16 1. CYATHEA. 



merous, distant, lanceolate, ± 15—50 c.M. long, Vj^ — 4 c.M. broad, the edge 

 repando-crenate, or slightly and irregularly sinuate, , the base subcuneate or 

 rounded, the apex acuminate, crenate-dentate. Texture thinly coriaceous; 

 surfaces naked or the upper one hairy on the costa near the base like the 

 racbis; costae and veins distinct; veins parallel, several times branched. Sori 

 in + 2/ often very irregular tows on each side of the costa ; indusium thin, 

 breaking down irregularly. 

 Malaya. 



(2) C. pbilippinensis, «fc., Ann. of Bol., V, 186. See the Appendix. 

 Trunk ohort, olondor ; the oealca large, linear, polo brown. — Fronde b^ 



nate, oblong-rhomboid, + 90 c.M. long, + 5U c.M. broad, narrjissted-irom the 

 middle to the base; rachises of frond and pinnaejlfiasdf^aly. Pinnae lan- 

 ceolate, central largest, 15—18 fM^Jaa^r'±^\—'k c.M. broad. Pinnules 

 ligulate, crowded, sessilej,^.--?'^^ broad, entire or crenate, with forked veins 

 and a singlfi-j^dTTofeori between the midrib and the edge; indusium mode- 



TT^ >»iit hrAalfing up infn pipp.ps 



(3) C aneitensis, VU., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 26. 

 Pinnae oblong, 50—45 c.M. long, 10 — 15 c.M. broad, sessile or nearly 



so, short-acuminate, pinnatifid nearly to the costa. Lobes rather distant, oblong, 

 acute, subserrate. Texture coriaceo-membranaceous ; racbis smooth, purple or 

 ebeneous: costae and costulae scaly with hair-like scales; veins forked. Sori 

 copious, intermediate between the costulae and the margin; indusium thin- 

 membranaceous, persistent, soon breaking down and generally opening at the 

 back so as to form a large, lax, almost transparent, 2-lobed and ragged cup, 

 often again irregularly lacerated. 

 Temate; Aneitum. 



(4) C dulitensis, JVft., Kew Bull., 1896, 40. 

 Caudex short. Stipes densely tufted, + 15 c.M. long, brown, naked 



above, the base covered with large, spreading, linear-subulate, •Membranaceous 

 scales. Fronds oblong-lanceolate, + 30 c.M. long, 12 — 15 c.M. broad, 2-pin- 

 nate. Pinnae lanceolate, + Vj^ c.M. broad, pinnate at the base, the lower 

 ones short-stalked, the lowest Teduced, deflexed. Segments linear-oblong, ± 

 5 m.M. broad, nearly entire, the margin revolute. Textm-e thick, rigid, coria- 

 ceous; surfaces naked, racbis nearly so, brown; veins obscure, immersed. 



