﻿508 60a. PHEGOPTERIS. § 4. stegnogramma. 



Var. isubsiinplicifolia : Smaller, distinguished from the preced- 

 ing by its distinct, elongated, nearly entire terminal and very slightly deve- 

 loped and auricle-like lateral pinnae. 



Java; — the varieties in Luzon. 



* (39a) I»h. stegno^ramine, Mett., Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 

 268, fig. 846; Gymnogramme aspidioides, Hk., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 70; Hk., 

 Icon. PL, X tab. CML.; G. Stegnogramme, BL, Flor. Jav., II, tab. XLIV; Steg- 

 nogramma aspidioides, BL, Bedd., Ferns Br.I., I., tab. CXLIX; Dryopteris steg- 

 nogramtne, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium Stegnogramme, Diels, in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., P, 181. 



Rhizome erect, the scales dense, lanceolate. Stipes tufted, long, decidu- 

 ously hairy. Fronds 50 — 100 c.M. long, 15—30 c.M. broad, simply pinnate, 

 the apex pinnatifid. Pinnae, lanceolate, often opposite, the lower ones sub- 

 sessile, often deflexed, acuminate, with the edge pinnatifid '/^ — Vs'Way down 

 to the costa, the base truncate or broadly rounded ; higher pinnae sessile with 

 a broad base. Texture herbaceous; rachis and surfaces hairy, especially on 

 the veins, main veins pinnate; veins 5 — 10 on each side, the 3—6 lower 

 anastomosing, with an excurrent veinlet reaching to the sinus, all soriferous. 

 Sori linear-oblong, nearly the length of the veins, the lower sometimes pro- 

 duced olong the excurrent veinlets as in Meniscium. — A form found in Ma- 

 lacca has the fertile fronds contracted. 



Java, Malacca; Ceylon, North India. 



(396) Ph. Spenceri, ». A. ». Jt.,* Dryopteris Spenceri, Christ, Philipp. 

 Journ., II, 206; Nephrodium Spenceri, Copel., MS. 



Rhizome elongate. Stipes 20 — 30 c.M. long, rufo-stramineous. Fronds 

 50 c.M. or more long, ± 12 c.M. broad, oblong, pinnate, with a large, coar- 

 sely lobed terminal pinna + 12 c.3I. long, + o^j^ c.M. broad. Lateral pinnae 

 sessile, oblong, falcate, short-acuminate, ± crenato-lobate, to + 8 c.M. long, 

 + 2 c.M. broad, the base unequal-sided, truncate above, semicordate below, 

 overlapping the rachis; lower pinnae dwindling down into mere, triangular 

 auricles (4 — 10 on each side). Lobes ± 5 m.M. broad. Texture herbaceous; 

 colour bright-green; the whole plant clothed with scattered, grey hairs; veins 

 distinct, + 6 on each side of the main veins, 3 — 4 lower anastomosing, the 

 terminal pinna with the veins more numerous and anastomosing more copiously. 

 Sori numerous, 4 — 10 on each side near the main veins (costulae), often oblong. 



Mindanao. 



