82. HTMENOLEPIS. 729 



Var. laiifrons: Fronds to 75 c.M long, 6—7 c.M. broad; fertile 

 part 15—20 c.M. long. 



Vap. (enella: Fronds linear, 20—50 c.M. long, ± V2 c.M. broad, 

 broadest ± '/a — Ve ^^^m the base, narrowed gradually towai'ds both ends. 

 Texture membranaceous. 



Trop. Asia, Australia, Polynesia, Madagascar, Mascaren Islands; — var. 

 latifrons: Malacca; — var. tenella: ? (Zollinger). 



* (3) n. callifolia, Chvist, Ann. Btz., XX, 128. 



Stipes + 7 c.M. long, thick, brown, canaliculate. Fronds 40—60 c.M. 

 long, ± 5 — 5 '/j cM. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, the base narrowed, the sori- 

 ferous apex ± 25 c.M. long, + 3 m.M. broad, with the margin recurved. 

 Texture coriaceous; surfaces opaque, naked; costa prominent; veins fine, obli- 

 que, flexuose; primary areolae broad, divided into smaller ones with included 

 free veinlets. — Perhaps identical with H. spicata, Pr., var. latifrons. 



Borneo. 



♦ (4) H. brachyistachys, J. Sm., Diels, in Engl, k Prantl, Nat. 

 Pfl.Fam., I*, 305; H. spicala, Pr., var. brachystachys, Hk., Gard. Ferns, tab. 

 Ill; Acrostichum hraehystachyum, Rac, Flor Btz, I,- 51; A. spicatnm, L.f., 

 var. brachystachys, Hk.,\Spec. Fil., V, 280; A. validinervis, Rac, MS. in Herb. 

 Bog. 



Much resembling H. spicata, Pr., but the scales of the rhizome with a 

 very long, linear-subulate, finely acuminate apex. Fronds sessile, less rigid, 

 the costa often green or pale-coloured. 



Malaya. 



(5) H. platyrbynchos, «»«., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 129; Hk., 

 Icon. PL, X, tab. IM; Acrostichum platyrhynchos, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 

 424; Gymnopteris platyrhynchos, J. Sm., (oldest name). 



Stipes rather tufted, short. Fronds 30—40 c.M. long, ± 272 cM. broad, 

 the lower part narrowed gradually, the edge entire, the soriferous apex spoon- 

 shaped. Texture very_ coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; areolae fine, hidden, with 

 copious free veinlets. Sori in a subterminal patch 27j — 5 c.M. long, ± 1 

 c.M. broad, not reaching to the edge. 



Celebes, Philippines. 



