5S. ASPLENIUM. § 5. EU-ASPLENIHM. *S9 



(40o) A. Steerei, Aai<^., Journ. of Linn. Soc.^ Bot., XVI, 28. 



Stipes dark-grey, 12—15 c.M. long, firm, provided with some few small, 

 rown, scattered scales. Fronds 15— 2S c.M. long, 5—6 Va c.M. broad, oblong- 

 inceolate. Pinnae 12—15 on each side, short-stalked, S'/j — 5 c.M. long, 

 — 1 '/a c.M. broad, the apex acute, the margin coarsely ci enate, the upper 

 ase abrupt with a more or less distinct, large lobe, the lower base cuneate ; 

 )wer pinnae slightly deQexed. Texture firm-herbaceous ; colour dark-green 

 bove, brownish beneath; veins distant, simple or once forked. Sori 2 — 8 in 

 row on each side of the costa, regular, not reaching midrib and margin. 



Philippines. 



(406) A. Meyenianuin, J»r., Christ, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2« S6rie, 

 '^I, 999; A. pellucidum. Lam, C. Chr., Ind. Fil, p.p. 



Rhizome firm, erect, clothed with black, fimbriate, subulate scales. Stipes 

 ufted, black-rufous, 8 — 12 c.M. longt hispid with short scales like the ebeneous 

 achis. Fronds to 45 c.M. long, 4 — 6 c.M. broad, linear, acuminate, the base 

 lot or moderately narrowed. Pinnae numerous, subremote, 45 — 50 on each 

 ide, sessile, falcato-rhomboidal, acuminate, 2*/2 — 5 c.M. long, the upper base 

 runcate, the lower cuneate, auricled, the edge coarsely 2-dentate; lower 

 linnae more distant, more blunt. Texture herbaceous, impellucid; upper su'r- 

 ace dark-, lower pale-green; veins hidden. Sori very oblique, ± 5 on 

 lach side, narrow, reaching the margin and the costae ; indusium narrow, brown. 



Luzon, Palawan. 



(41) JL. prionurus, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 202. 



Stipes tufted, 15 — 25 c.M. long, firm, erect, slightly scaly below. Fronds 

 10 — 45 c.M. long, 16—25 c.M. broad, oblong, with 9 — 18 pinnae on each side, 

 vhich are + 1 c.M. or more broad, very much acuminate at the point, deeply 

 oolhed throughout, the base rather unequal, more broadly cuneate on the 

 ower side, with a short petiole on the lower ones. Texture herbaceous; veins 

 isually simple. Sori reaching nearly to the edge. 



Philippines. 



(42) A. jS;rijieuni, Copeh, Polypod. Philipp., 82; A. insigne, CopeL, 

 'erk., Fragm. Philipp., 185. | See Supplement 1. 



Rhizome short, densely clothed with large, brown scales. Stipes firm, 

 lightly chafify, 40 — 50 c.M. long, reddish-brown or blackish-green. Fronds 

 iO cM. and more long, + 30 c.M. broad, pinnate, Piimae 12 or more on 



