46. PAESiA. 377 



Pinnulae unequal-sided, + deltoid, ± 2 c.M. long, + 1 c.M. broad, cut down 

 nearly to the costa into small, oblong-cuneate, entire or bluntly toothed seg- 

 ments. Upper pinnae rather lanceolate, with nearly simple secondary divisions. 

 Texture firm; surfaces naked; veins free, immersed, obscure. Sori reaching 

 from the base nearly to the apex of the segments; indusium narrow. 

 Sumatra. 



— (a) P. rwgwlo s a, Muhn, Copol., Polypodi Philippii lOB; Plorierp 



^ gulosa, Lab., Hk. Bk.. Syn. Fil., 480 ; ? Pi. divaricatissima, Bk., JI^«-^., 1. 



% c, 163. 



S* Rhizome wide-creeping. Stipes and rachises slen^«i% glutinoso-pubescent, 



^ canstaneous. Fronds ample, 4-pinnatifid, rhom^wdST Pinnae close, lanceolate, 



^ short-stalked, erecto-patenl, to 30 c.^L^^^fripore long. Pinnulae lanceolate, 



S close, patent, nearly sessile, 1-^a^M. broad. Segments lanceolate, cuneafe- 



"ft truncate on lower side^^flt base, lower deeply pinnatifid with oblique, 



^ blunt lobes. TexJijH^cartilagineo-coriaceous; rachis zigzag; surfaces glutinose 



g and minutpty'^aly, especially below; edges of fertile segments revolute, the 



Iching to the midribs. 

 Philippi n m! Now Calodomai • Tahiti, 



4Jr. PTER^IDIXJM, Gleditgch. 



Sori linear, on a submarginal strand uniting the vein tips. Indusium 

 linear, consisting of the reflexed, modified margin, often 2-valved with the 

 inner valve attached at the inner side of the sorus. 



Rhizome creeping. Slipes distant, seriate, not articulate to the rhizome, 

 purveyed with many (+ 12- 24), irregularly placed vascular strands. Fronds 

 at least 2-pinnate; veins free. Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., tab. Ill, fig. 31, d— f (as 

 Pteris, § Paesia); Diels, in Engl, k Pranll, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 156, A. 



Cosmopolitan. 



* Pt. aquilinuin, Kuhn, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 104; Pteris 

 aquilina, L., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 156; Bedd. Ferns S.I., tab. XLII; — var. 

 lanuginosum, Hk., Spec. Fil., II, 196; Pteris lanuginosa, Spr., Nova Acta, X, 

 231, tab. XVI, fig. 1 — 2; — var. esculentum, Hk., 1. c, 197; Pteris esculenta, 

 Forsl., PI. escul., 74. 



