rZ ». HTMENOPHTLLUM. ^ I. EDHYMENOPHYLLUM. 



boidal, cut down to a winged rachis into simple or once or more times divided 

 segments on each side. Ultimate lobes + 2—4 m.M. long, '/j — 1 m-M. broad, 

 entire, each with a single central rib. Surfaces naked. Sori on the higher 

 pinnae, terminal on narrowed segments; indusium ahovate, the base rounded, 

 the valves entire, narrowed towards the apex; receptacle linear, not exserted. 

 Trop. Asia. 



* (IS) H. Treubii, Hac, Flor. Btz., I, 15; Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., 

 LIX, tab. III. 



Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, sparingly hairy. Stipes filiform, distant, 

 2 — 3 c.M. long, sligthly winged towards the frond. Fronds + ovate in general 

 outline, 5 — ^^8 c.M. long, 3 — 5 c.M. broad; main rachis flexuose, narrowly 

 winged. Pinnae erecto-patent, to 4 — 5 on each side, cut down to a winged 

 rachis into.+ 5 — 5 simple, forked or pinnatifid pinnulae. Ultimate segments 

 oblong or linear, 2 — 15 m.M. long, ± 2 m.M. broad, the apex often emarginate. 

 Surfaces naked; a single central rib in each segment. Sori terminal on short 

 segments; indusium deeply 2-valved; valves suboblong, the apex rounded or 

 subtruncate, entire, or slightly and irregularly erose; receptacle erect-oblong. 



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(16) H. raruni, n. Bt-., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 58; Kze, Farnkr., I, 

 tab. XCVI, fig. 1; //. semihivalve, Hk. fy Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. LXXXIII. 



Stipes very slender, 2'/2 — 8 c.M. long. Fronds flaccid, pendent, 3 — 15 

 c.M. long, 2'/2 — S c.M. broad, linear-oblong, 2-pinnatifid, the main rachis winged 

 throughout. Pinnae simple, linear, or forked to pinnatifid with 2 — 3 deeply 

 cut segments on each side, which are V2 — ^Vs '^■^- long, + 2'/, m.M. broad. 

 Sori large, terminal on the segments of the upper pinnae, often 2'/j m.M. 

 broad; indusium divided Va'^^^^Y down or more, the base cuneate, the valves 

 rounded; receptacle erect-oblong. 



? Malacca; Tasmania, New Zealand. 



* (17) H. formosum, Bt-uck., V. D. B., Hymen. Jav., 59, tab. 

 XLVII— XLVIII; H. dilatatum. Sw., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 17, p. p.; G. Chr., 

 Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome creeping, hairy. Stipes 5—10 c.M. long, mostly narrowly winged. 

 Fronds 15—30 c.M. long, or to 40' c.M. long, + 3—10 c.M. broad; main 

 rachis winged throughout. Pinnae erecto-patent, cut down to a winged rachis, 

 short-stalked. Pinnulae erecto-patent, deeply pinnatifid again into linear, simple,. 



