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main veins very distinct, distant, oblique. Sori numerous, contiguous, occu- 

 pying the upper ^s — V2 of the frond or more. 

 New Guinea. 



* (12) C. nuitiitiularifolius, C. Chf., Ind. Fil. ; Polypodium 

 nummular iae folium, Meti., Rac, Flor. Btz., 1, 101 ; Acrostichum nummulari folium, 

 Sw., Bl., Flor. Jav., 11, 33, tab. XI, fig. 1 — 2 ; Niphoholus nummulariaef alius, 

 J. Sm., Gies., Niph., 179; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CCCXX; — var. rufus, 

 V. A. V. R., Bull. D^p. Agr. I. N., i908, XXI, 8. 



Rhizome slender, creeping, the scales roundish and peltate at the base, 

 long, linear, acuminate at the point, ± ciliate, erect or erecto-patent, vfhite 

 or afterwards brow^nish or blackish. Fronds dimorphous. Barren fronds on 

 stipes 1 — 2 m.M. long, placed closely in 2 opposite rows, + adpressed 

 to the substratum, suborbicular, V2 — ^ c.M. each way, the base obliquely 

 cordate, truncate or rounded. Texture lleshy; stipe and upper surface cover- 

 ed with scattered, deciduous or persistent stellate hairs, lower side densely 

 clothed with white or brownish tomentum. Fertile fronds oblong, 1^2 — 4 

 c.M. long, 5 — 7 m.M. broad, on stipes 2 — 20 m.M. long, scattered, the apex 

 rounded, the base cuneate. Sori in 3 — 4 rows on each side, + confluent, 

 occupying the whole under surface, immersed among the tomentum. 



Var. rufus : Scales of the rhizome bright-reddish-brown, copiously ci- 

 liate ; tomentum bright-reddish-brown, dense. 



Malaya; North. India; — var. rufus: Batu Islaiids (Raap). 



(15) C obovatuisi, ■ ■». A. ». M.; C. nummulari f alius, C. Chr., var., 

 C. Chr., Ind. Fil; Polypadium obovatum, Mett., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 101; Acros- 

 tichum obovatum, BL, Flor. Jav., II, 55, tab. XI, fig. 5: Niphobolus obovafus, 

 Kze, Bot. Zeit., i848, 120. 



Very near C. nummularifolius, C. Chr., but the sterile fronds obovate, to 

 1 '/j c.M. long, to 7 m.M. broad, cuneate at the base, on stipes + 1 c.M. 

 long; fertile fronds linear-elliptical, to 5 c.M. long, under 5'/2 m.M. broad, on 

 stipes to 3 c.M. long. 



Java. 



(14) C. lanuglnoiSUS, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Niphobolus lanuginosm, 

 Gies., Niph., 190. 



Rhizome wide-creeping; scales greyish-brown, the base peltate, oblong, 

 the apex long, finely acuminate. Stipes scattered, 2 — 5 c.M. long. Fronds 



