﻿744 86a, leptochilus. % 2. chrysodium. 



« (19a) li. minor, F^e, C. Chr.lnA.FiL; Acrostichum minus, Mett.,Ek. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., 420; Gymnopteris minor. Ilk. [not Bedd.), Compel., Po\j^od.Phi\\T^Y>., 

 42: Hk., 2°<i Cent, of Ferns, tab. LXXVIII (the description, not the figure, 

 which is Asplenium); G. minus, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 430; Ferns Br.I., 

 I, tab. CXVI. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, firm, scaly towards the apex, the scales lanceo- 

 late. Stipes remote, slender, those of the barren fronds 2'/2 — S c.M. long. 

 Sterile fronds o'/j — 5 c.M. long, ± 172 — 2V2 c.M. broad, ovate-oblong, the 

 point bluntish, the edge quite entire, the base tapering gradually into the 

 stipe. Texture membranaceous or herbaceous; surfaces naked; costa distinct; 

 areolae with free veinlets, bounded by a + wavy intramarginal line. Fer- 

 tile fronds 3'/2 — 8 c.M. long, + 5 m.M. broad, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, on 

 stipes 7V2 — 10 c.M. long. 



Philippines, Malacca; North. India. 



(196) Ij. rizalianiis(, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2« Serie, VI, 1004; 

 L. normalis, Copel., Philipp. Journ., Ill, 31, p. p. 



Rhizome short-creeping, slender, crowned with flaccid, brown, subulate 

 scales. Fronds scattered or approxin)ate. Barren fronds i-ather sessile, spa- 

 thulate, cuneate-oblong, + 4^/2 c.M. long, ± 1 c.M. broad, obluse, the base 

 narrowed. Texture herbaceous; costa distinct: areolae hidden, in 1 or rarely 

 2 — 3 rows on each side, with free included veinlets. Fertile fronds linear, 

 ± 6 c.M. long, + 1 Yj c.M. broad, acuminate, on stipes ± 6 c.M. long. 



Luzon. ' 



(20) Ij. antropliyoideiS, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Acroslichum aiilro- 

 phyoides, Bk., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XXII, 251. 



Rhizome short-creeping. Fronds sessile, oblanceolate, 15 — 20 c.M. long, 

 2 — 2'/2 c.M. broad, the point acute, the base rounded Texture subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces naked; veins obscure, immersed; areolae small. Fertile fronds linear, 

 rigid, 20—25 c.M. long, 5 — 5 m.M. broad, bearing the sori in the upper half, 

 the lower half narrowed to a naked wing to the costa. 



Borneo. 



(21ffl) li. Iiydrophylliis, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 146. 



Rhizome short-creeping, clothed at the extremity with short, fuscous 

 scales. Stipes 1 — 7 c.M. long, those of the fertile fronds the longest. Bar- 

 ren fronds linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex, subacute at the base, 1 c.M. 



