98. ELAPtiOGLOSSUM. § 2. EU-EtAJ'HOGLOSSnil. HI 



* (12) E. petiolatnm., ITrft., C. Chr., Ind. FO. ; E. viscosum, Schotl, 

 Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 59; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab CXCVI ; filcmfocAum visco- 

 sum, Sw., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 46; Hk. & Grev., Ic. Fil., tab. LXI; A. pelio- 

 latum, Sw., (oldest name). 



Rhizome woody, short-creeping, the scales dense, linoar lancoolata> dark 

 ' ^owni Stipes approximate, 7 — 15 c.M. long, firm, erect, covered with small 

 scales and stellate hairs. Barren fronds 15—30 c.M. long, 1— 2 '/j c.M. broad, 

 the apex acute or acuminate, the lower part narrowed gradually. Texture 

 thinly coriaceous; undop ourfaoo oovopod with otollatG hai r a, uppor nakod or 

 hair;' too; midrib conspicuous; veins visible, fine. Fertile fronds narrower 

 and longer stalked. 



Trop. Asia, Africa, America. 



* (13) E. hirtum, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; E. squamosum, J. Sm., Christ, 

 Farnkr., d. Erde, 36, fig. 83; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CXCVII; Acrostickum 

 squamosum, Sw., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 411; A. paleaceum, Hk. ^ Grev., Ic. Fil,, 

 tab. CCXXXV; A. hirtum, Sw., (oldest name). 



Rhizome woody, short-creeping, the scales ovate to lanceolate, ciliate, 

 blackish-brown. Stipes tufted or approximate, 2V2 — 10 c.M. long, . densely 

 clothed with lanceolate, ciliate, pale, brown and blackish scales. -Fronds 15 — 30 

 c.M. long, 2 — S'/i c.M. broad, elongate-ligulate, acute or short-acuminate at 

 the point, the base narrowed gradually. Texture thick but flaccid; surfaces 

 densely covered with ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, brown scales, the scales on the 

 midrib are longer and those on the under surface intermixed with polished, 

 blackish-brown ones; midrib conspicuous; veins hidden. Fertile fronds narrow- 

 er . and longer stalked than the barren ones, the edge more or less mem- 

 branaceous. 



Sumatra: Ceylon, South. India, East. Africa, Madeira, Azores, Trop. Ame- 

 rica, Hawaii. 



(14) E. Copelandi, Christ, Philipp. Journ., tl, 176. 



Rhizome creeping, woody, sparingly clothed with black-brown, subulate 

 setulae. Stipes approximate, to 35 c.M. long, with the fertile fronds on the 

 longest stipes, rufo-slramineous, clothed with black, fimbriato-lacerate squamU' 

 lae, the base black-brown, provided with scattered, brown, lanceolate scales. 

 Barren fronds linear-lanceolate, to ,± 427j CM. long, ± 2'/2C.M. broad, 

 narrowed towards the acute apex and base, not decurrent on the stipe. T^x-, 

 ture firm-chartaceous ; colour dark-brown ; upper surface sparingly scaly, lower 



