«U a. ALSOPHILA. 



(25) A. batjaneiisiis, ChrUt, Warb., Mons., I, 90. 



Caudex + 3 M. high. Stipes very aculeate, the prickles short, conica 

 rachis rough, less prickly, yellowish-brown. Fronds deltoid, 3-plnualifi( 

 100 c.M. and more long. Pinnae 8 — 10, very distant, petiolate, deltoid-oval 

 8 — 10 c.M. long, + 6 c.31. broad, short-acuminate. Pinnulae distant, deep! 

 incised; segments obtuse, ligulate-ovate, 6 — 8 m.M. long, + 3 m.M. broai 

 serrate. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked, the under one not glaucous 

 veins simple, conspicuous. Sori small, not close, medial. 



Batjan. 



* (24) A. melanopus, Basslt., Journ. of Bot., YII, 325. 



Stipe very aculeate and densely ^caly at the base, the rest rough lil 

 the rachis, the scales large, blackish, deciduous. Fronds 3-pinnatifid, ovat 

 "oblong, acute. Pinnae elongate-oblong and acute, or lanceolate-oblong ar 

 acuminate. Piimulae linear-oblong, deeply pinnatifid. Ultimate segments linea 

 oblong, obtuse or siibacute, subfalcate, obscurely crenato-serrate. Textm 

 membranaceous ; under surface slightly glaucous ; costulae clothed vnth minut 

 deciduous scales. Sori near the costulae, at length confluent. 



Java. 



(25) A., ornata, Scott, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 460; Bedd., Ferns Br.l 



II, tab. CCCXLII ; — var. sikkimensis, Bedd., Journ. of Bot., XXXI, 22E 



A. sikkimensis, Clarke ^ Bk., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XXIV, 409. , 



Stipe paleaceous at the base, slightly muricate and as well as the mai 



\^ rachis glossy, purplish-brown. Fronds 3-pinnalifid. Pinnae oblong-lanceolat 



* I rather abruptly contracted into a short, deeply pinnatifid apex. Pinnuli 



a" nearly all petiolate, lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, deeply cut down nearly 



2 the costa. Ultimate segments ovate in the sterile, nai'row-oblong in the ferli 



|_ pinnulae, serrate, slightly falcate. Texture herbaceo-membranaceous ; cost! 



F , slightly hairy above and scaly below ; veins forked, or a few 3-branched. So 



subcostular, occupying the lower half of the lobes (conf. Beddome's drawing 



Var. sikkimensis : Stipe and main rachis more prominently m 



Sikkim; — var. sikkimensis: Malacca; Sikkim. 



« (26) A. erinita, JIfc., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 42; Hk., Icon. PI., VII, ta 

 DCLXXI; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LIX. 



Stipe and main rachis strongly muricate, stramineous-browrn, long-hispid 



