498 60ffl. PHEGOPTERIS. § 2. - LEPTOGRAMMA. 



B, fig. 7; Nephrodium Totta, /)te/5,in Engl. &PrantI,Nat. Pfl.Pain.JS fig. 91, G.; 

 Dryopleris africana, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Polypodium to«Mm, Wj7W., (oldest name). 



Rhizome short, creeping or oblique, the scales brown, lanceolate. Stipes 

 subtufted, 10 — 30 c.M. long, hairy or setulose, scaly below. Fronds 15 — 50 c.M. 

 long, 5 — 25 C.M. broad, ovate-oblong, the apex pinnatifld. Pinnae numerous, 

 lanceolate, acute, '/j — 3 c.M. broad, the lowest not the longest, short-stalked, 

 cut + Vj-wsiy down to the costa into regular, blunt, entire lobes 5*/i — 5 

 m.M. broad. Texture herbaceous; rachis and surfaces pilose or setulose; main 

 veins pinnate in the lobes with 3 — 6 veins on each side. Sori irregular, round- 

 ish or more commonly linear-oblong, medial. — Fronds with the aspect of Dry- 

 opteris parasitica, 0. Ktze. 



Malaya; Japan, Korea, China, North. India, South. Africa, Madeira, Azores. 



* (23) Ph. opaca, MeU., Parng., FV, Phegop. & Aspid., 15; Gymno- 

 gramme opaca, Spr., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 69; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 11, tab. CCXXXVIll; 

 G. obtusata, BL, Flor. Jav., II, tab. XLIII; Ph. obtusata, Christ {not Melt.), Farnkr. 

 d. Erde, 274; Leptogramme opaca, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 579; Dryopleris 

 opaca, C. Chr., -ladr-t^; Nephrodium obtusatum. Diets (not Bedd.), in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, 171; Hemionitis opaca, Don, (oldest name). _^ 



Rhizome suberect or ascending, sparingly scaly. Stipes 30—60 c.M. long, 

 strong, stramineous, glossy, naked or slightly scaly. Fronds 50 — 100 c.M. 

 long, 30 — 60 c.M. broad, ovate-deltoid, the apex pinnatifid. Highest pinnae 

 pinnatifld, the lobes broadly crenate; lower pinnae longest, pinnate, stalked, 

 5 — 15 c.M. broad. Pinnulae oblong, sessile, decurrent, cut down into rather 

 shallow, slighUy toothed or crenated lobes. Texture herbaceous; surfaces naked: 

 rachises and costae commonly slightly hairy; main veins pinnate in the lobes; 

 lower veins soriferous near the base. Sori oblong. 



Jam; North. India. 



% 5. GGNIOPTERIS. 



1. Fronds simple. (24) Ph. holopliylla. 



1.1. Fronds pinnate, at least 3-foliolate (*;. 

 a. Pinnae entire or crenate (*). 



3. Pinnae under 5 c.M. long in the fully developed plants. 



A. Pinnae not auricled, 4—6 on each side. (25) Ph. simplicifolia. 



(') See also Ph. canescens, ilelt. 



{') See also Ph. prollfera, Kuhn & dlverslloba, v. A. v. R. 



