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membranaceous; veins conspicuous, simple or forked. Sori reaching from the 

 costa to the margin; indusium n;rrow, naked, persistent; receptacle obscure. (') 

 New Guinea. 



(2) T. longilolia, Ble., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 87; Scolopendrium 



longifoUum, Pr., Rel. Haenk., I, 48, tab. IX, fig. 1. 



Differs from T. pinnata, Bk. only in that the fronds are simple and en- 

 tire, and the limit between the two indusia is marked by a thin, not empha- 

 sized line. — Perhaps an undivided form of the young plants of T. pinnata, 

 Bk. 



Borneo, Celebes, Philippines lo Papua. 



(3) T. pinnata, jBfc., Copel, Polypod. Philipp., 87; Hk., Icon. PI., 

 XVII, tab. MDCLII; Scolopeii'/riifn pinnalum, J. Sm., Kze, Parnkr., I, 124, 

 tab. LVI. 



Stipes compressed, greyish. Fronds 50 — 120 c.M. long, with an entire 

 or finely crenale terminal pinna 10 — 20 c.M. long, 5 — 5 c.M. broad, proli- 

 ferous at the point; below this 1 — 6 lateral pinnae similar in shape lo the 

 terminal one. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; veins mostly once forked. 

 Sori numerous, oblique, not reaching either the midrib or edge; indusium 

 ridged where the halves meet. 



Borneo, Celebes, Philippines to Papua. 



(4) T. dimorplioiiliylla, sit., Becc, mal., Ill, 42, tab. IV, Diels, 

 in Engl, k Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., \\ fig. 122, G— D; Asplenium subserralum, 

 Ces., (not BL), Fel. Becc. Polin., 4 ; Stenochlaena sorbifolia, J. Sm , var., C. 

 Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome creeping, slender, naked. Stipes short, the base articulate. 

 Fronds dimorphous, both simple and once pinnate. Simple fronds lanceolate, 

 ± 15 c.M long, the base acute or very gradually narrowed, the edge irre- 

 gularly crenato-repand. Pinnae of ihe other fronds small, paucljugate, ± obo- 

 vate, flabellately cut or inciso-crenate. Texture membranaceous; both surfa- 

 ces naked; veins erecto-patent, conspicuous, simple or forked. Sori reaching 

 nearly from the costa to the margin; indusium narrow, naked, persistent. (^) 



New Guinea. 



(') See Sclium. & Laut., Flor. deut. Scli.geb., Suppl., 42, 43. 

 {') See Sclium. & Laut., Flor. deut. Sch.geb., Suppl., 43. 



