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Sori reaching both midrib and 

 margin. 



3. D. latifolium. 



i. Diplazium sylvaticum 



Caudex somewhat erect. Stipe scaly. Frond 

 1-3 feet long, 4-8 inches broad, ovate-lanceolate 

 and simply pinnate ; pinnae about six inches long, 

 one inch broad, tapering to a fine point from a 

 broad base ; margin entire or broadly lobed or 

 slightly waved or serrated. Rachis and surfaces 

 naked. Texture thin, herbaceous. Veins pin- 

 nated in the lobes. Sori in long slender lines. 



Cultivated. 



Distribution : Madras Presidency, throughout 

 the western forests up to 4,500 feet ; Ceylon, 

 Central Provinces ; Malay Peninsula. Mauri- 

 tius ; Fernando Po ; Borneo. 



2. Diplazium asperum Metten and Blume 



Caudex often arborescent. Stipes and all 

 the rachises prickly and scaly. Fronds large, 

 two-pinnate ; pinnules cut down nearly to the 

 rachis into obtuse, crenate or serrate segments. 

 Texture rather leathery. Veins 8-12 to a 

 segment, simple or forked. Sori reaching the 



