296 33. ACROPHORUS. 



at tho baeci lowor pinnulao 4; a — B CiM. broad, with tho ooijmonto cutdoyMf 

 nearly or quite to the rachis into oblong, blunt, entire ortoijlbetflobes + 

 3 m.3I. long, ± I'/j m.M. broad, ± narrowed atJlte-iSaseT Texture herba- 

 ceous; surfaces spai-ingly hairy; rachisfis— sCSly at the base of the divisions. 

 Sori small, solitary and medjaJ-^irlEe ultimate lobes. 



Vap. alninwST^Vonds small, 10—15 c.M. long. Stipes clothed with 

 Icuminate scales. 



Malaya; North. India; var i alpina i Golobof , — 



34. T>A.VJLI^1^JJ^, Smith. 



Sori roundish or oblong, submarginal, solitary and terminal on the veins 

 or veinlets; indusium + half-cupshaped or seraicylindrical, attached at the 

 base and sides, opening outwardly. 



Rhizome scaly, short or creeping, the scales not minute. Stipes articulate 

 to the rhizome. Fronds variously divided; veins free; soriferous veinlets 

 sometimes very short and then the sori app^ar^ntly medial on the veins. 



Tropical and subtropical in the old world. 



Arrangement of the sections. 



§ 1. SCYPHULARIA. Fronds pinnate with 1 — 4 linear, undivided pinnae on 

 each side below the terminal one. Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. 

 Fam., I*, fig. 115, J. 



§ 2. COLPOSORIA. Fronds at least '2-pinnati(id with small, ultimate segments. 

 Diels, 1. c, fig. 115, K. 



§ 1. SCYPHULARIA. 



^. Fronds 3-foliate. (1) D. triphylla. 



;(;.*. Fronds 5—9-foliate. (2) D. pentaphylla. 



