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c.c. Rachis hairy. 



d. Pinnae irregularly divided. (lOS) P. millefolium, 



d.d. Pinnae regularly pinnatisect. 



e. Sori occupying the base of the secondary segments. 



(106) P. tenuisectum. 



e.e. Sori not occupying the base of the secondary segments. 



f. Fertile pinnulae linear. (107a) P. taxodioides. 



f.f. Fertile pinnulae spathulate. (1076) P. Yoderi. 



* (102) P. gedeanum, Uac, Flor. Btz., I, 96. 



Rhizome erect or suberect, slender. Stipes tufted, 1 — 2 c.M. long, den- 

 sely clothed with spreading, yellow-brown hairs. Fronds linear-lanceolate, 

 narrowed towards both ends, to 12 — 18 c.M. long, 2 — 3 c.M. broad. Pinnae 

 5 m.M. apart, decurrent, unequal-sided, subdimidiate, deeply pinnatifid, the 

 upper side with 5 — 6, the lower with 1 — 5 segments, the lower base 

 cut away and without segments. Segments linear, rounded, entire, separated 

 by narrow spaces between them, 3 — 4 m.M. long, 1 — 1^2 m.M. broad. Tex- 

 ture very thin, hyaline; rachis, veins and edges furnished with very soft, 

 while, spreading hairs; veins free, 1 to each segment. Sori solitary at the 

 base of the ultimate segments. 



Java. 



(103) P. tamariscinum, Klf., Hk. Bk,, Syn. FiL, 338; Diels, in 

 Engl. & Prantl., Nat. Pfl.Fam., l\ fig. 162, H— K; Adenophorus Tamarisci, 

 Hk. ^ Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. CLXXV; A. bipinnatus, Gaud., Hk. & Grev., 1. c, 

 tab. CLXXIV. 



Rhizome stout, creeping, scaly. Stipes 5 — 8 c.M. long, naked, wiry, 

 flexuose. Fronds 10 — 20 c.M. long, 3 '/a — 8 c.M. broad, ovate-lanceolate. Pin- 

 nae close, erecto-patent, ^/j — 1 c.M. broad, cut down to the rachis into simple 

 or forked, linear or oblong lobes. Texture subcoriaceous; both surfaces naked ; 

 veins 1 to each lobe. Sori copious, 1 to each ultimate segment, near the apex. 



Malaya; Polynesia. 



(104) P. bipinnatifiduBU, J»fe., Journ. of Bol., XXVIII, 109. 

 Stipes very slender, 3 \ — 5 c.M. long, clothed with fine, spreading, brown 



hairs. Fronds lanceolate-oblong, 12 — 15 c.M. long, + 2'/2 c.M. broad, pen- 

 dulous, 2-pinnatifid. Pinnae distant, linear, cut down to a narrowly winged 



