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(5^1) P . iMilbifornm, Bfaolt , Fypi Evp^ YYT, M\, fnh . YYTTJ 



flg. 1; i>. Brackenridijei, Diels, Schum. & Laut., Flor. deut. Sch.geb.j 

 Asplenium Brackenridgei, Bk., Hk. Bk., Sya. Pil., 234. 



Rhizome thick, oblique. Stipes tufted", 15 — 25 c.M. long,tiie base black, 

 clothed with black, subulate scales, the rest slender,^«fightly setose with 

 scattered, black bristles. Fronds 20 — 45 c.M. longj^„<8^25 c.M. broad, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, pinnate, gemmiferous andstmetimes viviparous. Pinnae 

 + 6 — 16 on each side below the pinnp4^d apex, more or less distinctly 

 stalked, ± horizontal, acute, to + 2is<M. broad, crenate at the base on the 

 lower side, the upper base trujKme, auriculate, the edge coarsely crenato- 

 lobate, the lobules short, to^^mM. long, 3 — 5 m.M. broad, decumbent, sub- 

 acute, tooth-like; low^t^innae shorter, deflexed. Texture herbaceous; sur- 

 faces and rachis i*J(Ked ; colour blackish-green above, paler beneath; veins 

 pinnate in th^^'I^ules Sori on the anterior veinlets, often double, to 7 m.M. 

 long; in^JitSmm thin, decoloured, diaphanous. — [Texture subcoriaceous ; pin- 

 nae v»tft '/s -way down to the costa. (Bk.)]. 



LujBon, Mii t danao; Polynosia , 



(35a) D. 1¥hitfordi, Copet., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 150. 



Rhizome short, horizontally creeping. Stipes approximate, 10 — 20 c.M. 

 long, the lower part asperous, the base black, clothed with scattered, brown, 

 caducous scales, the upper part smooth, naked, greenish or stramineous. 

 Fronds 20 — 35 c.M. long, 6—15 c.M. broad, 2-pinnatifid, the rachis naked. 

 Pinnae 10 — 20-jugate, alternate, the central ones the largest, + spreading, 

 broadly lanceolate, acute, cut down nearly to costa; lower pinnae rather 

 distant, somewhat shorter, deflexed; Lobes oblong, 3 — 4 m.M. broad, serrate 

 towards the apex. Texture chartaceous; surfaces naked; veins rarely forked. 

 Sori 4 — 5 on each side of the costulae, occupying the lower part of the veins. 



Luzon. 



* {Mb) O. s peeiosuiM, -Pin Copol., Polypod. Philipp., 71; Bodd. , 



Forno BrJn II| tab C i C i XC; — Aeplonkim epoomum, Motf.j Raoij Flor i Bta . , I , 

 ' flSlj ' (? D. sorzogonense, Pr., C. Chr., Ind.. Fil.^ 



Stipes tufted, 30 — 50 c.M. long, firm, erect, Jiimfniiniin ill' liiiiTiiii li the 

 base covered with narrow, lanceolate— ^nrtSsT Fronds 30 — 150 c.M. long, 

 20 — 35 cMj^^b^sii^r-^iritS'To—^O pairs of pinnae below the pinnatitid apex, 

 loworon es oftgn stalked, the gtalks 1 —4 m . M i long i Largest pionat t a 



