S02 60fl. PHEGOPTERIS. § 3. GONIOPTEBIS. 



Rhizome woody, naked, wide-creeping. Stipes naked, + 4S c.M. long. 

 Fronds oblong-lanceolate, 30 — 45 c.M. long, simply pinnate. Pinnae paucijugate, 

 sessile, 7—10 c.M. long, 2 — 5 c.M. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, subentire, the 

 base truncate or broadly cuneate. Texture firm; rachis pubescent; surfaces 

 naked; main veins erecto-patenf, parallel; areolae in 3 — 4 rows between the 

 costae and margin. Sori small, not close, superficial, in 2 rows between the 

 main veins. 



Borneo. 



(29c) Pb. RaniOSii, r. A. v. Mt.f Dryopteris Ramosii, Christ, Phi- 

 lipp. Journ., II, 203. 



Rhizome short-creeping. Stipes approximate, flexuose, 35 — 60 c.M. long, rufo- 

 stramineous, clothed with some few, short, scattered scales. Fronds 20 — 35 c.M. 

 long, oblong, pinnate. Lateral pinnae few, 1 — 4 on each side below the ter- 

 minal one, erectopatent, nearly sessile, ovate-oblong, 12 — 15 c.M. long, ± 3 

 c.M. broad, the base cuneate, the edge subentire or repando-crenate, the apex 

 abruptly caudalo-acuminate. Texture herbaceous or papyraceous; rachis naked, 

 provided with roundish axillary buds; surfaces naked, upper dark-green, lower 

 paler; main veins fine but distinct; veins 8 — 10 on each side of the main 

 ones. Son small, round, 7 — 8 on each side near the main veins. 



Luzon, Mindoro. 



(30) Ph. rubida, ». A. r. JR.,- Polypodium rubidum, Hk., Hk., Bk., 

 Syn. Fil., 314; Dryopteris rubida, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium rubidum, Copel. 

 (not Hk.), Polypod Philipp,, 27; Goniopteris rubida, J. Sm., (oldest name). 



Stipes firm, erect, glossy, naked, reddish-brown. Fronds 30 — 45 c.M. long. 

 Pinnae numerous, the lowest stalked, 15 — 20 c.M. long, 2 — 2'/2 c.M. broad, 

 the apex acuminate, the edge nearly entire. Texture subcoriaceous; rachis and 

 both surfaces naked; veins obscure, 8 — 10 on a side. Sori close to the main 

 veins. — Pinnae when dry brown or blackish, with i a reddish tint. \ 



Philippines, .''Borneo, .''Java. 



(51) Ph. arfakiaiia, e. A. r. K.,- Polypodium arfafnanum, Bk., 

 Becc, Mai, III, 45; Dryopteris arfakiana, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Rhizome erect. Stipes short, clothed with more or less spreading, lan- 

 ceolate, brown scales. Fronds lanceolate-oblong, 90 — 120 c.M. long, simply 

 pinnate, narrowing gradually towards both ends. Pinnae numerous, alternate, 

 sessile, lanceolate, the medial ones sterile, 7—10 c.M, long, + 2 '/j c.M. broad. 



