494 60a. PHEGOPTERIS. § 1. EtJPHEGOPTKRis. 



(12) Ph. Hasseltii, MeU., Farng., IV, Phegop. & Aspid., 13; Po- 

 ly fodium Hassellii, BL, Plor. Jav., II, 195, tab. XCII; Dryopteris Hassellii, C. 

 Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome oblique. Stipes + 20—23 c.M. long, sparingly scaly, stramineous 

 (green after Blume's drawing). Fronds ± 30 c.M. long and as broad, deltoid, 

 acuminate. Lowest pinnae largest, subopposite, + 10 c.M. broad at the base, 

 unequal-sided, the lowest posterior pinnula much the largest. Pinnulae triangu- 

 lar-oblong, with the lowest divisions deltoid-oblong, obtuse, deeply pinnatilid 

 or pinnate at the base, the ultimate segments oblong, blunt, entire or bluntly 

 toothed. Texture coriaceous; rachis and both surfaces naked. Sori medial 

 on the veins. 



Java. 



(13) Ph. laserpitiifolia, Sedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 84, 

 Polypodium laserpitiifolium, Scort., Journ. of Bot., XXV, 324 ; Dryopteris laser- 

 pitiifolia, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Stipes tufted, fine, stramineous, 30 — 40 c.M. long, scaly below, naked 

 above. Fronds as long, deltoid-ovate, 3-pinnate; rachis naked. Pinnae nume- 

 rous, 5 — 8 c.M. broad. Pinnulae 3 — 2'/i c.M. broad, those on the lower 

 side of the rachis the largest, naked, shining above. Ultimate divisions ovate, 

 oblong, rounded, the base unequal, cuneate on the lower side, the margin 

 broadly lobed; main veins pinnate in the lobes, not reaching the edge. Sori 

 terminal, large, 1 — 2 on the lowest anterior veins. 



Malacca. 



(14) Ph. cheilanthoides, e. A. r. JC.,* Polypodium cheilanthoides, 

 Bk., Becc, Mai., Ill, 45 ; Cheilanlhes gigantea, Ces., Fel. Becc. Polin., 5 & 7 ; 

 Dryopteris brunneo-villosa, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



.Stipes ± 90 c.M. long, thick, clothed with copious, lanceolate, pale-brown, 

 haii7 scales. Fronds ample, deltoid, dei-ompound. Pinnae lanceolate-oblong. 

 Pinnulae mullijugate, sessile, lanceolate. Tertiary segments mullijugate, lan- 

 ceolate, adnale at the base. Ultimate segments small, ovale or semiorbicular, 

 the margin incurved. Texture firm; both surfaces densely setose; veins pin- 

 nate. Sori small, occupying the whole under surface of the fertile fronds. 

 New Guinea. 



(15) Ph. oi'uata, Pie (not Bedd.), Christ, Farnkr. ,d. Frde, 277, 

 fig. 876; Polypodium omalum. Wall., Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CLSXl; Dnjopleris 



