FIG. 15. — A-E in A revision of the indusiate scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae, Cyathea subgen. Alsophila sect. Alsophila) in Madagascar, the Comoros and the Seychelles

FIG. 15. — A-E, Cyathea conferta Janssen & Rakotondr.; A, pinnules adaxially with a fragment of the costa, note that the auricles overlap the costa; B, sori, note that these are small and very close standing; C, scale from the base of the petiole; D, petiole, note that the filiform scales are restricted to its base; E, pinna abaxially with a fragment of the rachis, sori and veins only partly indicated, note the close standing pinnules; F-J, C. hebes Janssen & Rakotondr.; F, sori, note that these are big and spaced from each other; G, pinnules abaxially with a fragment of the costa; H, basal part of the leaf (from the petiole base up to the first pinna pair), lateral view; I, scale from the base of the petiole; J, pinna abaxially with a fragment of the rachis, sori only partly indicated. A-E, van der Werff et al. 12850 (P); F-J, Janssen et al. 2480 (P). Scale bars: A, C, G, 1 cm; B, F, 0.1 cm; D, E, H, J, 5 cm; I, 0.5 cm. D, E, Drawings by B. Raufeisen.