﻿55. ASPLENIUM. % 3. EU-ASPLENIUM. 4^'f 



(606) A. fillpes, Copel., Philipp. Journ., Ill, 54; — var. minulum, 

 Copel, 1. c, 35. 



Rhizome creeping, slender, scaly at the extremity. Stipes seriate, ± 5 

 c.M. long, filiform, pm'ple, glossy. Fronds 8 — 12 c.M. long, acuminate, pinnate. 

 Pinnae ± 15 on each side, the largest to l^/j c.M. long, 5 — 4 m.M. broad, 

 oblique or auriculate, the lower edge straight, the upper serrate; lower 

 pinnae hardly reduced, spreading, the higher ones ascending. Texture membra- 

 naceous; surfaces naked. Sori few, short. — Near A. unilaterale. Lam. 



War. aailssMtiiaii: Stipes 1 — 5 c.M. long; fronds 4 — 7 c.M. long, 

 diaphanous; sori 1 or sometimes 2 to each pinna. 



Negros Island {Philippines). 



* (61) A. «fos«?Mr«iiM, «!., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 214; A. serraeforme, 

 MelL, Farng., VI, Aspl., tab. IV, fig. 13. 



Rhizome long, slender, creeping, the apex clothed with shorl, lanceolate 

 scales. Stipes dislant, to 20 c.M. long, erect, greenish like the rachis, scaly 

 at the base. Fronds to 50 c.M. long, to 12 c.M. broad, lanceolate, sometimes 

 2-pinnate at the base, with + 20 — 50 short-stalked pinnae on each side. 

 Pinnae spreading to erecto-patent, the lowest to 6 c.M. long, to 2 c.M. broad, 

 bluntisb or acute, the upper and outer edge creuate to toothed, the upper 

 base cuneate, '/s — V2 of the lower side cut away at the base. Texture thin, 

 + hyaline, rachis and both surfaces naked; veins commonly once forked. 

 Sori short, occupying the lower part of the anterior veinlets. 



Java. 



(62) A. dentte^ulaCfiiii, ST., Enum., 186. 



Fronds 2-pinnatifid. Pinnae petiolate, small, ovate in general outline, deeply 

 5-partite or pinnatifid. Lobes cuneate-oblong, obtuse, the apex obscurely den- 

 ticulate. Texture coriaceous; rachis and costae beneath + fibrillose. 



Java. 



(63) A. "WfflrbMtt'giaaiHBSS, Christ.^ Warb., Mons., I, 72. 

 Rhizome short, the scales black, subulate. Stipes tufted, ± 10 c.M. 



long, clothed like the rachis with lanceolate, brown scales. Fronds + 15 

 c.M. long, + 4 c.M. broad, ovate-oblong, pinnate, acuminate, the base not 

 narrowed. Pinnae ± 3 c.M. long, erecto-patent, linear-lanceolate, deeply 

 pinnatifid with 4 — 5 linear, cuneate, praemorse segments. Texture coriaceous; 

 surfaces pilose ; veins fine, pai'allel. Sori few, narrow ; indusium thin, filiform. 

 Java. 



