736 86a. leptochiluS. § 1. POEcaopxERis. 



* (5) Li. decurreniS, BL, Enum., 206; Acroslichum variahile, I 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 417 (excl. var.); A. variabile, Hk, var. decurreiui, Ri 

 Flor. Btz., I, 49; Gymnopleris variabilis, Bedd , Handb. Ind. Ferns, 45 

 Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CCLXXII; 6?. decurrms, Moore (not Hk.), Hk., Gard. Fei 

 tab. VI ; var. raeamalaot Rao.^ 1. c, BQ . See Supplement 1. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, the scales linear-lanceolate. Stipes '/a — 2 c 

 apart, — 10 c.M. long. Sterile fronds ovate-oblong or spathulate, 15— 

 c.M. long, 4—10 c.M. broad, acute or acuminate, the edge entire, the b 

 cuneate or rounded," decurrent on the stipe. Texture papyraceous or her 

 ceous; surfaces naked; midrib prominent; main veins distinct, straight 

 zigzag, reaching nearly to the edge ; areolae with free veinlets. Fertile froi 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, 15—30 c.M. long, 2—7 m.M. broad, on stipes 

 30 c.M. long. 



Yar. raeamalae- »■"•'•"" fannrip /in-sn pM inngj thn ipnr i 

 minat e ; fortile fronds Ipnc e olato, to 5 c . M , broadi longctalkod. 



Trap. Asia; voj. racamalao; Jam M 



* (4) £.. trifldiis, ». A. ». «., Bull. D^p. Agr. I. N., i908, XV 

 26. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes approximate, + 10 — 20 c.M. long, those 

 the fertile fronds the longest, densely clothed with lanceolate-subulate, sh( 

 crisped, brovra scales, at length less scaly. Fronds simple, lanceolate 

 more commonly 3-fid with the lateral lobes similar to the central one J 

 shorter. Simple fronds + 25 c.M. long, ± 7 c.M. broad, the apex rather s 

 denly acuminate, the edge irregularly wavy, the base suddenly narrowed i 

 then short-decurrent. Central lobe of the 5-fid fronds similar to the sim 

 fronds, but joined at the base with the lateral segments, which have the Iot 

 base suddenly short-decurrent upon the stipe. , Texture herbaceous; surfa 

 naked; costae + scaly beneath, but more distinctly towards the base; m 

 veins conspicuous, nearly straight to the edge, united by strongly arch 

 transversing veins forming + 6—7 distinct primary areolae on each side 

 the costae, divided into finer secondary ones with free veinlets. Fertile froi 

 quite similar to the barren ones but much smaller, the central lobe ± 

 c.M. long, + 2 c.M. broad, the lateral lobes smaller. — The description 

 taken from specimens cultivated in the Buitenzorg gardens m probably gatl 

 ed in one of the malayan islands. Near L. Harlandii, C. Chr. (= Gynw 

 tens decurrens, Hk., Fil. Exot, tab. XCIV). 



? Malayan. 



