86(1. LEPTOCHILI'S. § 2. CHRTSODIOM. 74S 



broad, + 10 c.M. long and entire, rarely 20 c.M. long and undulate. Tex- 

 ture fleshy, papyraceous when dry; surfaces ± naked; veins hidden, incon- 

 spicuous; areolae with few free veinlets. Fertile fronds linear, ± 7 c.M' 

 long, ± 3 m.M. broad, obtuse, narrowed gradually into the stipe. 



(216) li. inodestus, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Acrostichum modestum, Bk, 

 Journ. of Linn. See, Bot., XXII, 231. 



Rhizome slender, wide-creeping, the scales small, lanceolate. Stipes dis- 

 tant, slender, 5—8 c.M. long. Fronds simple, 10—15 c.M. long, 3 — 9 m.M. 

 broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the base and acuminate apex, 

 the margin entire, the surfaces naked. Areolae hexagonal. Fertile fronds 

 5—8 c.M. long, 4— 4*/j m.M. broad. 



Borneo. 



li. lanceolatns, WSe, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Acrostichum Ian- 

 ceohtum, Hk,, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 420 ; Gymnopteris lanceolata, Bedd. (not Hk.), 

 Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 42; G. Feci, Moore, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. XL VIII; 

 G. variabilis, Bedd., var. lanceolata, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 429; — var. 

 normalis, Hk., Spec. Fil, V, 276; G. normale, J. Sm., Journ. of Bot., Ill, 

 403; L. normalis, Copel., Philipp. Journ., Ill, 31, p. p. c V ' ' ^ /T"-^/ ; 



Rhizome woody, creeping. Stipes of barren fronds S'/j — 15 c.M. long. 

 Barren fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, 1 — 5 c.M. broad, the point blunt or acute, 

 the edge entire, the lower part narrowed very gradually. Texture herbaceous ; 

 surfaces naked; main veins short or indistinct; areolae copious, with free 

 veinlets. Fertile fronds 15 — 30 c.M. long, 3—7 m.M. broad, the stipes as 

 long. 



War. normalis : Barren fronds sessile. 



Trop: Asia. 



* (23) li. axillaris, aaf., Enum., 147, tab. I, fig. 10; Acrostichum 

 axillare, Cav., Hk.. Bk., Syn. Fil., 420; A. variabile, Hk., var. axillare, Rac, 

 Flor. Btz., I, 49 ; Gymnopteris variabilis, Bedd., var. axillaris, Bedd., Handb. 

 Ind. Ferns, 430; G. axillaris, Pr., Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 42; Bedd., Ferns 

 Br.I., n, tab. CCLXXI. 



Rhizome wide-scandent, slender, much branched. Barren fronds 2—7 

 c.M. apart, 15 — 45 c.M. long, 1 — 4 c.M. broad, the point -.bluntish or nearly 

 so, the edge entire, the lower half tapering gradually to the base or a short 



