54d 

 43. UISTIOFTER^IS, J. Smith. 



Sori linear, submarginal, on a receptacle connecting the vein tips, com- 

 monly continuous around the sinuses. Indusium linear, consisting of the re- 

 ttexed, modified margin. Spores 2-Iateral. 



Rhizome wide-creeping; stipes polished, stramineous to purplish, not 

 articulate to the rhizome. Fronds at least 2-pinnate; lowest pinnulae shorter 

 than the next in .order, stipule-like, close to the main rachis; veins free or 

 anastomosing. Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., \\ fig. 153, F. 



Pantropical and farther south. 



(1) H. montana, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 104. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, beset with minute, brown scales. Stipes firm, 

 10 — 20 c.M. high, erect, black-brown. Fronds deltoid, 15—30 c.M. long, 

 often broader than long, 2 — 3-pinnatifid. Lowest pinnae somewhat larger than 

 the next following ones, pinnate. Pinnulae sinuate or pinnatifid, the lowest 

 close to Jhe rachis. Lobes often deltoid-ovate, obtuse, entire. Texture coria- 

 ceous; veins prominent above, anastomosing. Indusium broad; margin every- 

 where rolled in, giving the segments a lomarioid appearance. 



Philippines. 



* (2) H. inciisa, J. Sm. (not Agardh.), Copel., Polypod. Philipp. 104; 

 Diels, in Engl, k Prantl, Nat Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 153, F; Pteris incisa, Thb., 

 Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 159; Pi. Vesperlilionis, Lab., Nov. Holl., II, fab. CCXLV; 

 Litobrochia incisa, Pr., Bedd., Handb; Ind. Ferns, 120; — var. aurita; Pt.aurila, 

 BL, Enum, 215; L. aurita, Pr., Bedd., Fern S.I., tab. CGXXI; — var. integri- 

 folia, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 25. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, clothed with narrow, linear-lanceolate scales. Stip- 

 es distant, stout, erect, sometimes slightly muricate towards the base, 8 — 150 

 D.M. long. Fronds 10 — 600 c.M. long, or even longer (!), 2 — 3-pinnate at the 

 base, often scandent or twining in the largest forms, with long, spreading, 

 rigid branches. Central pinnae opposite, with numerous, lobed or pinnatifid 

 pinnulae ± 2'/2-r7'/2 c.M. long, ± 8—20 m.M. broad, the lowest pinnulae 

 shorter, adpressed to the rachis, reduced in size, stipule-like, lowest pinnae 

 more compound. Texture herbaceous to coriaceous; surfaces naked or the 

 under one glaucous; veins free or anastomosing. 



Var. aurita: Stipule-like pinnulae quite entire. 



