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115. CALLIPTERIS, Bory ; J. 8m. 



Vernation fasciculate, erect. Fronds simple and pinnate, 

 bipinnatifid or bipinnate, 2-5 feet high. Veins uniform and 



Genus 115. Portion of barren and fertile fronds, natural size; 

 fertile enlarged. No. 1. 



forked, or costseform pinnate ; the whole, or the lower venules 

 only, anastomosing, sporangiferous on both sides, constituting 

 binate, linear, decussate sori. Indusiwm, plane. 



1. C. prolifera, Bory. Asplenium proliferum, Lam. ; Metten. 



Fil. Hort. Lips. t. 11, /. 7. Diplazium proliferum, 

 Kaulf. Asplenium decussatum, Sw. Anisogonium 

 decussatum, Presl; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 56 A. East 

 Indies, Malayan Archipelago. 



2. C. esculenta, J. 8m. Hemionites esculenta, Retz. Dipla- 



zium esculentum, Sw. Anisogonium esculentum, 

 Presl. Microstegia esculenta, Presl, Epim. Bot. 

 Digrammaria esculenta, Fee. Asplenium ambiguum, 

 Sw. ; Schk. Fil. t. 75 B (ETieede, Mai. 12, t. 15). 

 Digrammaria ambigua, Presl ; Hook. Gen. Fil. t. 56 C. 

 Microstegia ambigua, Presl, Epim. Bot. Diplazium 

 Malabaricum, Spreng. Callipteris Malabarica, J. 8m. 

 Cat. Cult. Ferns (1857). Diplazium Serampurense, 

 Spreng. Anisogonium Serampurense, Presl. Cal- 

 lipteris Serampurense, Fee. Diplazium pubescens, 

 Link. East Indies, Malayan Archipelago. 



