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e. Sori short (4) L. lanceolata. 



e.e. Sori long. (5) L. Blumeana. 



a.a. Fronds distinctly dimorphous, the fertile ones much the narrowest. 



f . Froniis small, under 3 c.M. long. (6) L. conferta. 



f .f. Fronfs larger, 10—30 c.M. long. (7) L. iridifolia. 



(1) Bj. gvarallela, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 68; Poh/podium paral- 

 lelum, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome short, creepinsr, the scales greyish-reddish-brown, lanceolate, acu- 

 -rainate. Fronds linear, ± 13 c.M. long, + 6 m.M. broad, sessile, erect, acu- 

 minate, entire, narrowed gradually to the base. Texture coriaceous; surfaces 

 naked; costa distinct beneath; veins immersed. Sori oblong, in 1 row on 

 each side near the costa, subparallel to it. 



Luzon. 



* (2) li. granclliS, Copel., Philipp. Journ., Ill, 35; Gymnogramme 

 grandis, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 72; Polypodium Raciborskii, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome short-creeping, thick, the scales long, lanceolate. Stipes approxi- 

 mate, 10—12 c.M. long. Fronds 70—90 c.M. long, to 10 c.M. broad, lanceolate, 

 acute, the edge entire, the lower part narrowed gradually into the stipe. 

 Texture coriaceous; costa prominent; main veins hidden, parallel; areolae with 

 free veinlets. Sori linear, oblique, reaching nearly lo the edge. 



Nusa Kembangan (Java). 



» (3) El. involuta, l»f., Copel, Polypod. Philipp., 68; Redd., Ferns 

 S.I., tab. L; Gymnogramme involuta, Hk., Hk. Rk., Syn. Fil., 387; Polypodium 

 involutum, Metl., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 106; P. scolopendrinum, C. Chr, Ind. 

 Fil.; Antrophyum involutam, BL, Flor. Jav., II, 87; — var. gigas, Copel, Phi- 

 lipp. Journ., Ill, 35. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales large, brown, lanceolate. Fronds scattered, 

 15—50 c.M. long, 2—5 c.M. broad, ligulate-lanceolate, the point acuminate, 

 the edge entire or somewhat repand, ± involute, the lower part narrowed 

 very gradually to the base or a short stipe. Texture thick, coriaceous, flaccid; 

 surfaces naked; costa broad, compressed, flattened above, keeled beneath; veins 

 fine, obscure; areolae with few free veinlets. Sori oblique, reaching from the 

 midrib nearly to the margin. 



