252 ASPLEMUM, § EUDIPLAZIUM. 



diplazioid. — Metten. Asplen. p. 182. Diplazium, J. Sm. in 

 Hook. Journ. Bat. iii. p. 407. Hook. Kew Gard. Misc. ix. 

 p. 344. Aspl. anil)i<:;uuni, Schk. Fil. t. 75 {not Sic. nor Schk. 

 Fil. t. 75 b). Dipl. Malaccense, Pr. Epimel. Bot. p. 86. Fee, 

 Gen. Fil. p. 1\2>. t. \1 D. \. Aspl. decussatum, Wall. Cat. 

 n. 2208, in part. A. polyniorphun), IValL Cat. n. 2.30 {I, from 

 Nepal). Diplazium coiigruuin, Brack. Fil. U. S. Expl. Exped. 

 p. 141. t. 18 {very faithful). — Var. /3; smaller, pinnic 1-2 

 inches long less deeply pinnatifid. 



llah. Eiist Indies : Nepal, Wallich. N. W. India, Edywnrth, Strachey and 

 Wiitterholtom, n. 3. Loochoo, Alexander. China, Alexander, Braine. Hong- 

 kong, Uoivring, Hance. Harbour Island, Japan (?), C. Ilriy/it, K. Jlerb. of 

 U. S. Pacif. Erpl. Evp. in Herb. Nostr. Feejee Islands, Brackenridye. Malacca ?, 

 Cuming, n. 389, 390, and Moulmein, Parish (very large and more numerous 

 pinnae). — Var. ;8. China, Braine: sent with the common form. Korea, Wilford, 

 n. 905, and Formosa, n. 472. — Like so many other Ferns, this species is very 

 variable, especially in size, yet I think the above synonyms are correct. 



275. A. (Eudiplazium) Sorzogonense, Pr. ; caude.x stout 

 horizontal densely covered with long subulate falcate black- 

 brown scales, stipites scattered distant stout 4 inches to 

 a span long purplish-brown shaggy with crinite curly scales 

 deflexed towards the base, fronds 1-2 feet long subcori- 

 aceous dark blackish-green when dry ovato-lanceolate pin- 

 nate pinnatifid at the apex, pinnte numerous horizontal ses- 

 sile or nearly so 2 1 to nearly 6 inches long from a trun- 

 cated base oblong elongato- or linear-oblong acuminate pin- 

 natifid serrated towards the apex, segments more or less deep 

 oblong obtuse or retuse subfalcate entire or serrated at the 

 apex, veins pinnated in each lobe, veinlets simple obliquely pa- 

 tent mostly all soriferous, sori linear lower ones only diplazi- 

 oid, rachis and costee especially beneath deciduously crinite 

 or hairy. — Pr. Rel. Hank. i. p. 45. Metten. Asplen. p. 185. 

 Diplazium, Pr. Tent. Ptericl. p. 114. Epimel. Bot. p. 86. 

 J. Sm. in Hook. Journ. iii. p. 408. Hypochlamys, Fee, Gen. 

 Fil p. 200. D. acuminatum, Bl. En. Fil. Jav. p. 193? D. 

 Smithianum, Kze. Bot. Zeit. vi. p. 195. — /3. majus ; basal 

 pinnsB again pinnated. 



Ilab. Luzon and Sorzogon, Hcenke. Java, Blume. Leyte, Cuming, n. 301. 

 Bhotan, Griffith, n. 2807. Sikkim, elev. 8-10,000 feet, Hook. fil. and Thomson, 

 n. 210. — Var. /3. Foot of Moohoo Mountain, Borneo, Hugh Lou\ — The fronds a 

 good deal resemble those of A. Schkuhrii, but they are larger and stronger, and 

 the very stout caudex and sUpites are quite shaggy witb long, brown, sul)ulate, 

 almost black scales. 



27G. A. (Eudiplazium) lobulosum, Wall. ; caudex erect 



