. Iiilierculata, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 153. 

 Rhizome erect, short. Stipes close, 20 — 40 c.M. long, the fertile fronds 



on the longest stipes, the base bearing ± 12 tubercles. Barren fronds ± 

 60 c.M. long, 20 — 23 c.M. broad, the apex abruptly acuminate, the rachis 

 quadrangular, naked, glossy, reddish-brown, bearing glands on the under side 



