740 86o. LEPTOCHILnS. § 1, pokcilopteris. 



veinlets. Fertile fronds ± '/j X as long as the barren ones, on stipes 

 14 C.M. long; pinnae 5 — 7, much contracted, linear-lanceolate, ± 5 c.M. h 

 7 — 10 ni.M. broad, subacute, the base subcordate. 

 iMZon. 



* (11) li. diTerisifolillS, C. Chw., Ind. Fil.; Acrostichum divert 

 hum, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 48; Bl., Flor. Jav., II, 36, tab. XII; Poecilop 

 diversifolia, Pr., Tent. Pterid., 242. 



/ Rhizome woody, creeping, the scales lanceolate. Fronds approxim; 

 barren fronds "^ 50 — 70 c.M. long, long-stalked, simple or more commi 

 with a terminal segment to 40 c.M. long, to 12*/, c.M. broad, ovate-lanceol 

 acuminate, entire or repando-sinuate and below this 1 — 5 pairs of lat 

 segments similar to the terminal one, but shorter and narrower, to 20 ( 

 long, to 7 C.M. broad, stalked. Texture herbaceous; surfaces naked; arei 

 with few free veinlets. Fertile fronds with 1 — 2 pairs of short-stalked, ov 

 lanceolate lateral pinnae to 10 c.M. long, to 1 '/4 c.M. broad and a Ion 

 terminal one. 



Malaya. 



(12) li. Preslianus, C. Chf., Ind. Fil; Acrostichum Presliamm, i 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 420; Poecilopteris Presliana, Moore, Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 

 tab. CQLXIX; Gymnopferis Presliana, J.Sm., Bedd., Handb. Ind, Ferns, 4 

 Beteronevron Preslianum, Fee, (oldest name). 



Rhizome stout, creeping, the scales narrowed, lanceolate. Stipes 10- 

 C.M. long, more or less scaly like the rachis and the stalks of the pini 

 Fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, pinnate with + numerous erecto-patent, reu 

 pinnae. Lower pinnae stalked, 5—10 c.M. long, 1 — 1 '/^ c.M. broad, lani 

 late, acuminate, the base narrowed, the edge entire. Texture membranace 

 or subcoriaceous ; rachis ± winged, especially towards the apex; surft 

 naked; venation as in Nephrodium. Fertile fronds generally longer stalk 

 pinnae much narrowed, lanceolate, 2—5 c.M. long, 5 — 7 m.M. broad. 



Philippines; South. India, Madagascar. 



(15) E.. exsculptns {exculptus), C. Ckf., Ind. Fil; Acrostichum 

 sculplum, Bk., Journ. of Bot., XXVI, 326. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes of barren fronds slender, naked, ± 15 < 

 long. Barren fronds lanceolate, pinnate, 20—50 c.M. long, 5—7 c.M. bn 

 Pinnae multijugate, sessile, lanceolate, acute, crenate, truncate at the b 

 2V?-3V2 c.M. long, 8—9 m.M. broad, the lower ones not reduced. Texl 



