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Hal). Afiiriamic Islands, {Willdenow). — rroin tlic more full descrijUioii 

 of Willdenow, as well as from the specific character, I suspect this is a mere 

 stale of D. j>i(l(Uii, and indeed his remark is " simillima praeccdentis (Z>. 

 pedata) : " yet he pnls it in a dilVerent section, " frondc ternata," to which 

 the species has perhaps a hetter claim than to be placed in his first division 

 "frondc sinuata v. pinnatifida." He (juoles Cavanilles' Ilumata Irifoliala 

 under this species, which Swart/, refers to D.pedata, and probably concctly. 



10. D. Belanfferi, Bovy; caudcx creeping chaflfy, fronds 

 dt'lloideo-ovato very coriaceons acuminate bipinnatifid tripin- 

 natifid below glabrous and destitute of scales, ])riinary seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate obtuse cuneate at the base lowest 

 pair oblicpiely ovate the lower segments longest, idtimatc ones 

 subcuneate rather short obtuse crenate, stipes glabrous, fruc- 

 tifications small on the teeth of the crenatures, involucres 

 nearly orbicular. — Bort/, in BeUing. Voy. Bol. p. 72, /. 7, /I 1. 



Ilab. Trunks of trees, Bintcnzorg, Java, Bclawjer. Mergui, n. 4(51, Mr. 

 Griffitli. — Habit of D. pcdala, but distinct, being twice or even thrice piii- 

 natiiid, the primary segments more numerous, more distant andmorc divided. 



11. D. «/;?///«, Bl. ; "frond stipitate 5-angled cordato-ovate 

 ))innated coriaceous glabrous, pinnie sessile linear-lanceolate 

 inciso-serrate bearing sori at the incisures, lowest ones larger 

 rhonibeo-ovate deeply pinnatifid, segments serrated (serrulate 

 in the sterile plant), involucres reniform, rachis margined and 

 the stipes subpaleaceous, caudcx cree])ing paleaceo-squa- 

 mose." BL En. Fit. Jav. p. 231. 



Hab. Summit of Mount Gede, Java, lilume. " Habitu similis Davallite 

 pedalcE, Sm." — probably allied to, if not the same as, D. Belangeri. Blume 

 places it among the pinnated species. 



12. D. CnmiiKjii, Hook. ; caudex long creeping paleace- 

 ous, stipes elongated setoso-paleaceous, fronds coriaceous 

 dimorphous, rachis and costa beneath with brown subulate 

 scales, sterile ones very small cordate obtuse tripartito-])in- 

 natifid the segments erecto-patent (5 — 10) the up])er ones co- 

 adunate the two lowest ones obliquely ovate pinnatifid at the 

 lower margin, all the segments obtuse serrated, fertile fronds 

 larger cordato-ovate acinninate bipinnate the lowest pair witli 

 the inferior jHunjc pinnatifid the lower segments longest, all 

 of them dentato-serrate, fructifications small in the sinuses of 

 the teeth, involucres suborbicidar. (Tab. XLV. B.) — llinna- 

 ta pedata, J. Sin. En. Fit. Philipp. I. c. 



Halt. Isle of Samar, Philippine Islands, Cuminxj, n. 138. — The barren 

 fronds of this have a good deal the appearance of D.pedata, but the fertile 

 ones are extremely dillerent, and in habit approach nearest to the following 

 one, yet really distinct, 'lliey arc, however, smaller, less couiponndly di- 

 vided, and the scales on the fronds are of a \erv dilferent cliaiacter. 



