4S4 58. ASPLENIUM. § 3. RU-ASPLENIUM. 



Stipes tufted, 5^ c.M. long, wiry, blackish, densely fibrillose. Fronds 

 20 — 30 c.M. long, Vj^ — 4 c.M. broad, with very numerous close-placed, hori- 

 zontal pinnae on each side, which are + '/j — 1 c.M. broad, blunt at the 

 point, the edge slightly inciso-crenate, the upper side distinctly auricled and 

 narrowed suddenly at the base, the lower narrower below, but nearly equal 

 upwards. Texture coriaceous; veins faint; a distinct midrib onlv-iji^fi lower 

 part of the pinnae; rachis densely Ifibi'ilIoBe, especially bclo^ €rSon2 — 4 on 

 each side, oblong, oblique. — The Malacca plant is perhaps a form of A. 

 pellucidum. Lam. and different from the Madagascar fern. 



Malacca; Madagascar. 



* (8 6 ) — At Sttlignmn, m., Enum.. 17S. — 5» 



Stipes + tufted or approximate, greyish-green, 10 — 20 c.M. long<dmdu- 

 ously scaly in the lower half. Fronds lanceolate, 10 — IS c^WCng, I'/i — 2 '/a 

 C.M. broad, narrowed towards both ends, simple or wittfl— 3 pairs of similar, 

 distant but smaller pinnae at the base. Pmjm^^ — 10 c.M. long, 1 — 2 c.M. 

 broad, stalked, acuminate, the edge eptifeT crenate or toothed, but more con- 

 spicuously towards the poinJ<Hfie base cuneate. Texture coriaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous; under supfatJe covered with few, scattered, adpressed, deciduous 

 scales; veins^WIque, simple or forked. Sori whether or not reaching the 

 margiji-«Iid the costa; indusium persistent. 

 ^^"^ Java. 



* (27) A. diversifoliiim, JH., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 211; A. saUg- 

 num, Hk. (not BL), Spec. Fil., UI, tab. CLXV; Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 199. 



Rhizome creeping, clothed with long, lanceolate scales. Stipes approximate, 

 10 — 20 c.M. long, slender, slightly scaly below. Fronds 15 — 50 c.M. long, 

 15 — 20 c.M. broad, with a long, linear terminal pinna and 1 — 5 + opposite 

 pairs of lateral ones, which are suberecto-patent, straight or subfalcate, + 

 2 C.M. broad, with the point long-acuminate, the margin faintly crenate or 

 entire, the base cordate. Texture coriaceous; rachis and hclh surfaces green 

 and naked; veins parallel, ± distant, obscure. Sori reaching from the midrib 

 nearly to the edge. 



Java, New Guinea. 



(28) A. Liabillardieri, jr*e, Mett., Farng., VI, Aspl., 95, tab. 

 IV, fig. 11. 



Stipes livid, narrowly marginate, afterwards naked. Fronds ± 30—40 c.M. 



