60a. PHEGOPTERIS. § 3. GONIOPTERIS. 505 



+ 2'/j m.M. deep, the apex often blunt. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis 

 nd under surface naked or slightly pubescent; veins fine, 6—10 on a side, 

 lori small, medial on the veins, ± ovate, the lower ones sometimes confluent. 

 Malaya; Australia, Polynesia, South. China, North. India, Mascarenes, Trop. 

 ifrica. 



(35ft) Ph. Merrillii, ». A ». K.,- Dryopteris Merrillii, Christ, Phi- 

 ipp. Journ., II, 201. 



Rhizome erect, stout. Stipes fasciculate, rufo-stramineous, flexuose, 18 — 

 lO c.M. long, the base minutely scaly. Fronds ovate-oblong, acuminate, 20 — 

 <0 c.M. long, + 12 c.M. broad, pinnate, the apex elongate, lobed. Barren 

 linnae rather numerous, close, spreading, petiolulate, falcate-lanceolate, acute, 

 t 6 c.M. long, ± 1'/^ c.M. broad, the base truncate, not oblique, hastate, 

 vith the anterior auricle sometimes elongate, the edge serrato-dentate, the 

 eeth decumbent; lowest pinnae sometimes reduced and deflexed. Texture 

 lerbaceous; rachis and surfaces sparingly puberulous; colour bright-green; 

 reolae in 4 — 5 rows on each side of the costae. Fertile fronds longer stalk- 

 d, with the pinnae distant, narrowed or contracted and sometimes only 2 

 a.M. broad. Sori small, close, 4 — 5-seriate or confluent. — In some respects 

 esembling Polybotrya appendiculata, /. Sm., but distinguished by the equal 

 >ases of the pinnae. 



Palawan, Mindanao. 



(36a) l*h. aci'omanes, ». ^. ». Mt.; Dryopteris acromanes, Christ, 

 'hilipp. Journ., II, 200. 



Rhizome short, stout. Stipes fasciculate, rufo- or plumbeo-stramineous, 

 lender, 15^-30 c.M. long, nearly naked. Fronds oblong, acuminate, + 17 

 .M. long, ± 9 c.M. broad, pinnate. Terminal pinna elongate, lobed; lateral 

 innae ± 7 on each side, petiolate, obovate or elongate-rhomboidal, 4 — S 

 .M. long, ± 3 c.M. broad, broadest towards the apex, cut Va-way down or 

 aore to the costa, the base broadly truncate ; lowest pinnae deflexed, not 

 horter, narrowed at the base. Lobes + 8 on each side, ovate, obtusely 

 ounded, the higher ones increasing in length. Texture herbaceous; surfaces 

 Unly pubescent; colour dark-green; veins in + 8 pairs, the lowest anasto- 

 losing. Sori large, round, submarginal, bordering the lobes in a single series. 



Luzon. 



(36ft) Ph. chamaeotaria, v. A. v. R.; Dryopteris chamaeotaria, 



'hrisl, Philipp. Journ., II, 203. 



