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Rhizome erect or climbing; the scales dense,' adpressed, . the base obovate, 

 peltate, dark-coloured, the margin brown, + ciliate when young, the apex 

 acuminate, erect or spreading, deciduous or persistent. Stipes scattered or 

 placed in opposite pairs or distant whorls, + 1—4 c.M. long, naked, articulate 

 between the apex and the base, often below the middle, the joint in every 

 case remote from the base of the lamina. Fronds 15— 40 c.M. long, 1—4 c.M. 

 liroad, linear-lanceolate, acuminate or subcaudate, narrowed gradually towards 

 both ends. Texture papyraceous to coriaceous; surfaces naked or partially 

 villous or pubescent on the costa and veins. Sori in 1 mostly irregular row 

 on each side near the costa; indusium oblique, entire or ciliate. 



War. mollis: Fronds more villous with soft, fine hairs^ | texture thinner. 



Malaya; Polynesia, South. America, West. Africa. 



* (5) O. luusifolia, Pw. (not Kze), Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 302; 0. ne- 

 riiformis, Bedd. (not Cav.), Ferns S.I., tab. XCI; Hk., Fil. Exot., lab. LVIII; 

 0. neriifolia, Pr. (not Cav.), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 203, p. p. 



Shoots firm, creeping, scandent or intertwined, clothed with lanceolate- 

 subulate, ciliate, yellow scales, which are dark-coloured and peltate at the 

 base. Stipes scattered, generally single, rarely in whorls or in tufts, + 

 2Va — 5 c.M. long, naked, jointed close to the base. Fronds elongate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 20—50 c.M. long, to + 5 c.M. broad. Texture thin-membrana- 

 ceous to firm-papyraceous; surfaces naked or hairy on the veins and midrib. 

 Sori in 1 irregular row on each side near the midrib. 



Malaya; Ceylon. 



* (6) ©. WWallichii, J»... (not Hk.), Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 303; Bedd., 

 Ferns Br.L, II, tab. CCLXV; Aspidium Wallichii, Hk., Exot. Flor., I, tab. V. 



Rhizome creeping, densely clothed with subulate, ferrugineous, often 

 reflexed scales. Stipes distant or sometimes more close, 1 — 8 c.M. long, 

 sometimes paleaceous, articulate at the base. Fronds 15 — 40 c.M. long, sub- 

 elliptical-oblong, the sides parallel, the base often obtuse or rounded^ the apex 

 shortly and sharply acuminate. Texture soft, membranaceous; surfaoes more 

 or less hairy. Sori compact, almost imbricate, in a continuous line on esfch 

 side and close to the costa; indusium reniform. — Costa naked or scaly. 



Malacca; North. India. 



* (7) O. Cumingii, a. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 303; Bedd., Perns 

 Br.I., I, tab. CXXXV; — var j Sibbaldii, Hk. Bk , 1. c; 0.[Sihhaldii,Grev., Ann. 

 Nat. Hist., nS 327. 



