2S. ASPIDIUM. § 2. SAGENIA. 249 



-Fill, p pi); Tectaria Christii, Copel., Philip. Journ., 11,416; Sagenia coadunala, 

 J. Sni., Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LXXXI. 



Stipes rufous, ± naked, sparingly scaly at the base, the scales acute, 

 flaccid, brown. Fronds 50—90 c.M. long, pinnate, the rachis naked, smooth, 

 glossy, flavido-rufous. Pinnae pinnatiJid, + 1 — 4 on each side below the 

 deeply pinnatifid terminal one, the lowest largest, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 'to 2-pinnatifid, the lobes broadly gyate, obtuse or subacute, ^renaLe jory' 

 lobed. Texture thin, diaphanous ; . amp or surlaceJ e lothe d" with /ohort, white 

 puboEOonco , the margins ciliate; costulae slightly pubescent; veins copiously 

 anastomosing, with, copious, included, clavate, free veinlets. Sori in 1 row 

 on each side of the costulae ; indusium orbicular-reniform, with a pale 

 margin. — This species was often confounded with the american A. cicutari- 

 rum, Sw., which is quite another plant. — Trof. Asia. 



Christ describes another form in Philipp. Journ., II, 187 : Aspidium ma- 

 layense, Christ (Tectaria mnlayensis, Copel., 1. c, 416), distinguished from this 

 by the scaly stipes, the naked fronds, the less copiously anastomosing veins, 

 the rather wanting included veinlets and the peltate indusia. — Malacca, 

 Singapore, Luzon. 



(33) A. latifolitini, J. Sm., Journ. of Bot., Ill, 410; Nephrodium 

 latifolium, Bk., Hk. Bk , Syn. Fil., 298; {? Tectaria melanocaulon or sii folia 

 Copel., Philipp. Journ., II, 418); T. lafifolia, Copel., 1. c, 416. 



Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, glossy, ebeneous. Fronds 60— 90 c.M. long, 

 50 — 45 c.M. broad, the apex deeply pinnatilid with lanceolate-acuminate lobes, 

 the lower lobes sinuated; below this 3 — 5 pinnae on each side, the lowest 

 much the largest, 20 — 30 c.M. long, 15 — 20 c.M. broad, deeply pinnatifid 

 above, pinnate at the base, lobes acute. Texture papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis 

 glossy like the stipe; main veins distinct to the edge; areolae^ fine, with 

 copious free veinlets. Sori in irregular rows near the main veins, mainly or 

 entirely on the connected veins. 



Celebes, Amboyna, New Guinea; Polynesia. 



(34) A., grande, J. Sm., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 36; A. grandifc- 

 lium, Pr., C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium grande, Bk., Ann. of Bot., V, 330; 

 Tectaria grandifolia, Copel, Philipp. Journ., \\, 413. 



Stipes rufescent, shining. Fronds 60—90 c.M. long, ovate-oblong, pinnate. 

 Lateral pinnae in 5—6 pairs below the deeply 3-fid apex, ± 25 c.M. long, 

 6—672 c.M. broad, oblong-lanceolate, caudato-acuminate, slightly sinuate, the 



