﻿SlO 60a, pHegopteris. § S. menisciUM. 



1 — "2 similar but smaller, short-stalked pinnae on each side, the point acute, 

 the base rounded, the fertile ones smaller than the barren. Texture her- 

 baceous or subcoriaceous ; veins beneath slightly pubescent; areolae 6—9 

 between the midrib and edge. 



Malaya; Queensland, South. China, North. India. 



* (42) Ph. Hosei, v. a. k. n.. Bull. D(^p. Agr. I. N., d908, XXI, 7; 

 Meniscium Hosei, Bk., Journ. of Lino. Soc, Bot., XXII, 230; Dryopleris Hosei, 

 C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; — var. sumbensi v. A. v. R., 1. c. 



Rhizome short-creeping. Stipes approximate, slender, stramineous, pubes- 

 cent, 5 — 15 c.M. long, those of the fertile fronds much longer. Fronds oblong- 

 lanceolate, simply pinnate, to + 15 c.M. long. Pinnae 5 — 10 on each side, 

 lanceolate, straight, erecto-patent, sessile, entire or obscurely crenate, those 

 of the barren fronds 5—4 c.M. long, 5—9 m.M. broad, those of the fertile 

 ones to 27a c.M. long, 4— 4'/2 m-M. broad, the base truncate and auricledon 

 1 or both sides. Texture firm-herbaceous; surfaces naked, ± verruculose; 

 rachis pubescent; veins 2 — 3-jugate. Sori afterwards confluent. — Quite 

 agreeing with Hooker's coloured drawing of Meniscium proliferum, Sw. (Ph. 

 prolifera, Kuhn). 



Var. suiuliensiis: Pinnae more numerous, 12 — 16-jugate, rather 

 falcate, serrato-crenate. Fertile fronds narrowed, + 2'/2 — 5 c.M. broad, with 

 the pinnae rather contracted, 2 — 3 m.M. broad, strongly falcate, the edges 

 entire, + recurved when dry. Sori in 1 row on each side of the costae. 

 — Rhizome not seen. Barren fronds sometimes provided with soriferous, 

 but not contracted pinnae. 



Borneo; — var. sumbensis: Siimba Island [Karila, Teysmann No. 10693). 



(43) !Ph. isteilO|»liylla, ». JL. ». je.,« Meniscium stenophyllum, Bk., 

 Journ. of Bot., XXIX, 108 ; Dryopleris brevipinna, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome short-creeping. Stipes slender, naked, 7 — 10 c.M. long, those 

 of the fertile fronds much longer. Fronds lanceolate, simply pinnate, 20 — 

 25 c.M. long. Pinnae sessile, 20 — 30-jugate, oblong, obscurely crenate, those 

 of the barren fronds to 2^2 c.M. long, 5 — 9 m.ftl. broad, with the base trun- 

 cate and auricled on the upper side, those of the fertile ones smaller, with 

 a considerable space between them. Texture firm; surfaces naked, green; 

 main veins pinnate with 2 — 3 distinct, raised veins on each side. Sori se- 

 miglobose, soon confluent. 



Borneo. 



