744 86a. leptochrus. § 2. chrysodium. 



* (19a) li. minor. Fee, C Chr.. Ini.Fil.; AcrosHchum minus. Melt., Ek. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., . 420 ; Gymnopteris minor, Hk. (not Bedd.), Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 

 42: Hk., 2°* Cent, of Ferns, tab. LXXVIII (the description, not the figure, 

 which is Asplenium); G. minus, BedcL, Handb. Ind. Ferns, 430; Ferns Br. I., 

 I, tab. CXVI. 



Rhizome wide-creeping, firm, scaly towards the apex, the scales lanceo- 

 late. Stipes remote, slender, those of the barren fronds 2Vj — 5 c.M. long. 

 "Sterile fronds a'/'j — 5 c.M. long, ± I'/j — ^\li c.M. broad, ovate-oblong, the 

 point bluntish, the edge quite entire, the base tapering gradually into the 

 stipe. Texture membranaceous or herbaceous; surfaces naked; costa distinct; 

 areolae with free veinlets, bounded by a ± wavy intramarginal line. Fer- 

 tile fronds S'/j — 5 c.M. long, ± 3 m.M. broad, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, on 

 stipes 7V2 — 10 C.M. long. 



Phihppines, Malacca; North. India. 



(196) El. rizalianus, Chr**«f, Bull. Herb. Boiss., 2« Serie, VI, 1004; 

 L. normalis, Copel., Philipp. Journ., Ill, 31, p. p. '•A .".(-•'' /ly^^,/ , 



Rhizome short-creeping, slender, crowned with flaccid, brown, subulate 

 scales. Fronds scattered or approximate. Barren fronds leather sessile, spa- 

 thulate, cuneate-oblong, to 6 ; c.M. long, to 1 c.M. broad, obtuse, the base 

 narrowed. Texture herbaceous; costa distinct; areolae hidden, in 1 or rarely 

 2 — 3 rows on each side, with free included veinlets. Fertile fronds linear, 

 + 6 c.M. long, + I'/j mni. broad, acuminate, on stipes + 6 c.M. long. 



Luzon. 



(20) Li. antrophyoides, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Acroslichum anlro- 

 phyoides, Bk., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bol., XXII, 231. . 



Rhizome short-creeping. Fronds sessile, oblanceolate, 15 — 20 c.M. long, 

 2 — 2'/2 c.M. broad, the point acute, the base rounded Texture subcoriaceous ; 

 surfaces naked; veins obscure, immersed; areolae small. Fertile fronds linear, 

 rigid, 20—25 c.M. long, 3 — 5 m.M. broad, bearing the sori in the upper half, 

 the lower half narrowed to a naked wing to the costa. 



Borneo. 



(2I0) li. hyilrophylliis, Ct^el., Philipp. Journ., I, Snppl., 146. 



Rhizome short-creeping, clothed at the extremity with short, fuscous 

 scales. Stipes 1—7 c.M. long, those of the fertile fronds the longest. Bar- 

 ren fronds linear-lanceolate, acute at I he apex, subacute at the base, 1 c.M. 



