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then tapering very gradually into the stipe so as to form a very narrow 

 wing to the upper part of the stipe, which is + 7 — 8 c.M. long. 

 Java (Ploem). 



(9) E. melanoistioticuiii, Moore, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Acrostichum 

 melanoslicticum {melanoslycton), BL, Flor. Jav., II, 26, tab. VII; A. Norrisii, 

 Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 401; E. Norrisii, Bedd., Handh. Ind. Ferns, 418. 



Rhizome creeping, stout, woody, the scales ovate-lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nate, suberose, brownish, dense. Stipes wanting or very short, to 2 '/a c.M. 

 long, approximate. Barren fronds 30 — 45 c.M. long, 2 — 4 c.M. broad, broad- 

 est ± '/s on the way to the base, blunt or acute, narrowed gradually from 

 the broadest part towards both ends. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked or 

 nearly so; veins immersed, indistinct. Fertile fronds much narrower than 

 the barren ones. 



Java, Penang. 



(10) E. IjesiiSOiiii, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Acrostichum Lessonii, Melt., 

 Linn., XXXVI, 60. 



Rhizome thick, the scales dense, brownish, oblong-lanceolate, with the 

 edge slightly ciliate. Stipes approximate, 7 — 15 c.M. long, compressed. Ste- 

 rile fronds ± 37^2 c.M. long, + 4 c.M. broad, linear-spathulate, obtuse, 

 narrowed gradually into the stipe. Texture coriaceous; upper surface naked 

 or nearly so, lower hardly covered with punctiform, fugacious scales; veins 

 immersed, repeatedly forked, erecto-patent. Fertile fronds linear-lanceolate, 

 + 20 c.M. long, + 2 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually towards both ends, on 

 stipes + 2 c.M. long; costa prominent. 



Sumatra; Vanikoro. 



(11) E. miniatniu, Christ, Mon. Elaph., 72, fig. 30; Acrostichum 

 miniatum, Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, 175; Fil. Saras., Ill, 254, tab. Ill, fig. 25— 27. 



Barren fronds + 25 c.M. long, + 3 c.M. broad, finely acuminate, sud- 

 denly narrowed into the stipe. Texture very thick; veins hidden; upper sur- 

 face naked, light-green, scaly on the costa; under side covered with regularly 

 scattered, branched, reddish-brown scales, those of the margin peltate, 

 ciliate, densely crowded. Fertile fronds longer, narrowly linear, on longer 

 stipes; upper surface densely covered with cinnamon-coloured, round, stellate 

 hairs. 



Celebes. 



