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minutely serrulate, separated by as much as their own breadth ; terminal pinna 

 like the lateral ones. 



Malaya; North. India, Yunnan ; — var. philippinensis : Luzm. 



* (S) P. pycnophylla, Mett., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erie, 17S; Bedd., 

 Ferns Br.I., I, tab. LIl; Lomaria pycnophylla, Kze, Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 161; 

 Hk., Spec. Fil., Ill, tab. CXL VIII ; — var. remota, Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., VI, 

 150; — var. mixta, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, SuppL, lb4. 



Rhizome stout, erect, woody. Stipes erect, naked, 15—40 c.M. long, 

 basal tubercles present. Fronds ovate-lanceolate, + 60— 150 c.M. long, 15— 30 

 c.M. broad, the apex pinnatifid, narrowed. Pinnae numerous, linear, spreading 

 or nearly so, contiguous, 1—1 Va c.M. broad, the apex acuminate or subcaudate, 

 the edge finely serrulate, but more strongly towards the point, the base 

 truncate or subtruncate, mostly purveyed beneath with 1 — 2 conspicuous, 

 prominent glands. Texture coriaceous ; veins numerous, close, simple or forked. 

 Fertile pinnae distant and narrowly linear. 



Var. remota: Pinnae separated by + their own breadth. 



Var. iHlxta: Fertile pinnae often dilated and sterile at the apex. 



Malacca, Java, Borneo; Yunnan, Norlh.India; — var. remota: Philippines; 

 — var. mixta: Luzon. 



(6) P. euphlebia, Mett., Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 129; Ferns 

 Br.I., II, tab. CLXV; Lomaria euphlebia, Kze, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil, 183; Hk., 

 2* Cent, of Ferns, tab. LXXXIX; L. ariiculata, MuelL, Fragm., V, 174. 



Rhizome stout, woody. Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, naked, erect, basal 

 tubercles present. Fronds ovate-lanceolate, 30—60 c.M. long, 15^30 c.M. 

 broad. Pinnae ?% c.M. or more apart at the base, erecto-patent, linear, 

 Bgrrulate, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 1—2 c.M. broad, narrowed at the base on both 

 sides and at the toothed apex. Texture subcoriaceous ; veins prominent. 

 Fertile fronds similar, but the pinnae more distant and narrowly linear. 



New Guinea, Malacca; China, Japan. 



(7) P. luberculata, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, SuppL, 153. 

 Rhizome erect, short. Stipes close, 20—40 c.M. long, the fertile fronds 



in the longest stipes, the base bearing ± 12 tubercles. Barren fronds ± 

 )0 c.M. long, 20—25 c.M. broad, the apex abruptly acuminate, the rachis 

 [uadrangular, naked, glossy, reddish-brown, bearing glands on the under side 



