104 9. TMCHOMANES. § 2. EUTRICHOMANES. f**. TRICHOMANOPSIS. 



5 — 20 C.M. long, ^'/^ — 15 c.M. broad, deltoid, 8^ vate or lanceolate, acuminate, 

 5 — 4-pinnatifid, the main rachis mostly slightly winged towards the apex and 

 submarginate below. Pinnae erecto-patent, I'/j — 2 c.M. broad, lanceolate- 

 oblong, cut down nearly or quite to the rachiSj^ Pinnujae^eeply pinnatifid, 

 with linear, simple or pinnatifid lobes. Ultimate '^segmemslshort and «fte» 

 tooth-like. Texture + coriaceous; margin often slightly crisped. Sori 2 — 12 

 to a pinnula, small; indusium more or less exserted, the mouth slightly 

 dilated. 



Trap. Asia, Madagascar, Masearenes, Comores, Seychelles. 



* (50) T. Baiierianuiu, Xlndh, C. Ghr., Ind. Fil.; T. apiifolium, 

 Pr., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 31; V. D. B., Hymen. Jav., tab. XIX; T. meifolium, 

 BL, Enum., 227; — var. polyanthos; T. polyanthos Hk.l Spec. Fil., I, 138; 

 Icon. PL, Vm, tab. DCCIU. 



Rhizome erect, clothed with long, brownish hairs. Stipes tufted, 10 — 20 

 c.M. long, strong, erect, densely clothed with long, spreading, reddish hairs. 

 Fronds 20 — 50 c.M. long, 10 — 20 c.M. broad, ovate, acuminate, 3 — 4-pinnate; 

 rachis hairy, slightly and narrowly winged towards the apex. Longest pinnae 

 5 — 15 c.M. long, lYi — 4 c.M. broad, spreading or erecto-patent, lanceolate- 

 acuminate. Pinnulae several, cut down into flattened, lineai', simple, bifid or 

 pinnate segments, the ultimate ones to 4 m.M. long, + '/j ™-M- broad. Tex- 

 ture subcoriaceous, surfaces naked; a single costa in each ultimate segment. 

 Sori 2 — 12 to a pinnula; indusium small, turbinate, the mouth ± dilated, 

 entire or slightly 2-lipped. 



¥ai*. |»olyanth»8: Sori larger; indusium campanulate, the mouth 

 distinctly 2-lipped. Stipe and rachis + hispid. 



Malaya; Polynesia; — var. polyanthos : £'a«<. Malaya; Polynesia. 



% 3. LEPTOMANES. 



«. Rhizome wide-creeping. 



f. Ultimate segments not spreading int» various directions. (51) T. gemnjatum. 

 •J-.f . Ultimate segments spreading intn various directions. (52) T. meifolium. 

 a.a. Rhizome short-creeping or erect. 



h. Ultimate segments as in a, f. (53) T. pai'viflorum. 



bJb. Ultimate segments as in a, •{>.•{•. 



c. Pinme i2—i5-jugaie. Sori numerous. (54) T. trichophyllum. 

 c.e. Pinnae 30 — 30-jugale. Sori few. (55) T. pluaia. 



