5S. MicnoLEPu. 513 



lark-green above, light-green below. Texture subcoriaceous ; upper surface 

 ihort-haired on the veins, the under one | copiously puberulous. Sori on 

 1 short distance from the edge; indusiuoi very small, semiorbicular, cover- 

 ng only the base of the sorus when mature, slightly hairy. 

 Malaya. 



(15) M. trapeziformiis, JTwhm, C. Chr., Ind. Pil.; M. rhomhoidea, 

 Pr., Tent. Pterid., 12S; M. polypodioides, Bedd., Feras S.I., tab. XV; Davallia 

 '•homhoidea. Wall, Bot. Zeit., i850, 158; B. slrigosa, Sw., var. rhomhoidea, 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 99; D. polypodioides, Don, var. hispida ^ rhomhoidea, Hk., 

 Spec. Pil., I, 182; D. trapeziformis, Rb., (oldest name). 



Near M. strigosa, Pr., but rather larger in all parts. Rachis downy or 

 dispid beneath. Lower pinnulae rhomboidal-oblong, cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into oblong, entire or irregularly inciso-lobate or again pinnatifid, sub- 

 ablique, very obtuse lobes. Sori rather large, usually solitary on the entire 

 lobes, several on the pinnatifid ones, near the sinuses, within the margin; in- 

 iusium half-cupshaped, naked or hispid. 



Trop. Asia. 



* (14) M. birta, Pt-., Tent. Pterid., 125; Bedd., Perns S.I., tab. 

 GCLVI; Davallia hirta, Klf., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil, 100. 



Stipes strong, 30—60 c.M. long, deciduously short-hairy. Fronds 43 — 180 

 ;.M. long, 30 — 60 c.M. broad, ovate-deltoid, subcaudate, 3-pinnate. Lower 

 pinnae erecto-patent, 7 — 10 c.M. broad, triangular-lanceolate. Pinnulae trian- 

 gular-lanceolate; tertiary segments rhomboidal-oblong, the lowest largest, blunt, 

 broadly toothed or deeply pinnatifid, the base obliquely cuneate, slightly decur- 

 rent. Texture coriaceous; rachises and especially the i veins beneath hirsute 

 3r hairy. Sori 2—12 to a tertiary segment, 1 or more to each ultimate tooth 

 jr lobe; indusium ± hairy or covered by the hairs of the veins. — Stature 

 md habit of M. speluncae, Moore, but firmer. 



Trop. Asia; Hawaii. 



36. T.A.E»EllVIDnJM:, | Chriatensen. 



Sori roundish, terminal on the veins, submarginal, single or in + con- 

 luent pairs. Indusium broadly half-cupshaped, attached at the base and 

 sides, open at the outer edge. Receptacle indistinct. 



