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the apex, t'.iiii, s]) reading-, 1 — 2 c.M. loiii^. Fr.'nds U>— !50 c.M. long, 2 — 10 

 c.M. broad, ligulate, broadest + '/s on the way down, acute or acuminate, 

 narrowed gradually to the hase or a short stipe, the edge entire. Texture 

 coriaceous; a distinct, often blackish cosia in the lower 'j^ — '/^ ^^ the 

 frond; areolae large, long. Sori copious, often joining ; paraphyses minute, 

 the apex clavate. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Ceylon. 



* (8) A. latif(i»liiiiti, J?l., Rac, Flor Btz., I, 64; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 

 II, tab. CLXXVI; A. Boryanum, BL, Flor. Jav., 11, tab. XXXI. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales fine, linear-lanceolate, denticulate, black- 

 ish-brown, at length deciduous. Stipes approximate, 7—20 c.M. long, com- 

 pressed. Fronds S — 25 c.M. long, 4 — 12 c.M. broad, roundish, ovale or obovate, 

 the apex more or less suddenly acuminate with a moderate-long point, the 

 edge entire, slightly repand or acutely but not deeply sinuato-lobale towards 

 the apex, bordered by a narrow, pellucid line, the base cuneate or suddenly 

 narrowed and slightly decurrent. Texture coriaceous; no midrib; areolae 

 longitudinal. Sori mostly copious, not often joining; paraphyses linnear, the 

 apex clavate-capitate. 



Malaya ; North. India, South. China. 



* (9) A. plantagins'iiiii, Ulf., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 393; A. 

 reliculatum, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LII ; Hemionitis planlagiuea, Cav., (oldest 

 name). 



Rhizome short ; scales linear-lanceolate, acuminate, brown, with the mar- 

 gin beset with sharp, short, spreading, distant teeth. Stipes distinct, approxi- 

 mate, 2'/2 — 15 c.M. long. Fronds spathulate- or ovate-lanceolate, 6—30 c.M. 

 long, 2'/2 — 7 '/a c.M. broad, broadest + '/j — ' ^ of the way down, the point 

 acute or acuminate, the margin entire, often slightly thickened, tbe base nar- 

 rowed gradually, or sometimes more suddenly in the smaller forms. Texture 

 more or less coriaceous; no midrib or an indistinct one at I he base. Sori 

 short or long, deeply sunk, often forked and anastomosing, the edges of the 

 grooves more or less raised or not raised ; paraphyses capitate at the apex. 



Malaya; Pohjnesia, North. India, Ceylon. 



(10) A. elongatiim, JP^c, Hk.. Spec. Fil, V, 168; A. parvulum, 

 BL, var. elongatum, Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 79. 



Stipes 10 — 15 c.M. long. Fronds elongate-lanceolate, much acuminate, 

 20 — 30 c.M. long, 272 — 4 c.M. broad. Texture submembrauaceous, pellucid; 



