716 78. ELAPHOGLOSSUH. § 2. EU-ELAPHOGLOSSDM. 



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)- 



melanostii 



Hk., Hk. 



Rhiz 



Rhizome scales linear-lanceolate or subulate, bright-browi 



brown, entire to spinuloso-ciliate. Fronds above glabrescent, mi 



more or less copiously provided with ferrugineous or pale-gre 



fimbriate squamules, beneath hairy, the hairs copious, fern 



] rufous, simple or cut to the base into 2-12 tufted orstellatel 



QcLlcj SllJ 



Iniiff ann branches; edges often recurved. 



est + Vs on thewaytothebasenoIufiO^icilferT^^ 

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

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

 the barren ones. 

 Java, Penang. 



(10) E. Lessonii, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Acrostkhum Lessonii, Melt., 

 Linn., XXXVI, 60. 



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

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

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

 narrowed gradually into the slipe. Texture coriaceous; upper surface naked 

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

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

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

 stipes + 2 c.M. long; costa prominent, 



Sumatra; Vanikoro. 



(11) E. mini 1 turn, Chri»l, Mon. Elaph., 72, fig. 30; Acrostkhum 

 mmiatum, Christ, Ann. Btz., XV, ITS; Fil. Saras, III, 254, tab. Ill, fig. 25— 27. 



Barren fronds ± 23 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-greeii, scaly on the costa; under side covered with regularly 

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

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

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

 hairs. 



Celebes. 



