MARATTIACEAE 509 
Fic. 278. 
Pinnae of the five genera of the Marattiaceae, all of them lateral pinnae. A = Angrof- 
teris crassipes, Wall.; B=Aréthangiopteris Henryi, Christ and Giesen. ; C=Marattia 
Sraxinae, Sm.; D= Danaea esculifolia, B\.; E= Danaea elliptica, Sm. A, C, D, E 
after Bitter; B after Christ and Giesenhagen. (From Engler and Prantl, Nat Pfanszenfam.) 
In all of them, except in Kawéfussta, and occasionally in Danaea, they 
are disposed in a single series on either side of the midrib: they may 
be short and compact, and be seated near to the margin, as in Alarattia 
