4S8 55. ASPLENIDM. § 3. EU-ASPLENltM. 



7*/j C.M. broad, with numerous sessile or short-stalked pinnae, the lower 

 ones growing smaller, very gradually, the central ones spreading, + close, 

 4 — 7 m.M. broad, the point bluntly rounded, the upper and outer edge iuciso- 

 lobate to toothed, the upper base broadly cuneate, + auricled, the lower 

 very narrowly cuneate. Texture herbaceous to suhcliartaceous; rachis firm, 

 greyish, nearly naked; veins oblique, inconspicuous or more distinctly visible, 

 those of the upper base subflabellate. Sori few, those on the lower "side 

 nearly parallel to the costa. 

 Borneo, Malacca. 



• (38) A. tenernm, Vorst., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 215; A. elongatum, 

 Sw., ? Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CCXXIV; — var. acuminatum, Hk., Spec. Fil., 

 Ill, 117; A. Doreyi, Kze, Anal., 23. 



Rhizome erect, clothed with lanceolate, brown scales at the apex. Stipes 

 tufted, firm, erect, greyish, nearly naked, 5 — 25 c.M. long. Fronds 15 — 50 

 cM. long, ± 37a — 1^ c.M. broad, lanceolate-oblong, with 10 to numerous 

 sessile or + stalked, horizontal pinnae on each side. Pinnae oblong or linear- 

 oblong, 'Z^:— 2 c.M. broad, the sides + parallel in the typical form, the apex 

 bluntly rounded or subti'uncate, the edge deeply crenato-dentate throughout; 

 the upper base ± truncate, slightly auricled, the lower cuneate. Texlure 

 herbaceous, not rarely firm; rachis naked or slightly scaly; surfaces naked; 

 ygJU B commonly s ii w j>lo i Sori numerous, regular, linear-oblong, parallel, not 

 reaching either the midrib or the edge. - 



Var. acnminatum : Pinnae acute or nearly acuminate at the point. 



Trap. Asia. 



• (39) A. Iiinulatnni, Sw., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 202; A. ereclum, 

 Bory, ? Hk., Fil. Exot., tab. LXXII, (var. proliferum). 



Rhizome short, slightly scaly. Stipes tufted, nearly naked, grey or dark- 

 coloured. Fronds 16—45 c.M. long, + o'/j — 472 c.M. broad, linear-lanceolate, 

 with 10 to numerous horizontal pinnae on each side. Pinnae close, subtra- 

 pezoid-oblong, narrowed towards the bl untied or acute apex in the type, 7j — 1 

 c.M. broad, the edge inciso-crenate throughout; the upper base truncate, slightly 

 auricled, the lower cuneate. Texture herbaceous; rachis naked like the sur" 

 faces; voinc moctly cimplo i Sori short, oblong, falling short of both edge 



and midrib. Nonr Ai tonorum, Forsf ,, but dilfcront from it by the Icaa 



blunt pinnao i 



Paulropical. 



