86a. LEPTOCHILUS. § 1. POBiCILOPTERIS. 73'? 



(B) lii latifolin S j fo Ohw , f Ind . Fil i j Aorostiehtim taeoaofolkim! Hk^ 



Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 418; Gymnopleris talifolia, Pr., Tent. Pterid., 244; G/foc- 

 caefolia, J. Sm., Copel., Polypod. Philipp , 42; fi. trilobata, J. Sm., Hk^Icon. 

 PI., X, tab. CMVII; G. mbquinquefida, Pr., Epim., 151; Hemigramma lalifolta, 

 Copel., Philipp. Journ., II, 406; III, 31, tab. I; Polyhotrya/talifoUa, Meyen, 

 (oldest name). y/^ 



Rhizome short, stout, creeping, the scales copipds, dark-reddish-brown 

 linear. Stipes of barren fronds S'/j — 10 c.M. Idng, those of fertile fronds 

 about 50 c.M. loug, both clothed below with/darrow, spreading scales. Bar- 

 ren fronds to 50 c.M. long or longer, ty^cally 3-fid, sometimes simple and 

 S — 8 c.M. broad or pinnate, sometimej/rooling at the apex, the pinnate fronds 

 to 60 C.M. long. Pinnae acute, ej»(ire, lanceolate, rachis winged in the more 

 complex forms and the lowesj/pinnae forked. Texture papyraceous; surfaces 

 naked; main veins dislimw nearly to the edge, with regular transverse vein- 

 lets and copious aieol<re with included free veinlets. Fertile fronds typically 

 3-fid, the central js^ment + 15 c.M. long, the lateral ones + 10 c.M. long, 

 both 3 — 4 mJk^jroad, exceptionally simple or pinnate. — Exceedingly varia- 

 ble. Gope)^d includes this under //emsgiramma /a<i/bfo (Syngramma Zollin- 

 ger!, Jmlsi ; probably he is correct in this, and I am inclined to believe that 

 Heniigraiiima (Syngramma §) would better be treated as a distinct genus. 

 Philipp i HOB. — — 



(6) 1j. Hollrungii, C. Chr., Ind. Pil; Acrostichum Hollmngii, Bk., 

 Ann. of Bot., V, 495; Gymnopteris Hollrungii, Kuhn, Sebum. & Hollr., Plor. 

 Kais. Wilhl., 8. 



Rhizome erect, densely clothed with ferrugineous, long-acuminate, bristle- 

 like scales,. Stipes ,scaly at the base, 40 — 50 , c.M. long, canaliculate. Sterile 

 fronds 25 — 30 c.M. long, 55 — 40 c.M. broad, with the base pedatisecl, 

 the higher part pinnatifid; lobes lanceolate, 25—30 c.M. long, 3—4 c.M. 

 broad, entire, acuminate. Texture subcoriaceous, surfaces naked. Fertile 

 fronds 25—30 c.M. long, 30—40 c.M. broad, pinnatifid, on stipes 60—65 c.M. 

 long; lobes 15 — 20 c.M. long, linear, entire or slightly sinuato-repand. 



New Guinea. 



* (7) li. SKeylaniCHS, C. Chf., Ind. Pil.; Acrostichum quercifolium, 

 Relz, Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 418; Gymnopteris quereifolia, Bernh., Hk., Pil. Exot., 

 tab. JLXXX; Hk., Icon. PL, X, tab. CMV; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. XLVII; 

 Opiiioglossum zeylanicum, Houtt,, (oldest name). 



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