462 55k ASPLEJilUM. § 5. EU-ASPLKNIUM. 



in the size of the fronds and the length of the pinnae. The plant found and 

 determined by Racihw&ki is problaby a young form of the latter. 

 Java, Moluccas. 



(476) A. inilitare, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., '254. 



Rhizome creeping, densely clothed with lanceolate, murino-fuligineous, 

 acuminate scales. Stipes 40 — 50 c.M. long, castaneous, glossy and glabrescent 

 like the rachis. Fronds 60— 100 c.M. long, 25—30 c i\I. broad. Pinnae short- 

 stalked, remote, 15—18 c.M. long, 2—2'/, c.M. broad, the base obliquely 

 cuneate, or truncate on the upper side, the edge serrate, 2-serrale towards the 

 caudate apex; lower pinnae hardly shorter. Texture chartaceous; surfaces 

 naked, the upper rather fuligineous, the lower olive-green; veins forked, spread- 

 ing, very oblique at the base. Sori curved, costal. 



Mindanao. 



* (48) A. pellueidain, J>am., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 212; A.hirlum, 

 Klf., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 196; Bedd., Ferns Br.I, II, tab. CXCIV; A. ap- 

 proximalum, Bl., Enum., 179; — var. obtusum, Christ, Ann. Btz., XX, 111, 

 — var. repressum, Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 85. 



Rhizome erect or suberect, densely clothed with dark-brown, linear, acu- 

 minate scales. Stipes varying from short to 10 c.M. long, strong, erect, brownish, 

 deciduously scaly, the scales ± libiillose. Fronds 20 — 100 cM. long, 4 — 20 

 c.M. broad, lanceolate. Pinnae numerous, sessile, spreading, acute or acuminate, 

 the edge serrate or toothed, the teeth sometimes toothed again, the upper base 

 truncate, auricled, the ^o,wer cuneate; lower pinnae reduced, suborbicular 

 or suhcordate. Texture coriaceous; rachis fibrillose or chaffy, the scales dense, 

 dark-coloured, fimbriate, at length deciduous; veins oblique, incoospicuous. 

 Sori short, in regular rows, oblique, occupying the lower half of the veins. 



War. oblusuni: Pinnae short, obtuse. 



War. repressum; Fronds under 20 cM. long, almost sessile: pinnae 

 obtuse. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Madagascar, Mascarenes, Seychelles. 



(49) A. diinidiatuni, «•»., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil. 209; ? A. Zamiae- 

 folium, Willd., Kze, Farng., I, tab. XLVIII. 



Stipes tufted, 77^-30 c.M. long, blackish, slightly paleaceous, firm, erect 

 Fronds 15—45 c.M. long, 8—15 c.M. broad, with 6 — 9 opposite pairs of 

 pinnae. Pinnae ± ^—^% c.M. broad, the point acuminate, especially the 



