86a LEPTOCHILBS § 3. LOMAGRAMMA. 747 



truncato, foandcd or broadly ounoatO) tho uppor baso not rar e ly broad e r thap - 

 the lower, the edge serrate or toothed, but more proiniiiently toward>»<fhe 

 apex, the apex acuminate. Texture thinly membranaceous, transpap^, pel- 

 lucid-dotted ; rachis and costae + scaly beneath, the former^^ilJore or less 

 winged, especially towards the apex; veins reticulate* ax^f/aJb without free 

 veinlets. Fertile pinnae + 6 m.^I. broad, normally sonfemis throughout be- 

 neath, sometimes partially contracted and soriferous^v^ 



War. pteroides: Sori confined to the/lfiargin of the fertile pinnae. 



War. snbcoriacea: Texture sui»^riaceous, reddish when dry; 

 veins very conspicuous beneath. y^ 



Malaya; Assam, Polynesia; — vsir pteroides : Celebes, Philippines; — vai'. 

 subcoriacea: Mindanao. y^ 



(26) Ei. pei*alu>«sis, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Acrostichum Blumeanum, 

 Hk., Rac, Plor. Blz,/^ 35, p. p.; Lomagramme perakensis, Bcdd., Handb. Ind. 

 Ferns, Suppl., ^Xyf. 



Like L^/tomarioides, BL, but the texture subcoriaceous, the pinnae entire 

 or obscijmy crenale, the veins less conspicuous, the rachis not winged. Fer- 

 tile^{(uinae 1 — 4 m.M. broad. 

 ^ — Java, MalaeeOi - 



sea. I^LiJ^TYrr^^lLEilVIA^, KuUn. 



Like Leptochilus, but the paraphyses with a large terminal cell and the 

 spores globoso-tetrahedral. 



Fronds pinnate, with the vegetative characters of Taenitis by the appea- 

 rance of Leptochilus. 



Maljiyan and Polynesian. 



P. Requiniana, Kuhn, Copel., Polypod. Philipp, 111 ; /4cro«/ici^Mm 

 Requinianum, Gaud., Hk., Spec. Fil., V, 269; Freyc , Voy. Ur. Phys., Dot, 

 304, tab. IV. 



Rhizome short, hairy. Stipes approximate, 20—30 c.M. long. Barren 

 fronds ternate or pinnate. Pinnae linear-lanceolate, 12—18 c.M. long, ± 

 3 — 4 c.M. broad, narrowed gradually towards the apex, the base narrowed. 

 Venation ± as in Acrostichum aureum, L. Fertile fronds pimiate; pinnae 



