86. tHYLLITIS. 477 



opposite pairs, one originating from the anterior side of a vein or veiiilet, the 

 other from the posterior side of the next higher vein or veinlet and so the 

 indusia opening towards each other. — Veins free or anastomosing vaiiously.: 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., tab. IV, fig. 41. {Scolopmdrium). 



A small genus inhahiting different regions and climates. 



Arrangement of the sections. 



§1. SCOLOPENDRIUM {Euscolopendrium). Midrib present; veins free, not 



flabellate. ' Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 123, A— B. 

 § 2. CAMPTOSORUS. Midrib present ; veins anastomosing near the base, 



not flabellate. Diels, 1. c, fig. 123, C— D. (Not in Malaya). 

 §5. ANTiGRAMME. Midrib present; veins anastomosing towards the apex, not 



flabellate. Diels, 1. c, fig. 124, E. (Not in Malaya). 

 §4. SCHAFFNERIA. Midrib wanting; veins free, or anastomosing towards the 



apex, flabellate. Diels, 1. c, fig. 124, F— H. (Not in Malaya). 



§ 1. SCOLOPENDRIUM. 



-$i — Rhieomo, edpes and eostae quite naked . (l) Ph . gco l opendropeip i 



$.$• Rhizome, stipes and eostae sparingly provided with small or punctiformsmles. 

 ^. Rhizome wide-creeping. 



X. Rhizome pale-olivaceous; edges of the fronds entp^or undulato- 

 crenate. J^Vh. intermedia, 



x.x. Rhizome dark-brown; edges of the frond^rather sharply serrate. 



(3) Ph. mambare. 

 :^.^. Rhizome short-creeping. y^ (4) Ph. shizocarpa. 



(1) Ph. scolopendriBpisiis, «. A. v. K.> Bull. D^p. Agr. I.N., i908, 

 XXI, 6; Asplenium Scolopm^psis, MuelL, Pap. PL, III, 49; G. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome creeping,,/<fiiite naked like the stipes and fronds. Fronds simple, 

 elongate, linear-l&pc^late, 20 — 45 c.M. long, + S'/j c.M. broad, narrowed 

 very gradually/^to an acuminate apex and a long, wingless stipe, the margin 

 more otJkss sinuato-denticulate, the denticulations rather distant. Texture 

 charJsKJeous or almost membranaceous; costa stout; veins very spreading, simple 

 forked) almost paralloL — Sori broad> in paircy travoroing tho wholo . width 



