﻿762 90. ANGIOPTERFS. 



f. Fronds simply pinnafe. (0 A.. Smithii. 



f.f. Fronds 2 — 3-pinnate. 



*. Pinnulae peclinato-serrale, the teeth cartilagineous. (2) A. cartilagidens. 



if.i(^,Pinnulae entire, crenale, serrate or toothed, the teeth not cartilagineous. 



(5) A. evecta. 



• (1) A. Siiiilliii, Rac, Bull. Ac. Crac, i902, 54. 



Caudex very short, ± 10 c.3I. thick. Fronds large, + l^^ — 272M. high 

 (incl. the stipe), simply pinnate. Pinnae o — 10 or more on each side, short- 

 stalked, articulate, ovate-oblong, 20 — 40 c.M. long, 5 — 10 c.M. broad in the 

 lower half, the base obliquely or unequally rounded or subcordate, the edge 

 entire, the upper half narrov^red gradually to the acuminate apex. Texture 

 flaccido-coriaceous ; upper surface naked, dark-green, lower pale-green, minu- 

 tely and sparingly scaly, nearly naked; costae prominent on both sides; veins 

 numerous, generally forked, upcurved, rather spreading at the base, oblique 

 towards the apex; recurrent veinlets wanting. Sori close, submarginal, the 

 largest consisting of ± 20 — 30 capsules. 



? Malayan. 



(2) A. cartilagiflciiiS, Christ, Ball. Herb. Boiss., VI, 207; A. 

 cartilaginea, Christ, 1. c, tab. IV, fig. 8, a — d. 



Like A. evecta, Hojfm., but the fronds larger, to 5 M. long; rachis 

 dark-purple, covered with oblong, subulate, spinuloso-ciliate scales, the ciliae 

 geminate. Pinnulae close, sessile or short-stalked, linear-lanceolate, 10 c.M 

 or more long, + 1 c.M. broad, the margin pectinato-serrate with the teeth 

 oblique or spreading, '/2 — 1 m.^l. long, the apex acuminate, the base equally 

 I'ounded or cuneate on both sides or the upper base truncate. Texture very 

 coriaceous, the^ teeth cartilagineous; surfaces naked; costae and veins covered 

 beneath with small, rough, bullate scales; veins very numerous, conspicuous, 

 spreading, with spurious veins. Sori not contiguous, small. 



Luzon. 



• (3) A. evecttt, Moffm., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 1 ; Bedd., Ferns S.I., 

 tab. LXXVIII; Hk., Fil. Exot., tab. LXXV; Poly podium evectum, ForsL, (oldest 

 name). 



Caudex erect, semiglobose, to ± 50 c.M. thick. Stipes long, articulate 

 at the base. Hanked by 2 large, persistent, leathery stipulae. Fronds large. 



