230 38. ASPLENIUM, DIPLAZIUM. 



201. A. (DipL) stibserratum, Blume ; st. scattered, 1-2 in. 1., firm, erect ;fr. 12-18 

 in. 1., 1^ in. br., narrowed gradually towards each end, sometimes rounded at the 

 base, the edge towards the point bluntly crenated ; texture thinly herbaceous, satiny ; 

 veins pinnated ; sori linear, reaching the midrib, but not the edge. Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 236. t. 164. B. 



Hab. Java and Penang. 



202. A. (Dipl.) plantagincum, L. ; st. tufted, firm, erect, 6-9 in. 1. ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 

 2-3 in. br., the point acuminate, the base rounded, the edge slightly undulato- 

 dentate upwards, sometimes lobed towards the base ; texture coriaceous ; veins 

 pinnated ; sori slender, liriear, sometimes nearly touching both edge and midrib. 

 Uk. Sp. 3. p. 237. 



Hab. Mexico and W. Indies southward to Brazil. 



** Fronds linear-lanceolate, cut down to the rachis at the base. Sp. 203. 



203. A. (Dipl.) zeylanicum, Hk. ; st. scattered, 4-8 in. L, firm, erect, scaly 

 throughout ; fr. 6-12 in. L, 1-2 in. br., the point acuminated, the apex slightly 

 lobed, the lower two-thirdfl more deeply so, and the base quite down to the rachis ; 

 lobes blunt, J- in. across ; texture herbaceous ; veins pinnate ; sori linear, 2-3 

 lin. 1. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 237. 2nd Cent. t. 16. 



Hab. Ceylon, Gardner, TJiwaites. 



*** Fronds with the lower half or three-quarters pinnate. Sp. 204-235. 

 t Pinnae entire, or very slightly lobed. Sp. 204-217. 



204. A. (Dipl.) camarinum, Baker ; st. and rachis dull-brown, naked ; fr. 

 oblong, simply pinnate, 1-1^ ft. L, 6-9 in. br. ; pinnae 8-12-jugate, distant, 

 stalked, linear-ligulate, acute crenate, 4-6 in. 1., ^- in. br., rather reduced on 

 lower side, rounded on both sides at base, lowest not reduced ; texture mem- 

 branous ; surfaces naked, dull-green ; veins distinct, in close little-ascending 

 pairs, anterior simple, posterior forked ; sori reaching from costa to edge ; ino. 

 persistent, \ lin. br. 



Hab. South Camarines, Cuming. 



205. A. (Dipl.) pallidum, Blume ; st. 6-12 in. L, firm, erect, naked ;fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 

 6-12 in. br., with numerous horizontal pinnas on each side, the lower ones stalked, 

 1-1^ in. apart, 3-6 in. 1., ^-f in. br., linear-lanceolate, the apex acuminate, the 

 base rounded, especially on the upper side, the edge often sharply toothed ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; veins once or twice forked ; sori in regular lines from the midrib 

 very nearly to the edge. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 238. 



Hab. Philippines, and Malayan Peninsula and Isles. 



206. A. (Dipl. )porrectum, Wall. ; st. 1 ft. 1., firm, erect, brownish ; fr. 9-18 in. 1., 

 6-9 in. br., subdeltoid, with numerous horizontal pinnae on each side, the lower 

 ones stalked, 3-4 in. L, f in. br., the point rather blunt, the upper ones subentire, 

 except that the base on both sides is distinctly auricled, the edge in the lower ones 

 bluntly lobed, sometimes one-third to halfway down, the base narrowed suddenly ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked ; lateral veins simple or once forked ; sori iu 

 regular parallel rows extending from the midrib to the edge. Hk. Sp. 3. p. 250. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula and Isles This comes very near to the last in texture, and 

 is probably A . crenato-serratum, Blume. 



