38 3. ALSOPHILA. 



long, covered with ovate-acuminate, scariose, ochreous scales + '/j c.M. lonj 

 Fronds + 60 c.M. long, + 28 c.M. broad, ovate-elongate, acuminate, narrowe 

 towards the base. Pinnae sessile, close, spreading, + 30 on each side belo^ 

 the pinnatilid apex, the central ones the longest, bluntish, + 3 c.M. broa( 

 Pinnulae close, + 25 on each side, sessile, ovate-elongate, obtuse, + '/a '^■^ 

 broad, cut down nearly to the costa, the segments ovate, + 7 on each sid 

 apiculate or obtuse, ± I'/j ni.M. broad. Texture herbaceous; upper surfa( 

 dark-green, the under one paler, not glaucous; rachis ochreo-stramineou 

 short-hairy, covered like the costae with scariose, whitish, lanceolate, aeui 

 scales, the costulae covered with broadly ovate scales; veins conspicuou 

 3 — 4-jugate. Sori minute, 3 — 4 to each ultimate segment, placed at thebas( 

 of the veins; receptacle punctiform or hardly elevated; indusium none. 

 New Guinea. 



1* (iO) A. latebpo s a, 1V„a , (not Hk.)^ Hk. Bk . , Syn . F il. , 4 5 ; B e d d 



Ferns S.I., tab. LVIII; Hemitelia iatebrosa, Melt., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 39, 



Stipes dark-brown, aculeate towards the base, muricate upjjMtfag; mai 

 rachis muricate towards- the base. Fronds 3-pinnatifid, to 2.HJL long, to 1 J 

 broad^; rachises often covered with long, linear, fine^lwwn, deciduous scali 

 on the upper side. Pinnae lanceolate-oblong, acijafmate, stalked, 30 — 60 c.J 

 long, 12 — ^20 c.M. broad, the rachis +,*Jmentose above. Pinnulae linea 

 lanceolate, acuminate, subsessile, ± LJ/J— 2 c.M. broad, the base subtruncat 

 the edge deeply pinnatifid iirtp'^near-oblong, blunt, subfalcate, crenate i 

 slightly toothed lobes +,,>^ m.M. broad. Texture firm-herbaceous; surfac 

 naked or the under;>rfe slightly hairy, under surface not glaucous; costae ai 

 costulae morepr^ss scaly beneath with + buUate scales; veins forked. So 

 on the 1-^ lower veins, nearly costular; receptacle often with a minut 

 spij;pi(ms indusium at the inner side. 



Malaya ; North. India. . . 



* (20) A. saparuenisis, «;. A. «. A. 



Stipes aculeate; main rachis slightly so towards the base; seconda 

 rachises somewhat rough towards the base with few, scattered, minute wai 

 and covered like the main one with copious, very fine, ± deciduous, crispe 

 yellowish or brownish, llbril-like hairs. Central pinnae + 45 c.M. long, 12—; 

 c.M. broad, lanceolate, acuminate. Pinnulae sessile or subsessile, t 

 lower ones spreading, smaller than the central ones, which are + 1 % c. 

 broad, cut down nearly to the costa. Lobes + close, oblong, blunt, crena 



