64. ASTROPHYUM. S33 



he apex, thin, spreading, 1—2 c.M. long. ■Fr..niJs IS— SO c.M. long, 2—10 

 ;.M. broad, ligulafe, broadest ± '/a on the way down, acute or acuminate, 

 larrowed gradually to the base or a short stipe, the edge entire. Texture 

 joriaceous; a distinct, often blackish costa in the lower '/^—'/j of the 

 rond; areolae large, long. Sori copious, often joining; paraphyses minute, 

 he apex clavate. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Ceylon. 



* (8) A. latifolium, ni., Rac, Plor Btz., I, 64 ; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 

 [, tab. CLXXVI; A. Boryanum, Bl, Flor. Jav., II, tab. XXXI. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales fine, linear-lanceolate, denticulate, black- 

 sh-brown, at length deciduous. Stipes approxiniale, 7-20 c.M. long, com- 

 iressed. Fronds 8— 2S c.M. long, 4— 12 c.M. broad, roundish, ovale or obovate, 

 he apex more or less suddenly acuminate with a moderate-long point, the 

 dge entire, slightly repand or acutely but not deeply sinuato-lobale towards 

 fie apex, bordered by a narrow, pellucid line, the base cuneate or suddenly 

 arrowed and slightly decurrent. Texture coriaceous; no midrib; areolae 

 sngitudinal. Sori mostly copious, not often joining; paraphyses linnear, the 

 pex clavate-capitate, 



Malaya; North. India, South. China. 



* (9) Ik. plantaginoum, Klf., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 393; A. 

 dliculatum, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. LII; Hemiouilis plantaginea, Cav., (oldest 

 ame). 



Rhizome short; scales linear-lanceolate, acuminate, brown, with the mar- 

 in beset with sharp, short, spreading, distant teeth. Stipes distinct, approxi- 

 late, S'/j-^lB e.M. long. Fronds spathulate- or ovate-lanceolate, 6—30 c.M. 

 >ng, 2'/i — 7V2 ^■^- hroad, broadest ± '/s — '/2 "f t^^ way down, the point 

 cute or acuminate, the margin entire, often slightly thickened, the base nar- 

 )wed gradually, or sometimes more suddenly in the smaller forms. Texture 

 lore or less coriaceous; no midrib or an indistinct one at Ihe base. Sori 

 lort or long, deeply sunk, often forked and anastomosing, the edges of the 

 rooves more or less raised or not raised ; paraphyses capitate at the apex. 



Malaya; Polynesia, North. India, Ceylon. 



(10) Jk. elongatum, JFde, Hk.. Spec. Fil., V, 168; A. parvulum, 

 I., var. elongatum, Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 79. 



Stipes 10 — 15 c.M. long. Fronds elongate-lanceolate, much acuminate, 

 5 — 30 C.M. long, 272—4 c.M. broad. Texture submembrauaceous, pellucid; 



