﻿56. PHYLLITIS. § 1. SCOLOPENDBIUM. 479 



(4) S*Bii. §ieliizoeai*pa., v. A. ». R., 1. c. ; Scolopendrium schizocar- 

 pum, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 152, tab. IX. 



Rhizome short., creeping, clothed towards the apex with fuscous, adpressed 

 scales. Stipes 2 — 5 c.M. long, hlack, sparingly scaly. Fronds simple, oblan- 

 ceolate, 20 — 50 c.M. long, + 3 c.M. hroad, caudate-acuminate, entire or 

 undulate, narrowed gradually into the stipe. Texture coriaceous ; surfaces 

 naked; veins indistinct, forked. Sori oblique, regular, not reaching either the 

 midrib or edge. 



Mindanao. 



Characters of Phylliiis except that the sori (not the indusia) are not 

 placed on but between the two contiguous veins, i. e. 1 sorus to each pair 

 of indusia, which open towards each other. Veins free. Diels, in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Nat. PflFam., P, fig. 122, C— D. f) 



East. Malaya, Philippines and New Guinea. 



±. Fronds uniform. 

 3. Fronds simple. 



3. Fronds deeply crenato-repand. (0 T. linza. 



3.3. Fronds entire. (S) T. longifolia. 



2.2. Fronds pinnate. (3) T. pinnata. 



l.±. Fronds dimorphous. (4} T. dimorphophylla. 



(1) T. linza, iSfc., Becc, Mai., Ill, 42, tab. V; Asplenium Lima, Ces., 

 Pel. Becc. Poliu., 4, 7. 



Rhizome creeping, naked, slender, grey. Stipes to 3 — 8 c.M. long, naked, 

 the base dilated, articulate. Fronds lanceolate, naked, + 30 c.M. long, the 

 base angustate, the margin deeply and irregularly crenato-repand. Texture 



(*) Triphlebia, at least in the case of T. pinnata, Bk., is not distinguished by 

 any constant character from Scolopendrium C^lhyllitis), to which genus the species 

 should be returned (Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl, 152). 



