478 S6. PHYLLITIS. § 1. SCOLOPENDRIUM. 



o f the frond frnm the rnsta t o t h e margin , those of each pair eoparatod 6y an amplfl) 

 empty interstice; the indusia of each pair touching each other wjxh 

 their edge. / 



New Guinea. / 



* (2) Ph. intermedia, e. A. r. «., Bull. D6p. Agr. L/N., 1908, 

 XXI, 6. / 



Rhizome wide-creeping, angular, pale-olive-hrown, rather gDeenish, covered 

 here and there with very minute, punctiform, dark-brownyscattered scales. 

 Stipes scattered, 5 — 10 c.M. long, apparently articula^, pale-olive-green, 

 angular, S —10 c.M. long, naked or sparingly covered wjm dot-like scales like 

 the stout costa. Fronds linear-lanceolate, simple, ranely forked towards the 

 apex, + 25—35 c.M. long, \\ — 2 c.M. broad, najwowed gradually towards 

 both ends, the apex rather caudate, irregularly crenate, the edge irregularly 

 (hut more or less broadly and slightly) undulato^renate, here and there entire. 

 Texture chartaceous, subpellucid; colour olive^een, but paler between the 2 

 sori of each pair; surfaces naked; veins /simple or forked, not close, sub- 

 spreading or erecto-patent. Sori broad, in pairs, reaching from the costa to 

 some distance from the margin, those/of each pair separated by an ample, 

 empty, thin-membranaceous, transluceoi interstice; the indusia of each pair not 

 touching each other with their e^e, at length strongly recurved. — This 

 plant seems to be intermediate yoetween Ph. mambare & scolopendropsis, v. 

 4- «. R., and specimens recentlw^received from New Guinea (Leg. Dr. Versteeg) 

 quite agree with this. / 



iVew Guinea (Treub). / 



(5) Pil. m£k,niliare, v. A. v, n., I. c.;Scolopendnu>n mambare,' Bail., 

 in Queensl. Agric. Joi/n., IIP, 162; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome wiry^ angular, dark-brown, scaly on the younger portion, the 

 scales few and jfcattered on the older parts. Fronds erect, linear-lanceolate, 

 sometimes iork/ii at the end, often exceeding 50 c.M. in lenght, not exceeding 

 Vj^ C.M. in/width, the edges irregularly sinuate, sometimes the lobes cut 

 down to tue costa, all more or less sharply serrate, the apex tapering into 

 an almMt filiform cauda and the base into a stipe 5 — T'/a c.3I. long. Stipe 

 and cj)Sta slightly and minutely scaly; veins simple or forked, rather close, 

 par^l. Sori reaching from the costa to near or some distance from the 

 margin. 



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