﻿58. ASPLENIUM. § 5. EU-ASPLENIDM. 4Si 



+ . Pinnae rather short, 2^1^ — 4 c.M. long. 



X. Pinnae obtuse. (68a) A. stereophyllum . 



x.x. Pinnae acuminate. (686) A, Elmeri. 



+.+. Pinnae longer, acute or acuminate, 4 — 8 c.M. long. 



(69) A. praemorsum. 

 d'.d'. Rachis naked or slightly scaly. 



e'. Lower pinnulae cuneate-oblong, with the outer edge + 



rounded, more or less incised. (70) A. cuneatum. 



e'.e'. Lower pinnulae lanceolate, rhomboidal or subdeltoid, 



narrowed towards the apex, the sides more or less incised. 



f. Texture herbaceous. Venation pinnate. 



(71) A. bulbiferum. 

 f'.f. Texture subcoriacenus. Venation subflabellate. 

 g'. Sori short, radiant. (72) A. nitidum. 



g'.g'. Sori long, linear. 



h'. Pinnae long-acuminate, caudate, the apex 

 nearly filiform. (73) A. setisectum. 



fe'.fe'. Pinnae less conspicuously acuminate. 



(74) A. affine. 

 c'.c'. Fronds decoumpound, copiously 3 — 4-pinnafe. (75) A. laserpitiifolium. 



(20) A. jsubnormale, Copeh, Polypod. Philipp., 80; Perk., 

 Fragm. Philipp., tab. IV, fig. B. 



Fronds solitary or few on a short, creeping rhizome. Stipes ± I'/j — 4 

 c.M. long, naked towards the frond, slender, dark and polished, but shading 

 into a green rachis, with green, lateral Lnes. Fronds 4 — 10 c.M. long, to 4 

 c.M. broad, lanceolate-ovate, acute, pinnate. Distinct pinnae ± 6 pairs, 2 or 

 more pairs indicated by clefts, the lowest whether or not smaller than the 

 next in order, crenate, commonly trapezoid, irregular in shape, the lower half 

 cut away to the midrib at the base, the upper base parallel to the rachis. 

 Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked. Indusium narrow. 



Luzon. 



» (21) A. minus, Bh, Rac, Plor. Biz., I, 211; A. normale, Mett. 

 (not Don), Ann. Mus. Hot. L.B., II, 234. 



Rhizome short, erect or creeping, sparingly covered with small, lanceolate 

 scales. Stipes densely crowded, 1 — 3 c.M. long. Fronds linear-lanceolate, to 



