﻿/ 86a. LEPTOCHILI'S. § 2. CHRYSODIUM. 74S 



broad, ± 10 c.M. long and entire, rarely 20 c.M. long and undulate. Tex- 

 ture fleshy, papyraceous when dry; surfaces ± naked; veins hidden, incon- 

 spicuous; areolae with few free veinlets. Fertile fronds linear, + 7 c.M- 

 long, ± 3 m.M. broad, obtuse, narrowed gradually into the stipe. 

 Mindanao. 



(216) Mu. mode (i ins, C. Chr., Ind. Pil. ; Acroslichum modeslum, Bk, 

 Journ. of Linn. See, Bot., XXII, 231. 



Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, the scales small, lanceolate. Stipes dis- 

 tant, slender, 5—8 c.M. long. Fronds simple, 10—15 c.M. long, 5—9 m.M. 

 broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the base and acuminate apex, 

 the margin entire, the surfaces naked. Areolae hexagonal. Fertile fronds 

 5—8 c.M. long, 4—4^2 m.M. broad. 



Borneo. 



* (22) li. laneeolatus, F^cj C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Acrostichum Ian- 

 ceolatum, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 420 ; Gymnopteris lanceolata, Bedd. (not Hk.), 

 Copel, Polypod. Philipp., 42; G. Feei, Moore, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. XL VIII; 

 G. variabilis, Bedd., var. lanceolata, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 429; — var. 

 normalis, Hk., Spec. Fil, V, 276; G. normale, J. Sm., Journ. of Bot., Ill, 

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



Rhizome woody, creeping. Stipes of barren fronds 2V2 — 15 c.M. long. 

 Barren fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, 1 — 5 c.M. broad, the point blunt or acute, 

 the edge entire, the lower part narrowed very gradually. Texture herbaceous; 

 surfaces naked; main veins short or indistinct; areolae copious, with free 

 veinlets. Fertile fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, 3—7 m.M. broad, the stipes as. 

 long. 



War. normalis : Barren fronds sessile. 



Trop: Asia. 



* (23) li. axillaris, Klf., Enum., 147, tab. I, fig. 10; Acroslichum 

 axillare, Cav., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 420; A. variabile, Hk., var. axillare, Rac, 

 Plor. Btz., I, 49 ; Gymnopteris variabilis, Bedd., var. axillaris, Bedd., Handb. 

 Ind. Ferns, 430; G. amllaris, Pr., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 42; Bedd., Ferns 

 Br.I., n, tab. CCLXXI. 



Rhizome wide-scandent, slender, much branched. Barren fronds 2 — 7 

 c.M. apart, 15—45 c.M. long, 1 — 4 c.M. broad, the point bluntish or nearly 

 so, the edge entire, the lower half tapering gradually to the base or a short 



