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* (14) A. callifolitim, Bl., Rac, Flor. Btz., 62; Bl., Flor. Jav., 

 II, tab. XXXV; A. falcatum, BL, 1. c, tab. XXXII. 



Rhizome creeping; scales linear-lanceolate, acuminate, the margin sharply 

 serrate or subserrale. Fronds approximate, ligulate-lanceolate, 10 — 30 c.M. 

 c.M. long, 2 '/a — 8 c.M. broad, broadest + '/s — ^2 of the way down, the 

 apex bluntish, acute or acuminate, the margin bordered by a narrow, yellow- 

 ish, diaphanous line, the lower part narrowed gradually into the short, 

 flat stipe. Texture fleshy or coriaceous ; costa wanting, or only present towards 

 the base. Sori linear, continuous or interrupted, free; paraphyses linear, 

 (tortuose in A. falcatum, BL). 



Malaya; Polynesia. 



» (15j A., alatuiu, Bfucle., Wilk.. Expl. Exp., XVI, 6i; A. callae- 



folium, BL, var. alalum, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 63; A. semicostatum, BL, Hk., 

 Spec. Fil., V, 168, p. p. 



Near A. callifolium, BL, but the fronds spathulate-lanceolate, relatively 

 shorter and broader, narrowed gradually into the short, winged stipe, with 

 a more distict costa in the lower part; paraphyses linear. — Distinct enough 

 from callifolium if typical specimens only are viewed, but passing into it by 

 intermediate forms, and it is impossible to draw the line between them. 



Malaya, Polynesia. 



* (16) A. reticuladim, Kif., Hk. Bk.. Syn. Fil, 593; Christ, 

 Farnkr. d. Erde, fig. 141; Hemionilis reticulata, Forsl., (oldest name). 



Fronds 15 — 50 c.M. long, 2*/, — 8 c.M. broad, broadest about '/s — '/a on 

 the way down, Ihe apex blunt, acute or short-acuminate, the margin + pel- 

 lucid, the lower part narrowed gradually to the base or a short stipe. 

 Texture thin-coriaceous; surfaces naked; costa wanting or present, green, 

 usually visible in the lowest '/4 — Vs of the frond; veins distinct. Sori copi- 

 ous, short or long, joining; paraphyses linear. — Very variable, with forms 

 often approaching the other species. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Trop. Australia, North India, Madagascar. 



(17) A. Cumingii, F4e, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 593; A. Grevillei, 

 Balf., C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Fronds to + 45 c.M. long, S^^ — ^ c.M. broad, ligulate, ± equal in 

 width in the central half, narrowed very gradually to the base and an acute 

 point, with a black midrib in the lower quarter, the central areolae long. 



