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42. PCECILOPTERIS, Eschw.; Presl. 



Vernation uniserial, distant or contiguous, subfasoioulate and 

 decumbent. Fronds pinnate, 1-3 feet long, often bulbiferous. 

 Prima/ry vems costaeform, pinnate ; venules arcuately or angu- 



Genus 42. — Portion of barren frond. No. 3. 



larly anastomosing, producing on tbeir exterior' sides or angles 

 one or more free or anastomosing veinlets, forming unequal 

 areoles. Sporcmgia amorphous, or sometimes in defined lines 

 on tbe venules (Jenkmsia, Boole.). 



1. P. flagellifera, /. 8m. Acrostichum flageUiferum, Wall. ; 



Sooh. et Grev. Ic. Ml. t. 23 j Bhrnie, Fl. Jam. 1. 13. — 

 East Indies. 



2. P. crispatula, J. 8m. Acrostichum crispatulum. Wall. — 



East Indies. 



3. P. prolifera, J. 8m. Acrostichum proHferum, Blwme; 



JSook. Ic. PI. t 681, 2. Heteroneuron prohferum, 

 Fee, Aarost. t. 55. Acrostichum virens. Wall. ; Hooh. 

 el Grev. le. Fil. t. 221. — East Indies. 



4. P. punctTilata, Presl. Acrostichum punctulatum, lAn/n, 



Heteroneuron punctulatum, Fee, Aorost. t. 54. — 

 Mauritius and West Tropical Africa. 



