VU ». HYMENOPHYLLUM. ^ 1. EUHTMENOPHYLLUM. 



20 — 30 to a pinna, on both sides and terminal on the segments; indusium 

 divided down nearly to the base, the valves ovate to lanceolate, the outer 

 edge denticulate (in malayan material). 

 Malaya; Polynesia, New Zealand. 



- ( « ) H. siibdenii se HiM, C h mtf, Bull. Herb. Boiss., VI, 140. 

 Like H. demissum, Sic. but the dimensions '/a X as long; stipes and 

 >■ rachises tender, flexuose, filiform ; the segments short, narrowed, less numerous, 

 nt: the vah 

 Philippines. 



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(9) H. badium, MU. 4r Grev., Hk. 6k., SynFil., 60; Hk. & Grev., Ic. 

 Pil, tab. LXXVI; Bedd., Perns Br.I., II, tab. CCLXXXII; H. javanicum, Spr., 

 var. badium., Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 55. 



Stipes 5 — 77j c.M. long, slender, ^vinged above. Fronds 10 — 30 c.M. long, 

 5 — T'/a c M. broad, oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-pinnatifid; main' 

 rachis broadly winged. Lower pinnae lanceolate-rhomboidal, divided down to 

 a broadly winged rachis into several pinnules on each side, the lowest of 

 which are a few times deeply incised. Ultimate divisions broadly linear. 

 Sori 2 — 12 to a pinna, on both sides and terminal on the segments ; indusium 

 nearly 2'/2 m.M. broad, divided down nearly to the base, the valves rounded, 

 nearly 2 X as broad as long, the outer edge toothed; receptacle very short. 



Malacca; Himalaya. 



* (10) H. paniculiflorum, l»r., Bac, Flor. Biz., I, 16; V. D. B., 



Hymen. Jav., tab. XXXIX. 



Rhizome filiform, sparingly hairy. Stipes naked, slender, 1 — 5 c.M. long, 

 naked, winged above. Fronds ovate to lanceolate-oblong, 2 — 5 c.M. long, 1 — 

 2V2 c.M. broad, cut down to a narrowly winged rachis. Pinnae spreading or 

 erecto-patent, ovate or suborbicular, deeply pinnatifid. Pinnulae simple, forked 

 or pinnatifid again. Ultimate segments to 3 m.M. long, + % m.M. broad. 

 Colour reddish or brownish. Sori numerous, confined to the uppermost 

 pinnae, very close as to form a panicle; indusium large, reddish, elliptical 

 or broadly ovate,^ ^ 2 m.M. long, ^ ilijn.M. broad, joined in the lower 

 half, the valves entire; receptacle schort-columnar, included. 



Malaya; Japan. 



(11) H. ringens Christ, Ann. Btz., XIX, 34. 



Rhizome filiform. Stipes slender, ± 1 '/^ c.M. long. Fronds ovate-elongate. 



