ii. PLEOCNEMIA. lIZ 



War. hemitcliiformi s ! — Phmulac G~9 o.M. l o ng, — la m.M . 

 ■fe poadj odgoc ciliatoj Bor i clopo i 



¥ar. digitata : Fronds digitate. 



Malaya; Polynesia, South. China, North. India; — var. hemileliiforniis: 

 Java; — var. digitata: Celebes. 



* (5) 1*. gigaiitea, l»r., Rac, Flor, Btz., 1, 195 ; P. Trimcni, Bcdd., 

 Ilandb. Ind. forno, ^^Z;> Sagonia gigantctt, Moor^, Dcdd., ¥nut, O.I., lab. LXXX , 

 Aspidium giganteum, BL, Enum., 159; C.Chr., Ind. Fil., p.p. [See the Appendix. 



Caudex erect, to ± 8 c.M. high, clothed with ovate-lanceolate, rigid, 

 entire scales. Stipes to 30—60 c.M. long, scaly at the base. Fronds 30 — 90 

 c.M. long, to 45 c.M. broad, 2-pinnatifid. Pinnae sessile or short- stalked, lan- 

 ceolate to linear, the edge cut to ^/s — ^^-way down into erecto-patent, subfalcate, 

 entire, crenate or sinuate lobes. Lowest pinnae to 12 c.M. broad, the apex 

 acuminate, the base obliquely truncate or cuneate, medial pinnae to 5 c.M. 

 broad, the higher ones decurrent. Texture herbaceous to submemhranaceous ; 

 veins forming about 3 — 4 rows of costal areolae and about 1 row of costular 

 ones. Sori numerous, in 1 or rarely 2 rows on each side of the costulae. 



Malaya; Ceylon, South. India. :^^ — - /.^j^c^'a^ 



(6) 1*. menibranifolia, nedd., Handb. Ind. [ Perns, 225, fig. 

 115; Nephrodium membranifolium, Pr., Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, tab. CCLXI ; 

 Aspidium membranifolium, Kze. (not Pr.), Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. 

 Fam., I*, 188 ; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Stipes tufted, clothed with black, linear, subulate scales, but more copiously 

 towards the base, + 30 c.M. long. Fronds to 30 c.M. or more long, deltoid 

 to ovate, pinnate, the apex pinnatifld. Lateral pinnae in few pairs, + opposite, 



5 10 C.M. long, 3^—4 c.M. broad, more or less deeply pinnatifld, the segments 



rounded, nearly entire; lowest pair of pinnae largest, deltoid, pinnatifld or 

 subpinnate, with the lower basal segments elongate and pinnatifld. Rachis 

 and surfaces + softly hairy; texture softly herbaceous. Fertile fronds similar 

 to the barren ones or + contracted. Sori generally terminal on free veinlest, 

 in 1 row on each side of the costulae; indusium reniform. 



Malacca, {? Malaya). 



* (7) P. Trimcni, nedd.,] Nephrodium giganteum, Bk., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn Fil., ^0^7 Aspidium giganteum, Copel. (not BL), Polypod. Philipp., 38; (? 



Bl, C. Chr., Ind. Fil, p.p.). _ „„ ' _ : 



r JHandb. Ind. Ferns, 225. — See the Appendix. 



