790 APPENDIX. 3. ALSOPHILA. 



ohottld hav B e ecapod doBcriplion if tbie ie th a r aal A . latabr o sa, Wnll , [Cnn^ , 

 Philipp. Journ., II, 145). ^ — 



Var. major: Main rachis fulvo-stramineous, na]^e*^Sr clothed with 

 minute, furfuraceous scales. Pinnae ± 28 oneadfside, + 55 c.M long, 

 + 1 8 c.M. broad, oblong, acuminate, neajly^Se^ile. Pinnulae close, horizontal, 

 sessile, oblong, + 2 c.M. brojd^'Saudate, cut down to the slender, black 

 costa. Segments imbricalef^long, straight, + 20 on each side, + 272 

 m.M. broad, oljias^Ty rounded, crenulate. Texture thinly herbaceous; costulae 

 clothe4,>w1tn roundish, peltate, yellow, umbilicate scales; veins 2 — 3-furcate. 



* (20) Jk. saparuensis, ». A. v. n. — Insert : Bull. D6p. Agr. 

 I. N., 1908, XVIII, 2. 



, (25) A. ornata, Sco«. — var. sikkimensis, Bedd., Journ. of Bot., 

 XXXI, 225; A. sikkimensis, Clarke ^ Bk., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XXIV, 

 409. 



Var. sikkimensis: Not spinose. Fronds 3-pinnatifid, l'/^ — 3 M. 

 long, the rachis densely clothed with adpressed, brown-castaneous, linear- 

 ligulate scales. Pinnae 45 — 60 c.M. long, ± 15 c.M. broad, oblong, the sides 

 parallel. Pinnulae + 10 c.M. long, + ^\ c.M. broad. Tertiary segments 

 narrowly oblong, crenate or sometimes slightly incised. Texture thin; rachises 

 ferrugineo-bullate, not short-hairy; veins 2-fid, sometimes 3-fid. Sori 4 — 10 

 to a segment, placed in 2 straight rows. — The Malacca fern agrees with 

 the Sikkim plant, except that the stipe and main rachis are more prominent- 

 ly muricate. 



Malacca; Sikkim. 



• (27) .%. glauca, J. Stn.} A. conlamimns. Wall. — Insert : Bedd., 

 Ferns Br.I., I, tab. LXXXV. 



(27a) A. dementis, Copel., Philipp. Journ., I, Suppl., 143. 



Stipes fuscous in the lower part, furnished with rather long, acute, dense, 

 nearly black scales, the base clothed with linear, whitish-fulvous scales, 

 the upper part stramineous like the main rachis. Fronds 1—1 '/2 M. long, 

 ovate, 3-pinnatifid; rachis naked, prickly, the prickles rather short. Central 

 pinnae 50—40 c.M. long, the rachis asperous. Pinnulae 6—7 c.M. long, + 

 I'/j C.M. broad, cut down nearly to the costa into entire, subfalcate lobes. 



