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* 1¥. radlcaii§», Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 188; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 

 I, tab. LXXXVIII; Bau. & Hk., Gen. Fil., tab. XVII; W. auriculata, BL, Rac, 

 Flor. Biz., I, 165; Blechnum radicans, L., (oldest name); — var. prolifera, 

 Copel., Philipp. Journ., Ill, 35; W. prolifera, Hk. Sf Am., Beech. Voy., 275, 

 tab. LVI. 



Rhizome erect. Stipes strong, erect, naked, scaly at the base. Fronds 

 1 — 2 M. long, 30 — 70 c.M. broad, 2-pinnatifld. Pinnae liuear-lanceolate, erecto- 

 patent, the lowest to 40 c.M. long, on stalks — 5 m.M. long, cut down into 

 linear, subfalcate or nearly straight, acute, serrulate lobes 1 — 4 c.M. long, 

 the lower lobes often shorter. Texture coriaceous; rachis and under surface 

 naked or covered with long or short, narrow, brown scales or hairs; veins 

 anastomosing, forming 1 row of arches on each side of the costulae (mid- 

 ribs of the lobes), and 1 row of areolae outside the fruit, the rest free. (W. 

 auriculata, BL: Pinnae auricled at the base). 



War. prolifera: Fronds small, membranaceous, proliferous. 



Sumatra, Java, Philippines; Formosa, Japan, China, North. India, South. 

 Europe, Atlant. Islands; — var prolifera; Batan Island (Philippines). 



