^2. HUMATA. § 1. EUHUMATA. ^89 



S — 20 c.M. long, 4 — 10 c.M broad^i deltoid, or ovate-deltoid, cut down 

 nearly or quite to,. the rachis into few to several, oblong or linear-oblong 

 segments. Segments father close^ blunt, crenate or toothed, the lowest ones 

 broader, sessile or subsessile with a narrowed base, the lower side the broadest, 

 lobed or pinnatifid, with the lobes crenate, toothed or lobed again, the upper 

 side narrow, toothed or lobed. Texture coriaceous. Sori submarginal, 1 to 

 each crenati«i or tooth; indusium + orbicular, sometimes slightly and Irans- 

 versally oblong, but not much broader than deep. 



Tro'p. Asia ^ Australia, Japan, South. China, Mascarenes, Seychelles. 



* (9) H. pufSilla, Carr. (not 5m.), Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. 

 Pfl.Pam., 1 *, 209 ; Davallia pusilla, Mett., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 89. 



Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipes to 3 c.M. long. Fronds 2'/2 — 4 c.M. 

 long, I'/j — 3 c.M. broad, or the barren fronds not rarely smaller, cordato del- 

 toid in^general outline, .cut down to a narrowly winged rachis. Upper segments 

 linear-oblong, ^deeply inciso-dentate in the fully developed fronds, the lower 

 pair deeply inciso-pinnatifid on the lower side, those of the fertile fronds 

 narrower than in the barren ones, with the teeth sharper. Texture coria- 

 ceous ; veins + prominent. Sori small, placed at the base of the small teeth. — 

 Plants suggesting H. alpina, Moore, but much smaller, with the barren fronds 

 not rai-ely very small and the segments nearly undivided. 



Borneo, Mindanao^New Gmnea; Melanesia. 



* (10) H. lepida, Moore, C. Chr., Ind. Pil.; //. Cumingii, Brack., 

 Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 51; Damllia Cumingii, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 90; 

 Hk., Spec. Pil., I, tab. XLV, B; D. longula, Kze, Bot. Zeit., i848, 21B; D. 

 lepida, Pr., (oldest name). 



Rhizome creeping, scaly. Stipe 772 — 10 c.M. long, both it and the 

 rachis rather scaly. Pronds dimorphous. Barren fronds deltoid-cordate + 

 2'/2 — 3 c.M. each way, cut down nearly to the costa. Upper lobes oblong, 

 blunt, slightly toothed, the lower pair deeply pinnatifid below. Texture coria- 

 ceous. Pertile fronds ± the same shape, but more divided, 10— 12 '/a c.M. 

 long, 7 — 8 c.M. broad, pinnate. Upper pinnae toothed to pinnatifid, united at 

 the base by a narrow wing, linear-oblong, lower pinnae cut down nearly or 

 quite to the rachis at the base into toothed lobes or pinnulae. Sori placed 

 in the teeth. — Allied to H. repens, Diels and like -this with the fertile seg- 

 ments not contracted. 



Philippines. 



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