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produced beyond the costal parenchyma, i.e. the leaf-tissue beyond the soral 

 groove in transversal section broadly i-homboidal with the basal part + as 

 broad as the extremity or the latter broader, more or less obliquely truncate. 

 Malaya; Ceylon, Polynesia. 



(17) \. aiiiboinensis, F^e, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 407; Tae- 

 niopsis amboinensis, Bedd., Perns Br.I., I, tab. CXVII. 



Rhizome flexuose, contorted, scaly, the scales rigidly toothed at the 

 margin. Fronds stalked, 10 — 13 c.M. long, 7 — 10 m.M. broad, falcate, acu- 

 minate, tapering gradually dovs^nwards. Texture submembranaceous; surfaces 

 naked; costa slender, disappearing below the apex. Sori submarginal, cuticle 

 of the margin resembling a spurious indusium. 



Amboyna, Mindoro; Martaban. 



♦ (18a) \f. lineata, Sm. (not Sw.), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 60; Taeni- 



opsis lineala, J. Sm., Bedd., Ferns SI., tab. LIV; Pleris lineata, L., (oldest 

 name); — var. trichoides, Christ, in Warb., Mons , I, 57. 



Rhizome creeping; scales dense, linear-lanceolate, the base broad, the apex 

 suddenly acuminate into a fine point, the colour blackish-brown. Fronds linear, 

 15 — 120 c.M. long, 4 — 9 m.M. broad, stipitate, narrowed gradually to both 

 ends. Texture coriaceous, costa visible, running from the base to the apex ; 

 veins immersed, parallel, oblique. Sori intramarginal, in shallow grooves, pro- 

 tected by the margin of the frond when young. 



^ar. triclioideii: Differs from the type in having the fronds + 72 

 m.M. broad, and the margin so folded over the sorus, that it may scarcely appear. 



Trap. Asia, Japan; Trap. ^ Soiilh. Africa; America, from Florida to South. 

 Brasilia; — var. trichoides: Philippines. 



(18&) V. taeniophylla, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 157. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales dense, lanceolate, subentire, brown, at length 

 whitish. Fronds close, 30 —55 c.M. long, 5 — 7 m.M. broad, acuminate, nar- 

 rowed gradually towards the base. Texture carnoso-herbaceous; costa distinct 

 to the apex, prominent beneath: veins few, hidden. Sori dorsal, superficial. 



Luzon. 



* (19) \. scolopendrina, Thtc., Rac, Flor. Btz. I, 59; V. scolo- 

 pendrioides, Metl. (not Thw.), Christ, Ann. Btz., XIX, 59 ; Taeniopsis scolopendrina, 

 J. Sm., Bedd. Ferns S.I., tab. CCXII; Pteris scolopendrina, Bory, (oldest name), 



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