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res. Flares fceminei ad 20 in spinas dependentes ad 2f> cm. lonj^aa 

 dispositi: axis angulatus. glaber : bracte;** late ovat;r, tenues. Sepalu 

 triangularia, crassa, obtusa, l."> mm. longa. Petala obovata, apict 

 rotundata. Staminoiia minuta. Capsuhv pedicel 1 o 8 mm. longo in- 

 cluso 22 mm. longa ^ apice retu&> : alaj niulto latiores quam semi- 

 circulares, 20 mm. longa . 18 mm. lata-, pergamentacese, subgrise;**. 

 ^'ernina loculo conformia : ala rufo-fumea 



India. — In montibus HimalaiYis orientahbus ad 3000 ped. alt., in 

 regionibus sub-montanis Bengalensibus Assamicisque Uirmanicisque. In 

 locia plurimis districtus Darjeding, e.g. Ryang (tft'&w ! Kali\ Russell \). 

 Hebong (Kalil), Silake (Ribul), Mungpu, (Hartless, 9 1 Gaffe. 342141 

 ?4216! Ribu, 34207!), Sureil (Gage. 842071). Labdah [Russell !), Cielle 

 Kola (Russell \), Pashok (Lister !), Tunkling (Lister !), Mungwa (Lister !). 

 In montibus Aborum ad Sissin, Kekarm<»nnying, castra Rengging, 

 ad flumina Yambung et I ar (Bur kill, 37680!). in planitie districtus 

 Jalpaiguri ad ft adarihat , (Burkill, 32362 ! Kalka Pershad, 33560 !). In 

 districtu Nowgong, Noncurhit (Simons !). Lumding (Burkill, 35304 '). In 

 district!) Lakhimpur, ad Niagaon prope Dibn arh, (Burkill, 32611 !), ad 

 Sadiya (Burkill, 35769! 326661), ad Saikhowa (Burkill, 357«»7 :), ad 

 Kobo (Burkill, 35905 ! 36906 !). In districtu Cachar prope Haflong 

 (Ballatitine, 318 8 !). In districtu Bhamo, prope Bhamo (Burkll, 22843 ! 

 26638!). 



Variat : — 



Var. vera. Folia tenuia. Alas capsular um aequaliter rotundata'. 



Planta sicca sine colore rubra. Vide supra. 

 Var. bhamoica. Folia paululo firmiora. Ala? capsularum oblique . 



Planta sicca rufescens. 



Varietas bhamoica adhur reperta est in districtu Bhamo, Burmae 

 boreali, prope Bhamo (Burkill, 22808! 22814 ! 22820! 22822! 22824 

 22825 1 22S28! 22829! 2.831 ! 22S42 !) ubi crescit cum D. Hamiltonii ; 

 et forsan ejusdem hybrida sit. 



95. D. glabra, Roxb., Hort. Beng., (1814), p. 72, 

 name only; and Flor. Ind., iii. (1832), p. 803: Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit. Ind., vi. (1892), p 291, in chief part. D. crepitans, Ham . 

 in Wall., Cat. Lith., (1832), No. 5105 F. D. gracillima, Ridley 

 in Engl. Bot, Jahrb., xliv. (1910), p. 528. D. lauri folia, 

 Curtis, Flowering Plants and Ferns of Penang, (1894), p. 83. 

 D. oppositi folia, Ridley and Curtis, in Journ. Roy. Asiatic 

 Soc, Straits Br., xxxviii. (1902), p. 66. D. mimmularia, Roxb., 

 Hort. Beng , (1814), p. 72 : name only, and Flor. Ind., iii. (1832), 

 p. 72. D. solid folia, Blume, Enum. Plant. Jav.,i. (182"), p. 23 

 inadequately described. D. Wallichii, Hook, f., Flor. Brit 

 Ind., vi (1892), p. 295, in small part. India, south of the 

 Ganges in the moister parts, the Himalaya from Central Xepal 

 eastwards, the plains of Bengal, and Assam, in Burma, Si am, 



Indo China, the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Islands east 



ward to Java. 



Variat : 



Var. grisea. Folia ovata, siecitate infra grisea, velutina. 



Var. SALiciFoiiiA. Folia lineari-lanceolata vel lanceolato-sagittata, 



subcoriacea, siceitate infra grisea. 

 Var. hastifolia. Folia lineari-lanceolata, basi abrupte hastata, 



subcoriacea. 



