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merous. Pinnulae short. Segments and rachises aculeato-dentate, crisped, 

 filiform. Sori large, terminal, roundish, ± I'/j m.M. broad; indusium buUate, 

 globose, scariose, the valves finely denticulate, not spinose on the back. 

 New Guinea 



(39) H. sabinifolinm, Bh., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 71; H. aculeatum, 

 Bedd. 'mi V. D. B.), Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 8, p. p. 



Stipes 2'/j — 5 C.M. long, naked or slightly winged. Fronds broadly ovate, 

 triangular, deeply 3-piunatifid, S'/j — 5 c.M. long, more than 2 72 c.M. broad 

 belovF; rachis margined throughout with a wing which is thickly beset with 

 aristate teeth. Pinnae crisped, the lower ones flabellato-pinnatifid nearly down 

 to the midrib. Ultimate segments very narrow, 5 — 8 m.M. long, deeply cut 

 up nearly to the midrib by numerous, strong, aristate teeth. Sori solitary, 

 supra-axillary; indusium spinose ion the bacQj^divided '/^ -way down with ovate, 

 spinoso-serrate valves. I t&ough out, 



Malaya. 



* (40) H. Meesii, Mk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 71; Bedd., Pern Br.I., II, 

 tab. CCLXXIX; (H. denticulatum, 5w., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 21, p. p.; C. Chr. 

 Ind. Fil.; H. aculeatum, Rac, 1. c, p. p.; C. Chr., 1. c); Leptocimium Neesii 

 ^ acanthoides, V. D. B., Hymen. Jav., tab. XXX & XXXII. 



Rhizome creeping, filiform, nearly naked. Stipes 2 — 5 c.M. long, winged 

 throughout or towards the apex only. Fronds deltoid or oblong 272—8 c.M. 

 long, 1 — 3 c.M. broad, the main rachis winged throughout. Pinnae cut down 

 to a winged rachis into simple, pinnatifid to 2-pinnatifid or once to more times 

 forked pinnulae. Ultimate segments + 1 — 5 m.M. long or longer, + ^2 — 1 

 m.M. broad. Sori 1—3 to a pinna; indusium divided + ^-'Vfdq down or 

 deeper, the valves toothed, the outer surface covered with scattered, sharp 

 prickles. 



Malaya; Ceylon. 



* (41) H. denticulatuin, Sus., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 71 ; Rac, Flor. Btz., 

 I, 21, p. p.; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 11, tab. CCLXXVIII; Leptocimium denticulatum, 

 V. D. B., Hymen. Jav., tab. XXIX. 



Rhizome filiform, sparingly hairy. Stipes 2—5 c.M. long, nudate, or nar- 

 rowly winged towards the apex. Fronds ovate-triangular, 5—8 c.M. long, 

 27^_B c.M. broad at the base; main rachis margined throughout with a 

 narrow, slightly undulated wing. Pinnae slightly crisped, the lower ones 



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