S6 3. ALSOPHtLA. 



(12) A. diinorpha, Chfi*t, Ann. Btz., XIX, 41. 

 ■ Stipe and rachis unarmed, castaneous, angular, covered with dark, fur- 

 furaceous scales. Fi-onds large, + 2 M. long, + 40 c.M. broad, 2-pinnate in 

 the barren, 3-pinnatifid in the fertile portions. Lower and higher pinnae 

 sterile and shorter, central fertile and longer. Barren pinnae + 20 c.M. long, 

 ± 7 c.M. broad, distant, acuminate, stalked; the pinnulae stalked, with the 

 base cordate, hardly t c.M. broad, narrowed gradually to the point, the apex 

 acuminate, the edge slighlly lobed into close, not deep, roundish or acute, 

 crenulate lobes. Texture coriaceous ; upper surface dark-green, under one paler, 

 scaly at or near the costae. Fertile pinnulae + ''j c.M. broad, pinnatifid 

 nearly to the costa, the lobes not close, + 5 m.M. broad, obtuse, deltoid. 

 Sori large, 5 — 6 to a lobe, occupying its whole under surface. 

 Celebes. 



* (15) A. ILingi, Clat-Ue, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 473. 



Fronds 3-piimatifid; rachises tomentose above, naked, brown, somewhat 

 glaucous beneath. Pinnae 50 — 60 c.M. long, the apex pinnatifid, toothed at 

 the point. Pinnulae distant, short-stalked, the lowest largest or a little shorter, 

 + 6 — 8 c.M. long, + 1— ^I'/i c.M. broad, the apex acuminate and bluntly 

 crenate, the edge cut down nearly to the costa into not very close, oblong, 

 subfalcate, blunt, slightly crenate lobes, the lowest lobes + largest. Texture 

 coriaceous; surfaces naked, of a bluish-glaucous tint; costae + scaly beneath, 

 hairy above, very prominent especially in the fertile pinnulae, which have the 

 soriferous segments mostly much smaller than the barren segments; veins 

 forked or sometimes simple. Sori in 1 row on each side of the costulae, 

 filling up the whole under surface of the fertile segments, which have the 

 edges recurved. 



Malacca. 



(14) A. IW^allacei, Men., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 4i;9. 



Fronds large, 3-pinnatifid; rachises stramineous, densely pubescent. Pin- 

 nae oblong-lanceolate, 30—40 c.M. long. Pinnulae ligulate, distinctly stalked, 

 3—5 c.M. long, ± 1 c.M. broad, cut down to a narrow wing. Segments 

 close, ligulate, blunt, obscurely toothed, + 2'/^ m.M. broad. Texture sub- 

 coriaceous; surfaces green, the under one densely pilose, with a few bullate 

 scales on the ribs; veins 4 — 5-jugate, simple. Sori costular. 



Borneo. 



