274 29. LINDSATA. §. 5. ST\APHLEBinM. 



long, 4 + m.M. broad, the lower edge straight or curved, the upper and outer 

 one^ rounded, entire. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked, the upper 

 one with a disticnt, bluish reflexion of light; veins inconspicuous. Sori 

 continuous, occupying the upper and outer margin. 

 Celebes. 



* (31a) li. decomposita, wma.. Spec, V, 425 ; L. lobala, Poir., 

 Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 142; L. recurvata. Wall., Hk., Spec. Fil., I, 222; L. pro- 

 pinqua, Hk., I.e., 223, tab. LXVI, B.; L. nilens, BL, Enum., 217; Schizoloma 

 lobala, Bedd., Handh. Ind. Ferns, 77; S. recurvatum, Moore,lFerns S.I., tab. 

 XXVII; Synaphlebium recurvatum, J. Sm. (not BL), Bau & Hk., Gen. Fil., tab. CI. 



* Rhizome short-creeping, the scales scattered, linear-lanceolate, brown. 

 Stipes approximate, firm, erect, naked, 5 — 25 c.M. long. Fronds simply pin- 

 nate or 2-pinnate with a long unbranched apex and 1 — 6 pairs of lateral 

 branches 7 — 25 c.M. long. Leaflets 1 — 2 c.M. long, + half as broad, the 

 lower often strongly decurved principally at the base, the upper and outer 

 margin rounded, entire or shallowly incised enough to interrupt the sori, 

 toothed or double-toothed. Texture thinly herbaceous, pellucid. Sori submarginal. 

 Trap. Ada ^ Australia, Polynesia. 



(316). Ei. IVeriieri, K*#., Fed., Rep., V, 37. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, ferrugineous, glossy, rather naked. Stipes distant, 

 subquadrangular, firm, 4 — 10 c.M. long, stramineous. Fronds linear-lanceolate, 

 to 40 c.M. long, ± e'/j c.M. broad, simply pinnate. Leaflets 15 — 25-jugate, 

 to 3V2 c.M. long, + 1^4 cM. broad, short-stalked, the lower ones slightly 

 decurved, the rest rather spreading, the inner edge parallel to the rachis, the 

 upper and outer edge/ irregularly crenate, the apex bluntly rounded or obliquely 

 truncate. Texture membranaceous; surfaces naked. Sori linear, interrupted, 

 occupying the crenations, rather distant from the margin ; indusium very 

 narrow, chartaceous, naked. 



New Guinea. 



* (32) Er. davallioides, Bh, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 145; Hk., 

 Spec. Fil., I, tab. LXVIIl, A; DavaUia Kunzeana, Hk., I.e., 177; Schizoloma 

 davallioides, Moore, Bedd., Ferns Br.L, I, tab. CXLI. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the extremity clothed with short, lanceolate scales. 

 Stipes rather approximate, 6 — 20 c.M. long, firm, erect.° Fronds 2-pinnate, with 

 a long terminal branch and 1—5 pairs of spreading, curved, lateral branches 



