﻿444 55. ASPLENIUM. § 2. NEOTTOPTERIS. 



* (13) A. 'vittaetoriiic, Car.,Ek. Bk., Syn. Fi\.,19'i; A. sundense, 

 BL, Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 209. 



Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, naked. Stipes short, erect, naked. Fronds 

 rather distant, lanceolate, 15 — 45 c.M. long, 1 — 7^2 c.M. broad or narrower, 

 the apex acute, the base narrowed gradually into the stipe, the margin crenate 

 or obscurely toothed. Texture coriaceous, veins simple or forked, close. Sori 

 copious, often reaching from the midrib nearly to the edge. — The plant has 

 sometimes also abnormal fronds, which are finely divided like those of Tera- 

 tophyllum. 



Malaya; Polynesia. 



(14) A. (Scolopendrioides, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 192; Hk., 

 Icon. PL, X, tab. CMXXX. 



Rhizome clothed with lanceolate, brown, chaffy scales. Stipes + 2 — 4 c.M. 

 long, erect. + scaly. Fronds lanceolate, 30—50 c.M. long, 3 — 4 c.M. broad, 

 the apex ± suddenly caudate, the base narrowed very gradually, the edge 

 entire. Texture subcoriaceous ; veins oblique, commonly simple, rather distant. 

 Sori reaching from the midrib to within 5 — 7 m.3I. of the margin; indusium 

 leaving a distinct, elevated ridge on the frond when it dehisces. — (See also 

 A. glochidiatum, Rac). 



Borneo, Philippines. 



(15) A. apoense, Copeh, Polypod. Philipp., 79. 



Rhizome thick, short, erect. Stipes clustered, 1 — 5 c.M. long, firm, scaly. 

 Fronds 20 — 35 c.M. long, I'/j — 2'/2 c.M. broad, entire, acute, narrowed gra- 

 dually into the stipe. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; costa firm, scaly; 

 veins inconspicuous, erecto-patent, often forked. Sori linear, occupying the 

 lower ^/j of the veins. 



Mindanao. 



(16) A. natunae, bu., Kew Bull, i896, 41. 



Rhizome erect, woody, the scales dense, lanceolate, membranaceous, dirty- 

 brown. Stipes 10 — 15 c.M. long, brown, slightly scaly above. Fronds simple, 

 30 — 45 c.M. long, 3 — 3 ^\^ c.M. broad, lanceolate, narrowed at the base. Texture 

 rigidly coriaceous; under surface minutely scaly; veins close, obscure, immer- 

 sed, ± 1 74 m M. apart, reaching to the margin. Sori linear, not reaching 

 the margin; indusium persistent. 



Naluna Islands. 



