460 55. ASPLENIUM. § 5. EH-ASPLENIUM. 



each side, stalked, ± 20 c.M. long, ^ o'/j c.M. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 subserrate, the upper base broadly and the lower more narrowly cuneate. 

 Texture tough-herbaceous; surfaces naked; veins oblique, often forked, + con- 

 spicuous. Sori broad, occupying the lower half of the veins, moderately 

 regular. 



Mindanao. 



(43) A. persicifoliam, jr. Sn^., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 202. 



Stipe and rachis grey, with few, scattered, minute, grey scales. Fronds 

 oblong-lanceolate, 60 — 90 c.M. long, often proliferous at the apex. Pinae distant, 

 ascending, 15—30 on each side, subpetiolate, 10 — 13 c.M. long, linear-ligulate, 

 acuminate, ± 1 — 2 c.M. broad, distinctly inciso-crenate throughout, obliquely 

 cuneate at the base, the lower base narrower; lower pinnae not reduced. 

 Texture thin but firm; surfaces naked; veins fine, forked, not close. Sori 

 regular, 7 — 10 m.M. long, reaching nearly to midrib and edge. 



Celebes, Borneo, Sulu Islands, Philippines. 



* (41) — J^ — SchoggGP S ii} w. A t». -M i l Bull. Blip . Agr . I . ^ 



i908, XVm, 14. -- 



Stipes tufted, + 4 c.M. long, dark-brown, clothed like^thef^achis with 

 fine, diciduous scales. Fronds ovate-lanceolate, 8 — lOjesMTlong. Pinnae + 

 15 on each side, spreading, the lowest shortoylfie central ones + 2 c.M. 

 long, + 7j '^■^^- bi'oad, the point acute,.«i^untish, toothed, the edge lobed 

 */j — V2'^3y down, the lobes trjj«c^ or rounded and crenate, oblique like 

 the teeth, the base obliquejytruncate-cuneate. Texture coriaceous; under sur- 

 face provided with,.*|i6w, very minute, deciduous, fimbriate scales; veins few, 

 oblique, simpk^or forked. Sori very small, subparallel and nearly close to 

 the cpstst; occupying the base of the veins. 



Java {Pmangot' Rcgonoice, Liout. Col. J. C. Fi Schogg e rB) i 



• (45) A., cauflatuin, Forst.^ Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 218; A. conii- 

 guitm, Bedd., Perns S.I., tab. CXL; A. truncalilobum. Fee, Christ, Philipp. 

 Journ., II, 164; A. arayalense, Christ, MS. See Supplement 1. 



Rhizome erect, the scales Imear-lanceolate, brown. Stipes tufted, firm, 

 erect, densely clothed with fine, fibrillose, brown scales. Fronds 25 — 100 c.M. 

 long, 10 — 25 c.M broad, with 20 — SO pinnae on each side. Pinnae spreading, 

 1— 2'/2 c.M. broad, the apex long-acuminate, toothed, the edge cut to ± V^-way 

 down or sometimes more at the liase into rounded, entire or crenate, oblique 



