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* (223fl) p. selliguea, Mett,, Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 108; Gym- 

 nogramme membranacea, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 388 ; Selliguea membranacea, 

 Bl, Flor. Jav., II, 126, tab. LIl, fig. 2; S. Selliguea, Christ, Bull. Herb. Bolss., 

 2« S6rie, VI, 992. 



Rhizome woody, creeping, the scales small, linear, nearly black. Stipes 

 1 — 20 c M. long, nearly naked. Fronds 10 — 30 c.M. long, 1 — 372 c.M. broad, 

 the point acuminate, the edge entire, the lower part narrowed very gra- 

 dually. Texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; surfaces naked; main veins distinct 

 to the edge, zigzag, very slender; areolae hexagonal. Fertile fronds on the 

 longest stipes. Sori in oblique, single, parallel, often iuterrupted lines between 

 the main veins. 



Malaya; Queensland. 



(2236) P. Kolsteri, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 2S7, tab. IV, A. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, stout, clothed with black, aculeate-ovate, deci- 

 duous scales. Fronds scattered, sessile or short-stalked, 20 — 30 c.M. long, 

 1 — 2 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually towards both ends. Texture membra- 

 naceous; surfaces naked; main veins flexuose, hardly reaching the margin; 

 areolae fine, irregular, with free vein lets. Sori oblong, irregular, or in single 

 rows between the main veins. 



Mindanao. 



(224) I*, interruptuill, C. Chf., Ind. Fil.; Gymnogmmme acumi- 

 nata, Bk., Journ. of Bot., XXVI, 326. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales minute, linear, black. Stipes remote, 

 slender, naked, 10 — 13 c M. long. Fronds simple, oblong-lanceolate, very acu- 

 minate, tapering gradually to the base, 15 — 20 c.M. long, SVa— S c.M. broad 

 at the middle. Texture membranaceous: surfaces naked; main veins fine, 

 parallel, erecto-patent, reaching nearly to the edge; areolae with free vein- 

 lets. Sori linear, much interrupted, confined to the upper '/s — V2 of the 

 frond. 



Borneo. 



(225) P. regulare, Mett., Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., II, 225; Gymno- 

 gramme regularis, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 388. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales ovate to lanceolate, subferrugineous or dark- 

 brown. Stipes 0—15 c.M. long. Fronds 15—40 c.M. long, 4—7 c.M. broad, 

 the fertile ones the shortest and narrowest, oblong-elongate, narrowed gra- 



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