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264 TONQUIN FERNS. 



68. A. PhylliUdis D. Don. 



(17*), 1919. Asplenium melanolepis, u. sp. — Stipes densely- 

 tufted, 1-2 in. long, clothed with copious small linear dark brown 

 v paleas. Frond simple, entire, lanceolate, a foot long, under 2 in. 



broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends, very acute, 

 moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces. 

 Veins lax, erecto-patent, forked. Sori medial, parallel, ^-£ in. 

 apart, distant from both margin and midrib. Indusium narrow, 

 glabrous. — Near A. serratum L. f> 



1914, 1915. A. Griffithianum Wall. 



1832. A. normale Don. 



1850. A. tenerum Forst. 



98. A.falcatiim Lam. 



99. A. dimidiatum Sw., var. A. comptum Hance. 

 95, 1830, 1831. A. resedum Smith. 



1956. A. heterocarpum Wall. 



97. A. laserpitiifolium Lam. 



116, 1851. A. Belangeri Kunze. 



1852. A. nitccfolium Kunze. 



76. A. umbrosum J. Sin. 



67, 1920. A. lancewn Thunb. 



(209*), 1833. Asplenium (Diplazium) lepidorachis, n. sp. — 

 Stipes tufted, 4-5 in. long, rough up to the top with minute paleae. 

 Frond oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, 1-1J ft. long, 3-4 in. 

 broad, membranous, bright green and glabrous on both surfaces, 

 minutely scaly on the rachis and midrib. Pinnae sessile, lanceolate, 

 20-30-jugate, lf-2 in. long, ^ in. broad, subentire, minutely 

 auricled on the upper side at the base. Veins lax, very distinct, 

 usually forked. Sori |-£ in. long, running up from the midrib 

 more than half-way to the margin. Indusium broad, glabrous. — 

 Near A. Seemanni Baker. > 



(216*), 1836, 1846. Asplenium (Diplazium) megaphyllum, 

 n. sp. — Stipes 1^ ft. long, thinly paleaceous throughout ; palea3 

 linear, dark brown. Frond oblong, simply pinnate, 2-2i ft. long, 

 a foot broad, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on 

 both surfaces; rachis brown. Pinnaa lanceolate, subsessile, the 

 largest 8-9 in. long, 2 in. broad, with shallow rounded lobes and a 

 subtruncate base. Veins pinnate, opposite the lobes ; veinlets 

 5-6-jugate, very ascending. Sori narrow, beginning at the base of 

 the veinlets. Indusium narrow, glabrous. — Near A. celtidifolium 

 Kunze. ' 



35, 96, 1835. A. si/lcaticum Presl. 



1842. A. japonicum Thunb. 



1843, 1844, 1839. A. latifolium Don. 

 104. A. bantamense Baker, 

 93, 1845. A. esculentum Presl. 

 (275*), 1847. Asplenium (Anisagonium) platyphyllum, n. sp. 



— Stipe dull brown, naked, above a foot long. Frond deltoid, 

 bipinnate, 2 ft. long, thin, green and glabrous on both surfaces ; 

 rachises brown, naked. Lower pinnae (two pairs) oblong-lanceolate, 

 nearly a foot long, with distinct sessile oblong pinnules an inch 



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