230 38. ASPLENIUM, §§§^§ DIPLAZIUM. 



201. A. (Dip].) subscrratum, Blume ; st. scattered, 1-2 in. 1., firm, erect ;^. 12-18 

 in. 1., 1^ in. br., narrowed gradually towards each end, sometimes rounded at the 

 base, the edge towards the point bluntly crenated ; texture thinly herbaceous, satiny ; 

 veins pinnated ; sari linear, reaching the midrib, but not the edge. — Hk. Sp. 3. 

 p. 2m. t. 104. B. 



Hab. Java and Penan g. 



202. A. (Dipl.) plantagincum, L. ; st. tufted, firm, erect, G-9 in. 1. ; fr. 6-9 in. 1., 

 2-3 in. br., the point acuminate, the base rounded, the edge slightly undulato- 

 dentate upwards, sometimes lobed towards the base ; texture coriaceous ; veins 

 pinnated ; sori slender, linear, sometimes nearly touching both edge and midrib. 

 —Hk. Sp. 3. p. 237. 



Hab. Mexico and W. Indies southward to Brazil. 



** Fronds Unear-lmiceolate, cut down to the rachis at the base. Sp. 203. 



203. A. (Dipl.) zet/lanicum, Hk. ; st. scattered, 4-8 in. 1., firm, erect, scaly 

 throughout ; fr. 6-12 in. 1., 1-2 in. br., the point acuminated, the apex slightly 

 lobed, the lower two-thirds more deeply so, and the base quite down to the rachis ; 

 lohes blunt, j-^ in. across ; texture herbaceous ; veins pinnate ; sori linear, 2-3 

 lin. l.—Bk. Sp"3. p. 237. 2nd Cent. t. 16, 



Hab. Ceylon, Gardner, Thwaites. 



*'i* Fronds ivith the lower half or three-quarters pnnnate. Sp. 204-235. 

 + Pinno2 entire, or very slightly lobed. Sp. 204-217. 



204. A. (Dipl.) camarimim, Baker ; st. and rachis dull-brown, naked ; fr. 

 oblong, simply pinnate, 1-1| ft. L, G-9 in. br. ; pinnce 8-12-jugate, distant, 

 stalked, linear-ligulate, acute crenate, 4-6 in. 1., ^-§ in. br., rather reduced on 

 lower side, rounded on both sides at base, lowest not reduced ; texture mem- 

 branous ; surfaces naked, dull-green ; veins distinct, in close little-ascending 

 pairs, anterior simple, posterior forked ; sori reaching from costa to edge ; inc. 

 persistent, \ lin. br. 



Hab. South Camarines, Cumivg. 



205. A. (Dipl.) pallidum, Blume ; st. 6-12 in. 1., firm, erect, naked •,fr. 1-2 ft. 1., 

 6-12 in. br., with numerous horizontal pinno: on each side, the lower ones stalked, 

 1-1^ in. apart, 3-6 in. 1., ^-| in. br., linear-lanceolate, the apex acuminate, the 

 base rounded, especially on the upper side, the edge often sharply toothed ; texture 

 subcoriaceous ; veins once or twice forked ; sm'i in regular lines from the midrib 

 very nearly to the edge. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 238. 



Hab. Philippines, and Malayan Peninsula and Isles. 



206. A. (Dipl.)/)orrec^2<»i,Wall. ; st. 1 ft. 1., firm, erect, brownish ; fr. 9-18 in. 1., 

 6-9 in. br., subdeltoid, with numerous horizontal pinnae on each side, the lower 

 ones stalked, 3-4 in. I., | in. br., the jwint rather blunt, the upper ones subentire, 

 except that the base on both sides is distinctly auricled, the edge in the lower ones 

 bluntly lobed, sometimes one-third to halfway down, the base narrowed suddenly ; 

 texture subcoriaceous ; rachis naked ; lateral reins simple or once forked ; sori in 

 regular pgi-allel rows extending from the midrib to the edge. — Hk. Sp. 3. p. 250. 



Hab. Malayan Peninsula and Isles — This comes very near to the last in texture, and 



is probably A. crcnato-serralum, Plume. 



