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to ± 2^/2 m.M. deep, the apex often blunt. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 and under surface naked or slightly pubescent; veins flne, 6—10 on a side. 

 Sori small, medial on the veins, ± ovate, the lower ones sometimes confluent. 

 Malaya; Australia, Polynesia, South. China, North. India, Mascarenes, Trap. 

 Africa. 



(35&) Ph. llerriUii, ». A. v>. R.; Dryopteris Merrillii, Christ, Phi- 

 lipp. Journ., II, 201. 



Rhizome erect, stout. Stipes fasciculate, rufo-stramineous, flexuose, 18 — 

 20 c.M. long, the base minutely scaly. Fronds ovate-oblong, acuminate, 20 — 

 30 c.M. long, ± 12 c.M. broad, pinnate, the apex elongate, lobed. Barren 

 pinnae rather numerous, close, spreading, petiolulate, falcate-lanceolate, acute, 

 + 6 c.M. long, + 1*/^ c.M. broad, the base truncate not oblique, hastate, 

 with the anterior auricle sometimes elongate, the edge serrato-dentate, the 

 teeth decumbent; lowest pinnae sometimes reduced and deflexed. Texture 

 herbaceous ; rachis and surfaces sparingly puberulous ; colour bright-green ; 

 areolae in 4 — 5 rows on each side of the costae. Fertile fronds longer stalk- 

 ed, with the pinnae distant, narrowed or contracted and sometimes only 2 

 m.M. broad. Sori small, close, 4 — 5-seriate or confluent. — In some respects 

 resembling Polybotrya appendiculata, /. Sm., but distinguished by the equal 

 bases of the pinnae. 



Palawan, Mindanao. 



(36a) I*h. a.Ci*oitia.iies, ». Jl. v. Jt.,* Dryopteris acromanes, Christ, 

 Philipp. Journ., II, 200. 



Rhizome short, stout. Stipes fasciculate, rufo- or plumbeo-stramineous, 

 slender, 15 — 30 c.M. long, nearly naked. Fronds oblong, acuminate, ±17 

 c.M. long, + 9 c.M. broad, pinnate. Terminal pinna elongate, lobed; lateral 

 pinnae + 7 on each side, petiolate, obovate or elongate-rhomboidal, 4 — 5 

 c.M. long, + 3 c.M. broad, broadest towards the apex, cut V2"Way down or 

 more to the costa, the base broadly truncate; lowest pinnae deflexed, not 

 shorter, narrowed at the base. Lobes + 8 on each side, ovate, obtusely 

 rounded, the higher ones increasing in length. Texture herbaceous; surfaces 

 thinly pubescent; colour dark-green; veins in + 8 pairs, the lowest anasto- 

 mosing. Sori large, round, submarginal, bordering the lobes in a single series. 



Luzon. 



(36&) Ph. ehamaeotaria, ». A. ». «.,• Dryopteris chamaeotaria, 



Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 203. 



