714 78. ELAPHOGLOSSCH. § 1. AGONIOPTERIS. 



(W) E. luxonicum, Copeh, Leafl., I, 255. 



Rhizome strong, densely scaly. Stipes approximate, slender, 16 — 30 c. 

 long, scaly, the scales different, the largest ones narrowly ovate. Barr 

 fronds obtuse, 20 — 25 c.M. long, 4 — 5 '/a cM. broad, cuneate at the has 

 the margin bounded by a cartilagineous strand and ciliate with an intramargis 

 row of deciduous, subciliate scales. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces glabn 

 cent; veins rather visible, at length conspicuous. Fertile fronds smaller, ( 

 longer stipes. — Near E. decurrens, Moore. 



Luzon. 



(5) E. Beccariannm, C Chf., Ind. Pil. ; Acrostichum Beccarianut 

 Bk., Becc, Mai., Ill, 27; A. Norrisii, Ces. (not Hk.), Fel. di Bor., 51. 



Rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with small, lanceolate, brovs 

 scales. Barren fronds oblong-lanceolate, firm, naked, to 30 — 40 c.M. long, i 

 + 4 C.M. broad, narrowed gradually into a short stipe, the edge entir 

 thick; veins inconspicuous, erecto-patent, not closely placed. Fertile from 

 often much smaller, on stipes to + 15 c.M. long. 



Borneo. 



* (6) E. callifolinm, Moore, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Acrostichum calk 

 folium, Bl., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 47; Bl, Flor. Jav., II, 22, tab. IV. 



Rhizome thick, creeping, the scales narrow, lanceolat e, brown, densi 

 Stipes + 15^50 c.M. long, firm, erect, naked or slightly scaly. Barre 

 fronds 15 — 80 c.M. long, 3 — 10 c.M. broad, fertile ones shorter and narrows 

 than the barren, elliptical-lanceolate, narrowed towards both ends or rounde 

 at the base, the edge with a narrow, decoloured line. Texture membranaceou 

 to coriaceous; surfaces naked or slightly scaly, the scales microscopica 

 roundish; veins fine, indistinct, simple or forked. 



Java, Mindanao. 



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• (7) E. laurifolinm, Moofe, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Bedd., Ferns 5 

 I., tab. CC; E. latifolium, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 416; Acrostichum lat 

 rifolium, Thouars, Flor. Trist. d'Ac, 51; A. commutalum, Metl., Ann. Mui 

 Bot. L. B., IV, 292 ; A. conforme, Bl. (not Sw.), Flor. Jav., II, 23, tab. V. 



Rhizome creeping, woody, densely clothed with lanceolate, acuminat< 

 brown scales. Stipes erect, firm, subangular, 3Vi— 10 c.M. long, those c 

 the fertile fronds the longest, covered with scattered, small, deciduous scale! 

 and purveyed with an elevated, decurrent margin on each side. Sterile frond 



