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42. PCECILOPTERIS, Eschw.; Presl 
Vernation uniserial, distant or contiguous, subfasciculate and 
decumbent. Fronds pinnate, 1—3 feet long, often bulbiferous. 
Primary veins costasform, pinnate ; venules arcuately or angu" 
Genus 42. — Portion of barren frond. No. 3. 
larly anastomosing, producing on their exterior sides or angles 
one or more free or anasto nosing veinlets, forming unequal 
areoles. Sporangia amorphous, or sometimes in defined lines 
on the venules ( Jenhinsia , Hook.). 
1. P. flagellifera, J. Sm. Acrostichum flagelliferum. Wall. ; 
Hook, et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 23 ; Blume, FI. Jav. 1. 13. — 
East Indies. 
2. P. crispatula, J. Sm. Acrostichum crispatulum, Wall. — 
East Indies. 
3. P. prolifera, J. Sm. Acrostichum proliferum, Blume ; 
Hook. Ic. PI. t. 681, 2. Heteroneuron proliferum. 
Fee, Acrost. t. 55. Acrostichum virens, Wall. ; Hook, 
et Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 221. — East Indies. 
4. P. punetulata, Presl. Acrostichum punctulatum, Linn. 
Heteroneuron punctulatum, Fee, Acrost. t. 54. — ■ 
Mauritius and West Tropical Africa. 
