32. HHMATA. ^ 1. EUHUMATA. 287 



Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 127; D. parallela, Wall., Hk., Spec. Fil., I, tab, XLII, A; 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 89; D. lintermarginalis, ^irr Uk., 1. c, 154. f-\ Moore {uot Bi 



Rhizome wide-crcepingjj densely clothed with adpressed, lanceolate, pel- 

 tate scales. Stipes 1 — 5 c.M. apart, ; 5 — 15 ■ c.M. long, erect, more or less 

 scaly like the rachis. Fronds 10—20 c.M. long 3—7 '/j c.M. broad, triangular- 

 lanceolate, cut down nearly or quite to the rachis into long, nearly or quite 

 close, parallel, linear-oblong, entire , bluntish or acute segments, the lowest 

 pair often a little shorter and sometimes auricled. Texture coriaceous; sur- 

 faces naked; veins forked. Sori oblique, occupying the apices of the anterior 

 veinlets, placed in 1 row on each side of the costulae; indusium with the 

 base slightly excavate. * 



Malaya; Burma h, Polynesia. 



» (4)'H. sessilifolia, i!!Icl^J(notj/. ^.),Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, 209: Davallh sessili folia, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 128; — 

 var. polypodioides; H. polypodioides. Brack., Wilk., Expl. Exp., XVI, 228, 

 lab. XXXII, fig. 1. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales dense, with the base dilated and pel- 

 tate, the point lanceolate-subulate, spreading. Stipes very short, to 1 '/a c.M. 

 long. Fronds ovate or deltoid-lanceolate, acuminate, 5 — 10 c.M. long, 2*/j — 4 

 c.M. broad, cut down nearly to the costa into linear-oblong, parallel, entire 

 or toothed segments, the lower ones sometimes deeply pinnatilid or auricled 

 at the lower base. Segments + 3—4 m.M. broad. Texture varying from 

 thin to subcoriaceons; surfaces naked; veins forked. Sori in 1 row on each 

 side of the costulae, occupying the greater part of the space between the 

 costulae arid the edges. 



Var. polypodioitleis: Fronds larger, more acute, on stipes i'/j — 5 

 c.M. long. 



Forms reported from Celebes had the fronds both sessile and stalked on 

 the same rhizome. ^.^ 



Java, Celebes! Fiji. - (/^ ■ % 



* (5) H. parvula, Mett. (not J. Sm.), Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. 

 Pfl.Fam., l\ 209; Davallia parvula, Wall., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 92; Hk. & 

 Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. CXXXVIII; G. Chr., Iird. Fil. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, branched, the scales lanceolate, peltate near the 

 base, entire or nearly so, ferrugineous. Stipes scattered, 1 — 7 '/a c.M. long. 

 Fronds I'/a^'* '^■^^- 'ong, to 5 c.M. broad, deltoid-ovate in general outline, 



