3. ALSOPHILA. 57 



(15) A. motlcsta, J»fc., Journ. of Bot., XVIII, ilO. 



Stipes to 30 c.M. long ; the scales glossy, dark-brown, linear, to 1 '4 c.M. long. 

 Fronds CS— 90 c.M. long, rhomboid, 3-pinnatifid, the rachis pubescent, unarmed. 

 Pinnae oblong-lanceolate, the central ones the largest, 20 — 30 c.M. long, G'/^ — T'/j 

 c.M. broad, short-stalked, the lower smaller, decidedly petiolate. Pinnulae 

 lanceolate, sessile, 1 — 1 '/j c.M. broad, cut down in the lower part to the 

 rachis and in the upper to a narrow wing into close, ligulate, entire, obtuse 

 segments to + S'/j m.M. broad. Texture moderately firm; surfaces green 

 and nearly naked except a few lanceolate scales on the midribs of the pin- 

 nulae beneath ; veins distinct, 6 — 7-jugate, simple or forked. Sori costular, 

 not reaching the margin. 



Sumatra. 



^-'■...*U6) A., caudata, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 42; Hk., Spec. Pil., 

 I, tab. X!S>B«^^ 



Fronds 3-pinn!ttifi4jrachises tomentose or pubescent above (after Hooker's 

 di"awing). Pinnulae sessiler""OfeloBgJanceolate, + 6—8 c.M. long, + l^j^ c.M. 

 broad, broadest at the base, the apex>w44enly contracted into a long, narrow, 

 serrate or toothed, tail-like acumen, the edgectrt-dgwn nearly to the costa into 

 close, oblong, slightly falcate, rather obtuse, + serrateTt)fe«s.+ 4 m.M. broad. 

 Texture semicoriaceous, firm; surfaces naked; veins simple orTt!rite4;^^^ Sori 

 close to the costulae, occupying the lower half of the ultimate segments. ^ 



Luzon. 



(17) A. sangirensis, Christ, Warb., Mons., I, 90. 



Stipe stramineous, angular, unarmed, but covered like the main rachis 

 with ' minute, filiform and subulate scales. Fronds ± 70 c.M. long, broadly 

 ovate-deltoid, 3-pinnatifid. Pinnae 10— IS, distant, ovate, the rachis strigoso- 

 pilose. Pinnulae ± 4 c.M. long, + 1 c.M. broad, deeply incised. Lobes sepa- 

 rated by rounded sinusi/es, ovate, rounded, crenulate. Surfaces naked, the 

 under one paler than the upper one ; veins simple. Sori close, + 4 on each side 

 of the costulae; receptacle not elevated. — Fronds with the aspect of Dryopteris 

 setigera, 0. Ktze, but firmer. 



Sanggir Islands. 



(18) A. lepitlodada, Christ, Sebum. & Laut., Flor. deut. Sch. 

 geb., Suppl., 37. (See Supplement 1. 



Stipes unarmed, fusco-stramineous, castaneous at the base, hardly lOcM. 



