106 9. TBICHOMANES. § 3. LEPTOMANES. 



(54) T. trichophylliini, Moot-e, Hk. Bk., Syii. Fil., 466. 



Stipes densely tufted, wiry, terete, ^'/j — 5 c.M. long. Fronds 5 — 10 

 C.31. long, oblong, decompound, S'/i — 4 c.M. broad. Rachis stiff, terete. Pin- 

 nae much imbricated, 12 — 15-jugate, many deltoid, 1 — 1 '/i c.M. broad. Lower 

 pinnulae copiously pinnalifid. Ultimate divisions brisUe-like, 5—7 m.M. long, 

 spreading in all directions. Sori copious, free, + 1 m.M. deep, placed neai* 

 tbe base of the pinnulae on the upper side: indusium with a funnel-shaped 

 tube and truncate mouth. 



Borneo, New Guinea; New Caledonia. 



(55) T. pluma, Mh., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 466; Hk., Icon. PI., X, 

 tab. CMXCVII; Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, fig. 68. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, minute, fibrillose, brown. Stipes 

 5 — 10 c.M. long, terete, wiry. Fronds lanceolate, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 2'/j — 5*/j 

 c.M. broad, decompound; rachis stiff, terete. Pinnae crowded, 20 — 30-jugate, 

 spreading, under 172 c.M. broad. Lower pinnulae sparsely pinnatifid, cut 

 into bristle-like, dichotomously forked lobes 3 — 7 m.M. long, spreading in all 

 directions. Sori few, placed near the base of the upper pinnae ; indusium 

 + 1 m.M. long, stalked ; tube funnel-shaped, the mouth truncate ; receptacle very 

 long. 



Malaya; Samoa, New Caledonia. 



