﻿740 86fl. LEPTOCHILUS. § 1. POECILOPTERlg. 



veinlets. Fertile fronds + '/j X as long as the barren ones, on stipes ± 

 14 c.M. long; pinnae 5 — 7, much contracted, linear-lanceolate, + 5 c.M. long, 

 7 — 10 m.M. broad, subacute, the base subcordate. 

 Luzon. 



* (11) Vi. diversiifolius, C. Chr-., Ind. Fil.; Acrostichum diversifo- 

 lium, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 48; Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 36, tab. XII; Poecilopferis 

 diversifolia, Pr., Tent. Pterid., 242. 



Rhizome woody, creeping, the scales lanceolate. Fronds approximate; 

 barren fronds + 50 — 70 c.M. long, long-stalked, simple or more commonly 

 with a terminal segment to 40 c.M. long, to 12*/j c.M. broad, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire or repando-sinuate and below this 1 — 3 pairs of lateral 

 segments similar to the terminal one, but shorter and narrower, to 20 c.M. 

 long, to 7 c.M. broad, stalked. Texture herbaceous; surfaces naked; areolae 

 with few free veinlets. Fertile fronds with 1 — 2 pairs of short-stalked, ovate- 

 lanceolate lateral pinnae to 10 c.M. long, to 1 V4 c.M. broad and a longer 

 terminal one. 



Malaya. 



(12) li. Preslianu^S, C. Chr., Ind. Fi\.; Acrostichum PresUanum, Ilk., 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 420; Poecilopteris PresUana, Moore, Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, 

 tab. CCLXIX; Gymnopleris Presliana, J.Sm., Bedd., Handb. Ind, Ferns, 439; 

 Heteronevron PresUanum, Fee, (oldest name). 



Rhizome stout, creeping, the scales narrowed, lanceolate. Stipes 10—25 

 c.M. long, more or less scaly like the rachis and the stalks of the pinnae. 

 Fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, pinnate with + numerous erecto-patent, remote 

 pinnae. Lower pinnae stalked, 5 — 10 c.M. long, 1 — 1 '/2 '^-^- broad, lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, the base narrowed, the edge entire. Texture membranaceous 

 or subcoriaceous ; rachis + winged, especially towards the apex; surfaces 

 naked; venation as in Nephrodium. Fertile fronds generally longer stalked; 

 pinnae much narrowed, lanceolate, 2 — 5 c.M. long, 5 — 7 m.M. broad. 



Philippines; South. India, Madagascar. 



(13) E*. eiLiseulptuiS {exadplm), C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Acrostichum ex- 

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



Rhizome creeping. Stipes of barren fronds slender, naked, ± 16 c.M. 

 long. Barren fronds lanceolate, pinnate, 20 — 30 c.M. long, 5 — 7 c.M. broad. 

 Pinnae multijugate, sessile, lanceolate, acute, crenate, truncate at the base, 

 2'/2— 372 c.M. long, 8 — 9 m.M. broad, the lower ones not reduced. Texture 



