﻿46. PAESiA. 377 



Pinnulae unequal-sided, ± deltoid, ± 2 c.M. long, + 1 c.M. broad, cut down 

 nearly to the costa into small, oblong-cuneate, entire or bluntly toothed seg- 

 ments. Upper pinnae rather lanceolate, with nearly simple secondary divisions. 

 Texture firm; surfaces naked; veins free, immersed, obscure. Sori reaching 

 from the base nearly to the apex of the segments ; indusiura narrow. 

 Sumalra. 



(2) P. riigulosa, Sluhn, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 105; Pleris ru- 

 gidosa, Lab., Hk. Bk.. Syn. Fil., 480; I' Pt. divaricalissima, Bk., Hk. Bk., 1. 

 c, 163. 



Rhizome wide-creeping. Stipes and rachises slender, glutinoso-pubescent, 

 canstaneous. Fronds ample, 4-pinnatifid, rhomboidal. Pinnae close, lanceolate, 

 short-stalked, erecto-patent, to 50 c.M. or more long. Pinnulae lanceolate, 

 close, patent, nearly sessile, 1 — 2 c.M. broad. Segments lanceolate, cuneate- 

 truncate on lower side at base, lower deeply pinnatifid with oblique, 

 blunt lobes. Texture cartilagineo-coriaceous ; rachis zigzag; surfaces glutinose 

 and minutely scaly, especially below; edges of fertile segments revolute, the 

 sori reaching to te midribs. 



Philippines; New Caledonia, Tahiti. 



4r. I»TER,II>njM, Gleditsch. 



Sori linear, on a submarginal strand uniting the vein tips. Indusium 

 linear, consisting of the reflexed, modified margin, often 2-valved with the 

 inner valve attached at the inner side of the sorus. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes' distant, seriate, not articulate to the rhizome, 

 purveyed with many (+ 12- 24), irregularly placed vascular strands. Fronds 

 at least 2-pinnate; veins free. Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., tab. Ill, fig. 31, d— f (as 

 Pteris, § Paesia); Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 156, A. 



Cosmopolitan. 



* Pt. aquilinuiu, S^uhn, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 104; Pteris 

 aquUina, L, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 156; Redd. Ferns S.I., tab. XLII; — var. 

 lanuginosum, Hk., Spec. Fil., H, 196; Pteris lanuginosa, Spr., Nova Acta, X, 

 231, tab. XVI, fig. 1—2; — var. esculeutum, Hk., 1. c, 197; Pleris esculenta, 

 Forsl., PI. escul., 74. 



