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long, ovate-oblong, pinnate. Pinnae 12 — 15-jugate, obliquely patent, 10 — ISc.lVI. 

 long, 2 — 2^2 c.M. broad, linear-lanceolate or elongate-oblong, acuminate, cre- 

 nulate-serrulate, the base somewhat obliquely cuneate (somewhat broader and 

 slightly rounded on the upper side). Texture membranaceous, thin; surfaces 

 naked; veins erecto-patent, simple or forked at the base, translucent. Sori 

 distant (1 — 5 sterile veins between 2 sori), narrow, 10— 13 m.M. long, reaching 

 nearly the costa and the margin; indusium thin, nai'row. 

 Burn Island. 



* (29) A. remotuin, Moore, C. Chr., Ind. Fil; A. multilinealum, 

 Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 199; Hk., Spec. Fil., Ill, tab. CLXXXIII. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes ' scattered, firm, erect, greyish-green, ± 15 — 20 

 c.M long. Fronds oblong-lanceolate, 30 — 50 c.M. long, 15—20 c.M. broad, 

 with a long terminal pinna and 8 — 18 lateral ones on each side. Pinnae 

 stalked, erecto-patent, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 1 — 2 c.M. broad, acuminate, the edge 

 faintly toothed, but more acutely towards the point, the base rather broadly 

 cuneate. Texture slightly fleshy: colour dark-green; rachis and surfaces 

 naked; veins mostly simple, rather spreading, close. Sori numerous, close, 

 reaching from the midrib nearly or quite to the edge. 



Java, Celebes, Philippines, New Guinea; Polynesia. 



* (30) A. subaquatile, Cc*., Fel. di Bor., 20, lab. Ill, fig. 5, a— b. 

 Rhizome short, tomentose. Stipes numerous, erect, slender, greenish or 



brownish, naked, 2 — 10 c.M. long. Fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, simply pinnate. 

 Pinnae stalked, alternate or subopposite, erect or erecto-patent, linear, 2 */2 — 7 '/a 

 c.M. long, 2^/2 — 5 m.M. broad, the apex narrow, the edge deeply and obliquely 

 toothed with distant, acute teeth, the base narrowed gradually into the stalk. 

 Texture herbaceous; surfaces naked; rachis often slightly winged in the upper 

 part; costae wavy; veins simple, 1 to each tooth, very oblique. Sori short, 



1 to each tooth, subparallel and nearly close to the costae. 



Borneo. 



(31) A., jsumatranuin, JBfc., Hk., Bk., Syn. Fil., 199; Hk., Spec. 

 Fil., Ill, tab. CLXVIII. 



Stipes 15 — 25 c.M. long, firm, erect, grey, naked. Fronds + 45 c.M. 

 long, ± 15 c.M. broad, with a long, narrow, linear terminal pinna and 

 6 — 12 erecto-patent lateral ones on each side, which are ± 15 c.M. long, + 



2 c.M. broad, the point acuminate, the lower part obscurely undulate, the upper 



