716 78. ELAPHOGLOSSDH. § 2. EU-ELAPHOeLOSSUM. 



then tapering very gradually into the stipe so as to form a very narrow 

 wing to the upper part of the stipe, which is ± 7 — 8 c.M. long. 

 Java (Ploem). 



(9) E. melanostirticnm, Moore, C. Ghr., Ind. Fil. ; Acrostichm 

 melanoslictwum (melanoslycton), BL, Flor. Jav., II, 26, tab. VII; A. Norrisi 

 Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 401 ; E. Norrisii, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 418. 



Rhizome creeping, stout, woody, the scales ovate-lanceolate, long-acum 

 nate, suberose, brownish, dense. Stipes wanting or very short, to a'/j cJ 

 long, approximate. Barren fronds 30 — 45 c.M. long, 2 — 4 c.M. broad, broac 

 est ± '/s ^^ t^^ '"^^y to the base, bluht or acute, narrowed gradually froi 

 the broadest part towards both ends. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked 

 nearly so; veins immersed, indistinct. Fertile fronds much narrower thai 

 the barren ones. 



Java, Penang. 



(10) E. Eiessonii, C. Chf., Ind. Fil.; Acrostkhum Lessonii, Mett. 

 Linn., XXXVI, 60. 



Rhizome thick, the scales dense, brownish, oblong-lanceolate, with th 

 edge slightly ciliate. Stipes approximate, 7—15 c.M. long, compressed. Ste 

 rile fronds + 37 '/^ c.M. long, ± 4 c.M. broad, linear-spathulate, obtuse 

 narrowed gradually into the stipe. Texture coriaceous; upper surface nakei 

 or nearly so, lower hardly covered with punctiform, fugacious scales; vein 

 immersed, repeatedly forked, erecto-patent. Fertile fronds linear-lanceolate 

 ± 20 c.M long, ± 2 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually towards both ends, 01 

 stipes ± 2 c.M. long; cosla prominent. 



Sumatra; Vanikoro. 



(11) E. mini itnni, Christ, Mon. Elaph., 72, fig. 30; Acrostichm 

 minialum, Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, 175; Fil. Saras., Ill, 254, tab. Ill, fig. 25— 27 



Barren fronds ± 25 c.M. long, ± 3 c.M. broad, finely acuminate, sud 

 denly narrowed into the stipe. Texture very thick; veins hidden; upper sur 

 face naked, light-green, scaly on the costa; under side covered with regularb 

 scattered, branched, reddish-brown scales, those of the margin peltate 

 ciliate, densely crowded. Fertile fronds longer, narrowly linear, on longei 

 stipes; upper surface densely covered with cinnamon-coloured, round, stellati 

 hairs. 



Celebes. 



