240 ASl'LEMUMj § EUDll'LAZlUM. 



shortly acuminate obtuse or obliquely subcordate at the base 

 entire or obscurely sinuato-dentate, terminal pinna large 

 long-petiolate sometimes with a lobe on one side near the 

 base, veins nearly horizontal once or twice forked subfascicu- 

 late clavate at the apex of the branches just within tlie mar- 

 gin, sori continuous elongated frequently extending from the 

 costa nearly to the margin diplazioid and asplenioid. — Met- 

 ten. Hort. FIL Lips. p. 75. /. 12. / 1, 2. Hook. Fil. Exot. 

 t. 17. Diplazium, 7)/. En. Fil. Jew. p. 190. Kze. in Bot. Zeit. 

 vi. p. 193. D. integrifolium, J. Sm. Cat. Cult. Ferns, p. 47. — 

 Var. ohlongifolium ; gemmiferous, pinnre elongated much acu- 

 minated sometimes very coarsely serrated. 



Hab. Java, Blnme, Zollinger, Reinwardt. — Var. oblongifolium. Island of Anei- 

 teum, Milne, n. 298, M'Gillivray. — As cultivated in stoves in Europe, this Fern 

 seems to preserve its character of broad, perfectly entire pinn?e. My native sj)e- 

 cimens, from Aneiteum, have longer and narrower pinnaj, and better accord with 

 lilume's description ; and I fear that these come too near some of the forms of 

 Dr. "Wallich's A. fraxinifoliwn, our next species. 



255. A. (Eudiplazium) fraxinifolium, Wall. ; caudex as- 

 cending copiously fibrous nigro-paleaceous at the apex, sti- 

 pites aggregated often a foot long brown subrobust below 

 chiefly laxly and deciduously nigrescenti-paleaceous, fronds 

 1-H foot long subcoriaceous firm subnitent brown when dry 

 pinnate, pinnae 3-11 remote petioled patent 6-10 inches long 

 broadly oblong-lanceolate finely acuminate entirely or very 

 obscurely serrate towards the apex subobliquely cuneate at 

 the base, veins fasciculate twice or thrice dichotomous pa- 

 rallel copious all free (rarely here and there- anastomosing), 

 sori copious linear-elongate extending from the costa nearly 

 to the margin, involucres narrow. — IVall. Cat. n. 194. Hook. 

 2nd Cent, of Ferns, t. 19. Diplazium, IFall. Herb. 1823. 

 Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 133. Diplazium elegans {veins free). 

 Hook, in Kew Gard. Misc. ix. p. 343. C. IVi'ight, in Ringgold 

 and Rogers's Herb, of U. S. Expl. Exp., and in Herb. Nostr. 

 D. falcatum, Don ? Aspl. Donianum, Metten. Asplen. p. 178. 



llab. Pcnang, TJ'allich. Sincapore, Thos. Lohb, n. 33. Khasya and Assam, 

 Griffith, Simons, llook.fil. and T/ioi/ison. Hongkong, Alexander, Dr. Ilarland, 

 Wilford, C. Wright. — Tliis dijjlazioid Fern, with free venation, has been largely 

 distributed by Dr. Wallich under the name here adopted. The question remains 

 to be determined how far it may be specifically different from an allied Fern, 

 O.ri/gonium elegans, J. Sm. {jinisogonium, Pr.), Diplazium elegans, Ilook. Ic. PI. 

 t. 939 and 940, or 1st Cent, of Ferns, t. 39 and 40. 



256. A. (Eudiplazium) celtidifolium, Kze. ; caudex erect 



