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intramargimlis, Ces., Pel. Becc. Polin., 3 & 7 ; D. flagellifera, Wall., Hk. & Grev., 

 Ic. Pil., tab. CCLXXXIII ; Microlepia pinmta, J. Sm. (not. Cav.), Gopel., Polypod. 

 Philipp., 55; Bedd., Perns S.I., tab. XIV; Wibelia pinmta. Fee {not Bernh.), 

 Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Pam., I*, fig. 116, J & H. 



Bhizome creeping, densely clothed with subulate-lanceolate, fibrillose scales. 

 Stipes erect, strong, 10—30 c.M. long, scaly ^ towards the base. Pronds 

 oblong, 15—40 c.M. long, 7—20 c.M. broad, simply pinnate with 8—20 

 short-stalked, erecto-patent pinnae on each side below the terminal one. 

 Pinnae linear, ^4— 20 c.M. long, 3—10 m.M. broad, acuminate, the base cuneate, 

 the edge slightly crenate or toothed. Texture coriaceous; rachis and sur- 

 faces naked. Sori 1 — 2 to each toothj more broad than long, sometimes 

 confluent. 



Malaya; Polynesia. 



* (3) T. gracile, ». A. ». K.,- T. pinmtum, C. Chr., var., C. Chr., 

 Ind. Pil; Davallia gracilis, BL, Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 134; D. Luzmica, Hk., 

 Spec. Pil., I, tab. LX, B, fig. 2, 3 & 5 ; Microlepia pinnala, J. Sm., var. gracilis, 

 Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 55 ; M. pinnata, J. Sm., var. Luzonica, Bedd., Handb. 

 Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 15; Wibelia gracilis^ Christ f Ann. Btz., XX, 134. 



Bhizome creeping, densely clothed with small, brown, subulate-lanceolate, 

 fibrillose scales. Stipes + 5 — 10 m.M. apart, 10 — 15 c.M. long, densely 

 scaly at the base. Pronds oblong-lanceolate, 20 — 7iO c.M long, to 17 c.M. 

 broad. Texture coriaceous; rachis and surfaces naked. Sori 1 — 2 to each 

 tooth, the pairs often + confluent. — Two forms. 



Form a grandidontata i — Prondg oimply pinnate. — Pinnao - linoar, J. SlS i 



m.M. broad, deeply toothed or subpinnatifid, the teeth orl^ies-4Tr5ad7 obli- 

 quely deltoid, reaching down nearly to the costa;,,,---^ 



Forma dissecta : Fronds piimalfi — -Pinnae + 2 — 5 c.M. broad, deeply 

 pinnatifid nearly to thejawta-orpinnate again, the segments linear or oblong, 

 entire oro^liqeely'loothed, the base adnate, decurrent or cuneate. 

 - ^""Soih , form s may be found on tho camo rhigomo. 



Malaya. 



* (4) T. amboinense, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Davallia j amboynesis, 

 Hk, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 470; Hk., Spec. Fil., I, tab. LViC; D.mohiccana,Rb.,- 

 Wall , List, No. 2219; Wibelia ambofiensis, Kuhn, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Nat. Pfl.Pam., I*, 216. ff 



Bhizome creeping, the scales lanceolate-subulate, fibrillose, brown. Stipes 



