SB. ASPtEWUM. ^5. EU-ASPLBNltjM. 451 



+ Pinnae blunt or bluntish. (68a) A. stereophyllum. 

 ++ Pinnae acute or acuminate. 



X Texture herbaceous. (68&) A. Elmeri. 



XX Texture coriaceous. (69) A. praemorsuro, 



d'.d'. Rachis naked or Mighlly scaly. 



e'. Lower pinnulae cuneate-oblong, with the outer edge + 



rounded, more or less incised. (70) A. cuneatum. 



e'.e'. Lower pinnulae lanceolate, rhomhoidal or subdeltoid, 



narrowed towards the apex, the sides more or less incised. 



f- Texture herbaceous. Venation pinnate. 



(71) A. bulbiferum. 

 f'.f. Texture subcoriacenus. Venation subflabellate. 

 g". Sori short, radiant. (72) A. nitidum. 



g'.g'. Sori long, linear. 



h'. Pinnae long-acuminate, caudate, the apex 

 nearly filiform. (73) A. setisectum. 



h'.h'. Pinnae less conspicuously acuminate. 



(74) A. affine. 

 c'.c'. Fronds\ decompound, copiously 3 — 4-pinnate. (75) A. laserpitiifolium. 



(20) A. subnormale, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 80; Perk., 

 'ragm. Philipp., tab. IV, fig. B. 



Fronds solitary or few on a short, creeping rhizome. Stipes + 1'/^ — 4 

 .M. long, naked towards the frond, slender, dark and polished, but shading 

 ato a green rachis, with green, lateral | lines. Fronds 4 — 10 c.M. long, to 4 

 .M. broad, lanceolate-ovate, acute, pinnate. Distinct pinnae ± 6 pairs, 2 or 

 lore pairs indicated by clefts, the lowest whether or not smaller than the 

 ext in order, crenate, commonly trapezoid, irregular in shape, the lower half 

 ut away to the midrib at the base, the upper base parallel to the rachis. 

 'exture membranaceous; surfaces naked. Indusium narrow. 



Luzon. 



* (21) A. minus, m., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 211; A. normale, Mett. 

 lot Don), Ann. Mus. Bot. L.B,, II, 234. 



Rhizome short, erect or creeping, sparingly covered with small, lanceolate 

 lales. Stipes densely crowded, 1 — 3 c.M. longf Fronds linear-lanceolate, to 



