574 FILICES, { Alsophila. 
and sparingly minutely — beneath ; pinne 2-3 ft. long, the 
uppermost ones confluent and serrate- acuminate ; 3; pinnules mem- 
branous, sessile, ae dak clet, 2-3 in. long by 4 broad or broader, 
deeply (to #) pinnatifid, serrate-acuminate, the segments curved- 
oblong, obliquely rounded or acute at the apex, crenulate ; sori alter- 
nate near the base of the veins and forming 2 close linear rows 
usually not longer than 3-3 of the pinnule; veins forked or occa- 
sionally simple. 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the damp hill and in the tropical forests of 
Martaban, at 2,000 to 6,000 ft. elevation.—Fr. March.—s.—SS.= 
BRAINEA, Hook. 
one series of large oblong costal areoles, the rest free, simple or 
forked.—Low Cycas-like ecytokran _ simply pinnate leaves 
springing from the summit of the tr 
1. B. insignis, Hook.—An evergreen ee tree (3—5+2—4+3 © 
—1}), with a simple or branched trunk densely covered with black 
stiff root-like fibres ; fronds 3-4 ft. long, pinnate, the stipes at the base 
covered with long, stiff, brown scales; pinnz numerous, alternating 
or nearly so, more or Jess obliquely ‘truncate-rounded. at the base, 
coriaceous, linear, 3-5 in. long, serrulate, long-serrulate-acuminate, 
especially in the fruiting fronds the veins above strongly impressed ; 
sori crowded and often covering the whole under-surface om the 
sit leaving only the margins naked. 
—Frequent in the pine and drier forests ei al Martaban rey east of 
a at 4,000 to 6,000 ft. elevation —Fr. Mar —SS,—=Met 
