244 25. ASPIDltlM. § 2. SAGENtA. 



\ar. snbTariegatuni : Like var. Wightii but the fronds incon- 

 spicuously variegated with green and pale-green. 

 Malaya; North. India, Burmah, Ceylon. 



(18) A. menyanthiilis, l»f., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 38; Nephro- 

 dium Metiyanlhidis, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 297; Teclaria Menyanthidis, Copel., 

 Philipp. Journ., II, 414. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes 15—30 c.M. long, naked, brownish. Fronds 

 30 — 60 c.M. long, 50 c.M. or more broad, with an acuminate, oblong-lanceolate, 

 sinuate, terminal pimia 15—30 c.M. long, 2 '/a—* ^-^^ broad; below this 

 — 4 similar pinnae on each side, the, lowest stalked, sometimes forked. 

 Texture subcoriaceous ; main veins close, conspicuous, reaching the edge; 

 areolae fine, with copious free veinlels. Sori small, on the connected veins. 



Philippines, New Guinea; Salomon Islands. 



(19) A. liObbii, Hh., Spec. Fil., IV, 59, tab. CCXXXII; Nephro- 

 dium Lobbii, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 297; Sagenia Lobbii, Christ, Ann. Btz., 

 XX, 100. See Supplement 1. 



Stipes 15 c.M. or more long, naked, substramineous. Fronds ± 50 c.M. 

 each way, subdeltoid, with an entire terminal pinna 10 — 15 c.M. long, 1 — 2 

 c.M. broad, tapering gradually from the middle to each end, and 2 similar 

 lateral ones on each side, the lowest long-stalked and tripartite or ternate. 

 Texture subcoriaceous; veins obscure, the main ones close and very oblique; 

 areolae without free veinlets. Sori copious. 



Borneo. 



* (20) A. semibipiniiatuin. Wall., Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, 59, tab. 

 CCXXXI; Nephrodium semibipinnalum, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 297. 



Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, pale-brown, naked. Fronds 30—45 c.M. 

 § long, 15 — 25 c.M. broad, with a long terminal pinna 15—25 c.M. long, ± 



i 2'/2 c.M. broad, entire and narrowed towards both ends; below this ± 3 — 6 



a lateral pinnae on each side, the lowest 1 — 2 pairs tripartite or ternate. 



^ Texture papyraceo-berbaceous ; veins inconspicuous, the main ones not reaching 



g the edge; areolae fine, close, with free veinlets. Sori minute, confined to the 



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connected veins. 



Malacca, Banca, Borneo. 



