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Stipes tufted, 5 — 8 c.M. long, wiry, blackish, densely fibrillose. Fronds 

 20 — 30 c.M. long, 2'/2 — 4 c.M. broad, with very numerous close-placed, hori- 

 zontal pinnae on each side, which are ± % — 1 c.M. broad, blunt at the 

 point, the edge slightly inciso-crenate, the upper side distinctly auricled and 

 narrowed suddenly at the base, the lower narrower below, but nearly equal 

 upwards. Texture coriaceous; veins faint; a distinct midrib only in the lower 

 part of the pinnae; rachis densely fibrillose, especially below. Sori 2 — 4 on 

 each side, oblong, oblique. — The Malacca plant is perhaps a form of A. 

 pellucidum. Lam. and different from the Madagascar fern. 



Malacca; Madagascar. 



* (26) A. isalignuiii, jbl, Enum., 175. 



Stipes + tufted or approximate, greyish-green, 10 — 20 c.M. long, decidu- 

 ously scaly in the lower half. Fronds lanceolate, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 1 '/j — 2'/2 

 c.M. broad, narrowed towards both ends, simple or with 1 — 3 pairs of similar, 

 distant but smaller pinnae at the base. Pinnae 6 — 10 c.M. long, 1 — 2 c.M. 

 broad, stalked, acuminate, the edge entire, crenate or toothed, but more con- 

 spicuously towards the point, the base cuneate. Texture coriaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous; under surface covered with few, scattered, adpressed, deciduous 

 scales; veins oblique, simple or forked. Sori whether or not reaching the 

 margin and the costa; indusium persistent. 



Java. 



* (27) A., cliversifoliuiu, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 211; A. salig- 

 num, Ilk. (not BL), Spec. Fil., Ill, tab. CLXV; Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 199. 



Rhizome creeping, clothed with long, lanceolate scales. Stipes approximate, 

 10 — 20 c.M. long, slender, slightly scaly below. Fronds 15 — 50 c.M. long, 

 15 — 20 c.M. broad, with a long, linear terminal pinna and 1 — 5 + opposite 

 pairs of lateral ones, which are suberecto-patent, straight or subfalcate, + 

 2 c.M. broad, with the point long-acuminate, the margin faintly crenate or 

 entire, the base corflate. Texture coriaceous; rachis and both surfaces green 

 and naked; veins parallel, ± distant, obscure. Sori reaching from the midrib 

 nearly to the edge. 



Java, New Guinea. 



(28) A. l^abillarclieri, Hxe, Mett., Parng., VI, Aspl., 95, tab. 

 IV, fig. 11. 



Stipes livid, narrowly marginate, afterwards naked. Fronds + 30 — 40 c.M. 



