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the central ones to + 5 c.M. long, to ± ^|^ — I'/j c.M. broad, with the 

 apex acuminate, the edge serrate, the base cuneate. Texture membranaceous 

 to subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked: veins simple, pellucid. Sori distant from 

 the margin; synangia + 3 — 8-celled. 

 Malaya. 



* (3) M. nil^atiea, ni., de Vr., Mon. Maratt., 6, tab. Ill, fig. 33; 

 Christ, Phillipp. Journ., II, 184. 



Stipes naked. Fronds large, 3-pinnate. Ultimate leaflets opposite or 

 alternate, to + 10 c.M. long, to + lY, c.M. broad, the higher ones larger 

 than the lower, linear-lanceolate, acute, serrate, the base cuneate. Texture 

 firm-chartaceous ; surfaces naked, upper dark-green, lower paler, minutely albo- 

 punctulate ; ultimate rachises narrowly winged, rather marginate ; veins simple, 

 rather spreading. Sori intramarginal, or nearly medial on the veins; synangia 

 + 12— 15-celled. 



Java, Luzon, New Guinea. 



* (4) M. pellucida, J»r., de Vr., Mon. Maratt., 6; Christ, Philipp. 

 Journ., II, 184. 



Fronds 2-pinnate. Leaflets linear-oblong, subabruptly acuminate, serrate, 

 the base cuneate; highest leaflets the largesi, to + 12 '/j c.M. long, to + 

 I'/j c.M. broad. Texture herbaceous; surfaces naked, upper rather dark- 

 green, lower paler; costae and veins beneath naked or nearly so; veins most- 

 ly simple, very rarely forked, straight, subspreading, pellucid. Sori rather 

 remote from the margin, sometimes nearly medial on the veins; synangia + 

 6— 8-celled. 



Philippines; New Caledonia. 



* (5) M. fraxinea, Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 440; Bedd., Ferns 

 S.I., tab, LXXIX; M. calliodus, de Vr., Mon. Maratt., 6, tab. Ill, fig. 20. 



Stipes 20—60 c.M. long, smooth, deciduously scaly and swollen in the 

 lower part. Fronds rather large, 2 — 3-pinnate. Highest leaflets largest, elongate- 

 lanceolate, ± 10—15 c.M. long, + 1^2 — 2 c.M. broad, acuminate, the edge 

 serrate, the base broadly and obliquely cuneate or slightly rounded. Texture 

 membranaceous ; surfaces naked ; costae rather naked, or slightly scaly at the 

 very base; veins simple or forked, + pellucid. Sori somewhat remote from 

 margin; synangia ± 6 — 12-celled. 



Trap. Asia, Australia Sf Africa. 



