288 Zi. HUMATA. § 1. EtHUiLVTA. 



2— 5-pinnate, with all the divisions almost filiform and the ultimate segments 

 sharp at the point. Sori placed at the sinuses of the ultimate forks; indu 

 sium coriaceous, hroader than the segments. 

 Malacca, Banco, Borneo, Celebes. 



(6) H. pinnatiflda, JBedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 12;^. tnfer- 

 media, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Davallia pinnali/ida, Bk., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot.j 

 XXIV, 257. , 



Rhizome slendei", firm, wide-creeping, clothed with close-pressed, ovate, 

 peltate scales, glaucous heneath the scales. Stipes distant, firm, erect, stra- 

 mineous, 5 '/a — 10 c.M. long. Fronds elongate-deltoid, broadest at the base, 

 narrowed gradually towards the apex, 1% — 15 c.M. long, o'/i — B'/a c.M. 

 broad at the base, pinnatifid nearly to the costa into numerous, deltoid-lan- 

 ceolate, entire, crenate or slightly lobed segments 4 — 7 m.M. broad, the lowest 

 pair much the broadest, deltoid, lobed on the lower side. Texture rigidly 

 coriaceous; veins simple or forked. Sori small, terminal on the veins; indu- 

 sium rigid, persistent, broader than long. 



Borneo, Malacca. A*^-. t'U t - 



(7) H. pectinata, J>e««., Prod., 325 ; Davallia peclitiala, Sm., Hk. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., 89; Hk. & Grev., Ic. Fil., tab GXXXIX. 



Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipes distant, 5 — 10 c.M. long, more or less 

 scaly. Fronds 10 — 20 c.M. long, 5 — 8 c.M. broad, elongate-del toid, cut down 

 nearly or quitetn the rachis into many, parallel, oblong or linear-oblong seg- 

 ments. Segments approximate, blunt, the higher ones entire,rthe Ipwef ones 

 inciso-pinnalifid, the lowest ones a little broader and deeply pinnatifid on the 

 lower side, with the lobes sometimes 1 — 1 '/^ c.M. long. Textm-e coriaceous. 

 Sori oblique, submarginal ; indusium transversally oblong, broader than deep, 

 attached at the central part of the base. 



Borneo, New Guinea; Polynesia. 



* (8) H. repens, met* (not /. Sm.), Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 50 : 

 H. pedata, J. Sm., Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 48; Ferns S. I., tab. XII; i)am/- 

 lia ipedata, ^m., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 128; Hk., Spec. Fil., I, tab. XLV,A;Gard. 

 Ferns, tab. YII; Adiantum repens,^.f., (oldest name). , ) 



Rhizome wide-creeping; scales dense,' lanceolate,' the apex acute, the 

 base peltate, blunl. Stipes distrfnt,- 5 — 10 c.M. long, sparingly scaly. Fronds 



