480 57. TRIPHLEBIA. 



mombranac e ous ; vfiine concpicuouEt BJmplo or forliod. Sopi poaohing from Ib t i 

 costa to the margin; indusium mrrow, naked, persistent; receptacle obscure^') 

 iVetu Guinea. / 



(2) T. longifolia, JB*e., Copel., Polypod. Pbilipp., 87; Scolofiendrium 



Imgifolium, Pr., Rel. Haenk., I, 48, tab. IX, fig. 1. / 



Differs from T. pinnata, Bk. only in that the fronds are synple and en- 

 tire, and the limit between the two indusia is marked by a thm, not empha- 

 sized line. — Perhaps an undivided form of the young plams of T. pinnata, 

 Bk. / 



Borneo, Celebes, Philippines lo Papua. / 



(3) T. pinnata, «fc., Copel., Polypod. Pbffipp., 87; Hk., Icon. PI., 

 XVII, tab. MDCLII; Scolopeii'jriwn pinnatum, J. £m., Kze, Farnkr., I, 124, 

 tab. LVI. / 



Stipes compressed, greyish. Fronds 30^^120 c.M. long, with an entire 

 or finely crenate terminal pinna 10 — 20 «;M. long, 3 — 15 c.M. broad, proli- 

 ferous at the point; below this 1 — 6 lateral pirmae similar in shape to the 

 terminal one. Texture coriaceous; surfjrces naked; veins mostly once forked. 

 Sori numerous, oblique, not reachinaf^ either the midrib or edge; indusium 

 ridged where the halves meet. / 



Borneo, Celebes, Philippines loA'apua. 



(4) T. dimorpbopli/lla, JBk., Becc, mal.. Ill, 42, tab. IV, Diels, 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. PflH^am., I\ fig. 122, C— D; Asplenium subserralwn, 

 Ces., (not Bl.), Pel. Bec^ Polin., 4; Stenochlaena sorbifolin, J. Sm., var., C. 

 Gbr., Ind. Fil. / 



Rhizome creeping, slender, naked. Stipes short, the base articulate. 

 Fronds dimorphous/both simple and once pinnate. Simple fronds lanceolate, 

 + 15 c.M long< the base acute or very gradually narrowed, the edge irre- 

 gularly crenato^pand. Pinnae of the other fronds small, paucljugate, + obo- 

 vate, flabella^ly cut or inciso-crenate. Texture membranaceous; both surfa- 

 ces nakedi/ veins erecto-patent, conspicuous, simple or forked. Sori reaching 

 nearly fcom the costa to the margin ; indusium narrow, naked, persistent. (*) 



Nao) Guinea. 



(') See Schum. & Laul., Flor. deut. Sch.geb., Supp)., 42, 43. 

 (') iioo SchuM , ft Laiit . , F la r . d a ut . Sch . gob . , Sttppl . , (13, 



