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son copious, placed obliquely in two long rows in the pinnules near the edge; 

 iiivol. broader than deep. — Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 2GG. 



Hab. Borneo ; discovered by Mr. Tbos. Lobb. — A very distinct species, with the invo- 

 lucre resembling in shape that of Humata, but not free at the sides. 



3(5. D.trkhomanoidcs, Blume ; r/f/comc wide-creepinp:, \ in. thick ; scales linear, 

 pale brown ; st. 3-4 in., grey, naked ; //•. deltoid, -i-pinnatifid, 0-9 in. 1. ; jniuKS 

 distinctly stalked, lanceolate, lowest largest, deltoid, 1^2 in. br., all cuneate- 

 truncate on lowest side at base ; pi7inl. close, lanceolate ; ult. sepm. ligulate at 

 base, and forming a narrow wing above on each side of the sorus ; rachises of 

 pinnte winged to the base ; texture sul)coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; sori rather 

 deeper than broad, with mostly a horn beyond on both sides. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 18G. 

 D. stenomera, Kunze, Bot, Zeit. 6. p, 216. 



Hab. Malay Isles. 



37. D. Moorei, Hk. ; rhizome creeping, fihrillose ; st. erect, strong, 4-8 in. 1. ; 

 fr. 4-G in. 1., 8-4 in. br., bi- or tripinnatifid ; main rachis slightly winged above ; 

 lowest pinnl. cut down nearly to the rachis below, the lobes oblong, bluntly 

 toothed ; texture coriaceous ; sori 4 to 6 to a lobe, placed in the teeth at a little 

 distance from the edge ; invol. half-cupshaped. — Hk. 2nd Cent. Ferns^ t. 53. 



Hab. New Caledonia, discovered by Mr. C. Moore. 



38. D. decurretis. Ilk. ; rhixome stout, creeping, densely fihrillose ; st. 4-6 

 in. 1., stout, erect ; fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 9-15 in. br., deltoid, tripinnatifid ; main rachis 

 hardly at all winged at the apex ; pinnl. of the lower pinnre lanceolate-acuminate, 

 8-4 in. 1., about 1 in. br., cut down throughout within a short distance of the 

 rachis, with broadly-toothed linear-oblong segm. ; teMure subcoriaceous ; veins 

 uniform ; sori falling short of the margin ; imol. half-cupshaped. — Hk. Sp. Fil. 

 l.jo. 167.^44. B. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. — Resembles 2). divancata in the shape and position of the 

 sori, but the frond less divided. 



39. D. solida, Swartz ; rhizome stout, densely clothed with adpressed scales or 

 fibres ; st. strong, erect, 4-G in. \.;fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 12-15 in. br., deltoid, tripinnatifid ; 

 apex with a moderately broad undivided centre ; segm. ovate-rhomboidal, deeply 

 toothed, narrower and sharper in fertile frond; veins uniform ; texture coiia,ceous; 

 sori nearly or quite marginal ; invol. semicylindrical. — Hk. Sp. \. p. 164. t. 42. 

 Fil. Exot. t. 57. — /^, F>. caudata, Cav. ; pinnules more divided with narrower 

 segments. Hk. Sp. \. p. 104. D. Lindleyi, Hk. Sp. 1. p. 163. t. 48. B. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula, Java, and Polynesian Islands. — The reported station in 

 New Zealand appears to be a mistake. D. ornata, Wall., is a large handsome form, 

 with broad slightly-cut segments. 



40. D. elepans, Swartz ; rhizome stout, creeping, densely clothed with woolly 

 fibres ; st. firm, erect, 4-8 in. 1. ; fr. 1-2 ft. I., 9-1-i in. br., deltoid, tripinnatifid ; 

 main rachis slightly winged towards the apex ; pinnl. of the lower pinnse 2-3 in. 

 1., 1 in. br., deltoid-lanceolate, cut down quite to the rachis in the lower part, 

 with oblong-deltoid segm., which are slightly toothed and obliquely truncate at the 

 base on the lower side ; texture coriaceous ; venation close, prominent, irregular ; 

 sori several to a segment, marginal, but the sharp teeth projecting beyond them 

 at the edges ; invol. half-cupshaped. — Hk. Sp. 1. p. 164. — /3, D. elata, Swartz ; 

 fr. larger and less coriaceous ; seqm. nairower, more deeply and sharply cut. — 

 Hk. Sp. 1. p. 166. t. 55. A. D. Vogelii, Hk. Sp. 1. p. 168. t. 59. B. 



Hab. Ceylon, Malayan Peninsula, China, Java, Borneo, Polynesian Islands, Tropical 



