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(1) H. gymnopteifoidea, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 67 ; Hemi- 

 gramma latifolia, Copel., Philipp. Journ., II, 406, p. p. ; ( I SyDgramma Zol- 

 iingeri, Diels); — var. major; Hemigramma Zollingeri, Christ, var. major, 

 Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 170. , ; 



Rhizome short, erect, scaly at the extremity. Fponds clustered, the ste- 

 rile sessile or suhsessile, 7 — 17 c.M. long, 2'/^— 5 c.M. broad, oblanceolate, 

 obtuse or acute, repand and crisped at the edge, broad or contracted at the 

 base. Texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; colour dark-green with light patches: 

 surfaces naked except on the usually scaly costa; areolae rather large, with 

 copious free veinlets. Fertile fronds on stipes 5 — 15 c.M. long, the fronds 

 5 — 10 c.M. long, 2 — 4 c.M. broad, the lamina often interrupted. Soriferous 

 veins 1—3 on each side, ± parallel to the costa, occasionally anastomosing; 

 entire lower surface soon covered by the sporangia. 



Var. major: Stipes of barren fronds to 16 c.M. long, scaly. Barren 

 fronds simple or pinnatifid, or pinnate at the base. Segments to 5 on each 

 side. Fertile fronds much contracted, 8 c.M. long; segments to 2 on each side. 

 Texture herbaceo-membranaceous. 



Philippines. 



* (2) H. arifolia, Moore (not Bedd.), Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 60; 

 H. cordata, Hk. ^ Grev., Ic. Fil, tab. LXIV; (not Rb.), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 

 65; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LIII; H. cordi folia, Rb., Hk., Fil. Exot., tab. XXXV ; 

 Asplenium arifolium, Burm., (oldest name). 



Rhizome erect, the scales linear-lanceolate. Stipes erect, polished, red- 

 dish-brown or black, furnished with spreading hairs. Fronds dimorphous. 

 Barren fronds cordate, ^'/^ — l^j^ c.M. long, often nearly as broad, with a 

 deep sinus at the base, the edge entire or crenate, the point blunt, the stipe 

 4 — 10 c.M. long. Fertile fronds sagittate, the lobes acute; lateral lobes ± 

 deflexed, the edges entire, straight or concave; the stipe 20 — 25 c.M. long. 

 Texture herbaceous or coriaceous, ± flaccid; each lobe with a central rib; 

 veins anastomosing copiously. Sori reticulate. 



Trop. Asia. 



» (3) ffll. palmata, i., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 398; Diels, in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam., P, fig. 138, C— D. 



Rhizome erect. Stipes of barren fronds 5 — 10 c.M. long, of the fertile 

 fronds 15— 30 c.M. long, glossy, dark-chestnut-brown, clothed with soft, 

 yellowish hairs. Fronds 5 — 15 c.M. each way, palmatifid with 5 nearly 



