﻿55. ASPLENIUM. § 5. EU-ASPLENIUM. 459 



(40a) A.. Steerei, narr., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XVI, 28. 



Stipes dark-grey, 12 — '15 c.M. long, firm, provided with some few small, 

 brown, scattered scales. Fronds 15 — 25 c.M. long, 5 — G^/^ c.M. broad, oblong- 

 lanceolate. Pinnae 12 — 15 on each side, short-stalked, 3*/2 — ^ c.M. long, 

 1 — 1'/2 c.M. broad, the apex acute, the margin coarsely crenate, the upper 

 base abrupt with a more or less distinct, large lobe, the lower base cuneate ; 

 lower pinnae slightly deflexed. Texture firm-herbaceous ; colour dark-green 

 above, brownish beneath; veins distant, simple or once forked. Sori 2 — 8 in 

 a row on each side of the costa, regular, not reaching midrib and margin. 



Philippines. 



(406) A.. Meyenianuiii, JPr., Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2« S6rie, 

 VI, 999; A. pellucidum, Lam, (1 Chr., Ind. Fil, p.p. 



Bhizome firm, erect, clothed with black, fimbriate, subulate scales. Stipes 

 tufted, black-rufous, 8 — 12 c.M. long, hispid with short scales like the ebeneous 

 rachis. Fronds to 45 c.M. long, 4 — 6 c.M. broad, linear, acuminate, the base 

 not or moderately narrowed. Pinnae numerous, subremote, 45 — 50 on each 

 side, sessile, falcato-rhomboidal, acuminate, S'/j — 3 c.M. long, the upper base 

 truncate, the lower cuneate, auricled, the edge coarsely 2-dentate; lower 

 pinnae more distant, more blunt. Texture herbaceous, impellucid; upper sur- 

 face dark-, lower pale-green; veins hidden. Sori very oblique, + 5 on 

 each side, narrow, reaching the margin and the costae; indusium narrow, brown. 



Luzon, Palawan. 



(41) Ml. prionurus, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 202. 



Stipes tufled, 15 — 25 c.M. long, firm, erect, slightly scaly below. Fronds 

 30 — 45 c.M. long, 15—25 c.M. broad, oblong, with 9 — 18 pinnae on each side, 

 which are + 1 c.M. or more broad, very much acuminate at the point, deeply 

 toothed throughout, the base rather unequal, more broadly cuneate on the 

 lower side, with a short petiole on the lower ones. Texture herbaceous; veins 

 usually simple. Sori reaching nearly to the edge. 



(42) A., griseuill, Copeh, Polypod. Philipp., 82; A. insigiie, CopeL, 

 Perk., Fragm. Philipp., 185. 



Rhizome short, densely clothed with large, brown scales. Stipes firm, 

 slightly chaffy, 40 — 50 c.M. long, reddish-brown or blackish-green. Fronds 

 60 cM. and more long, + 50 c.M. broad, pinnate. Pinnae 12 or more on 



