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minate, pinnate. Pinnae ovate, obtuse, the lower ones pinnate again, the higher 

 ones simple, joining. Pinnulae (or segments) narrowly oblong, obtuse, often 

 entire. Texture herbaceous; surfaces sparingly pubescent with short, white 

 hairs; veins simple. Indusium thin, setaceous, rarely asplenioid, often curved 

 and nephrodioid. 

 Luzon. 



(7) A. Ijoheri, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., T S6rie, VI, 1001. 

 Rhizome short, stout, sparingly clothed like the stipes with setiform scales. 



Stipes tufted, slender, erect, ± 18 c.M. long, green, castaneous at the base. 

 Fronds ± 13 c.M. each way, deltoid, nearly 3-partite at the base, the rachis 

 winged. Pinnae + o on each side, the higher ones oblong, subacute, + 

 deeply lobed, the lowest ones subdeltoid, rather 2-pinnatipartite, the posterior 

 side produced. Lobes close, subobtuse, miputely crenulate. Texture thin, 

 pellucid; colour pale-green; surfaces rather naked or hardly puberulous. Sori 

 minute, in 1 or more rows, roundish or broadly reniform; indusium thin, 

 greyish, asplenioid or aspidioid (round), fimbriate. 

 Luzon. 



(8) A. Sarasinoruii], Christ, Fil. Saras., IV, 434; Ann. Bu., XV, 



123, tab. XV, fig. 16, a — b; Asplenium Sarasinorum, Ct)/;e^., Polypod. Phihpp., 

 87; — var. philippinense, (Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., VI, 154; Aih. philippi- 

 nense, Christ, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 254. 



Rhizome short, clothed with long, blackish-brown scales. Stipes tufted, 

 slender, succulent, + flaccid, brown, slightly scaly, 10 — 15 c.M. long. Fronds 

 + 10 c.M. long, ± 4 c.M broad, oblung-deltoid, acuminate, 3-pinnatifid to 

 5-pinnate. Pinnae + 10 on each side, the lowestthe longest. Pinnulae ses- 

 sile, the lower ones short-stalked, roundish-ovate, divided again, the lobes 

 roundish, broadly crenate or toothed. Texture herbaceous. Sori 3 — 5 on 

 the ultimate divisions, solitary on the lobes, oblong, slightly recurved; in- 

 dusium brownish. 



War. pliilippinenise : Lobes deeply incised, the terminal ones 

 linear-lanceolate, moderately acute, ± '/a Qi-M. broad. 



Celebes, Philippines. 



(9) A. ariistulatiiin, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 253; — 

 var. sphagnicolum, Copel., I. c. 



Rhizome erect, densely clothed with lanceolate, acuminate, cinnamon- 



