446 8S. ASPLENIUM. § 2. NEOTTOPTEttlS. 



slightly prominent beneath, simple or forked. Sori linear, occupying the lower* 

 Vj — Vs °f ^^^ veins, often separated by 1 — 2 sterile veins; indusium thin, 

 entire, pale. — Fronds of the young plants sessile, the low^er part gradually 



narrovped, the base bluntish, the higher part deeply pinnatifid. Tho ripo 



■ Bporoe are copiou s ly echiaate , and tho frondo oultivatod in tho Cuitonaoi-g 



■ gardens have the indusia liko thoeo of A i ooolopondpioidca, J. iSw' Bothn B pG" 



fwe g are pr o bably idontioali 

 Borneo. 



(19) A., comosum, Chfist, Schum. &Laut., Flor. deut. Sch. geb., 127. 



Rhizome creeping, clothed like the stipes with lanceolate, acuraiiiale, black- 

 brown scales. Fronds approximate, numerous, erect, 40— 50 c.M. long, linear- 

 lanceolate, long-acuminate, caudate, undulato-crenate in the upper, entire in the 

 lower part, decurrent. Texture coriaceous, lucid; surfaces naked; costa broad, 

 depressed; veins conspicuous, dense, erecto-patent, simple or forked. Sori 

 numerous, + 100 on each side, reaching from the costa to the margin, oc- 

 cupying the whole frond; indusium narrow. 



New Guinea. 



$ 5. EU-ASPLENIUM. 



Fronds simply pinnate; pinnae entire or incised, but not deeply pinnatifid. 

 h. Pinnae short, roundish or oblong, blunt, rarely acute, not more than 2 

 C.M. long ('). 



£. Rachis green, at least in the upper half: 

 3. Rachis naked. 



3. Pinnae in ± 6 pairs, i^j^ — 2 c.M. long. 



(20) A. subnormale. 

 3:3. Pinnae in + 30 pairs, to i^/^ c.M. long. 



(21) A. minus. 

 9.S. Rachis hairy or scaly. (22a) A. Loheriaimm. 



1.1. Rachis dark-coloured throughout, not green. 

 §. Fronds under 2 c.M. broad (*). 



f. Stipe and rachis 3-winged. (226) A. Stantoni. 



•}•.■$•. Stipe and rachis not 3-winged. 



(') See also A. heterocarpum. Wall., uatlaterale, Lam. & lillpcs, Copel. 

 (*) See also A., normale, Don. 



