﻿490 60a. PHEGOPTEUIS. § 1. euphegopteris. 



30 — 1^0 c.M. long, 15 — 60 cJI. broad, ovate-acuminate, pinnate. Lower pinnae 

 not abbreviated, 1 — 4 c.M. broad, approximate, sessile, the sides parallel for a 

 long way, the apex gradually acuminate, serrate, the edge deeply pinnatilid 

 nearly to the cosla into close, blunt or acute, subfalcate, entire or obscurely 

 serrate segments. Texture rigid, subcoriaceous; rachis, costae (and veins some- 

 times) beneath sparingly covered with needle-like hairs; veins close, simple, 

 free, soriferous at the very base, the higher ones without sori. Sori in 1 row 

 on each side of the costulae, close to the latter. 



Var. amboinensis: Lower pinnae on stalks ^'/^ c.M. long, conspi- 

 cuously narrowed at the base. Sori not close to the costulae. 



Malaya; North. India, South. China; — var. amboinensis: Amhoyna. 



* (3) Ph. Smithii, ». A. ». K., Bull. D^p. Agr. L N., d908, XVIII, 



15; Dryopferis Smilhii, v. A. v. R., I.e. 



Stipe and rachis naked, stramineous. Fronds ± 30 — 35 c.M. long, 6 — 8 

 c.M. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, the apex pinnatilid. Pinnae ± 50 on each 

 side, spreading, the higher ones sessile with a broad base, the central ones 

 largest, suhsessile, the base broadly cuneate, the edge cut down nearly to the 

 costa into numerous, subspreading lobes; lower pinnae gradually reduced to 

 mere auricles. Lobes oblong, blunt, (he lowest the largest, + 5 m.M. long, 

 ± 1 m.M. broad, the edge entire or slightly crenate, strongly recurved in 

 dried material. Texture subcoriaceous; upper surface hairy on the costae, 

 lower long-hairy on the costae, costulae and veins; veins distinct, simple. 

 Sori round, distant, terminal on the veins, few, submarginal, covered by the 

 recurved edge of the lobes. - It bears the name of Mr. J. J. Smith, Assistant 

 Curator of the Buitenzorg Herbarium. 



Java (Leg ?, No. 4710). 



(4) Ph. auriculata, *r. Sm. (not Bedd.), Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 

 '^11 ; Polypodium auriculatum, Wall., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 506; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 

 II, tab, CCIII; P. appendimlalum,. Wall., var. ^^Mamaes/i/jes, Clarke, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, Bot., 2'"' Series, I, tab. LXXIX, fig. 2; Dryopteris squamaeslipes, C. Chr., 

 Ind, Fil.; Nephrodium auriculatum, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., 

 I*, 171. 



Stipes stout, tufted, densely villose with deciduous, white hairs, furnished 

 below with numerous, ovate, black, shining scales. Fronds ample, 90 — 120 c.M. 

 long, 30—40 c.M. broad, lanceolate-oblong, pinnate, acuminate. Pinnae nume- 

 rous, + 2*/j c.M. broad, sessile, furnished at the base beneath with a pro- 



