Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 



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The Malay Peninsula, Penang, &c. 

 (Also in the Malay Islands.) 



6. Diplazium bantamense. (Bl.) Rhizome creeping ; stipes 

 6-12 inches long, with lanceolate caducous scales; fronds up to 

 1 s foot long, simply pinnate ; pinnae generally 3-5 on each side, 

 alternate or subopposite, with one terminal one, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, generally shaiply serrated towards the apex, otherwise 

 nearly entire, 6-9 inches long, by 1-2 broad, somewhat narrowed 

 at the base ; apex acuminate or 

 often caudate ; veins pinnate ; 

 sori slender, irregular, starting 

 from near the midrib and ex- 

 tending nearly to the margin, or 

 only half-way towards it. Bl. En. 

 Fl. Jar. Fil. 1 90-1 91. Hook. 

 Syn. Fil. p. 231. D. fraxinifo- 

 lium (Wall.), Bedd. F. B. I. t. 59. 



Madras Presidency, on the 

 Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills. 

 Khasya Hills, 4,000 feet elevation; 

 Cachar 500 feet elevation; Malay 

 Peninsula. 



(Also in Malay Islands and 

 Southern China.) 



7. DlPLAZIUM SYLVATICUM. 



{Presl.) Caudex decumbent ; 

 stipes 1 foot long, firm, erect, 

 naked except at the base, where furnished with scales; fronds 1-3 feet 

 long, simply pinnate, ovate-lanceolate in outline ; pinme numerous, 

 about 6 inches long by 1 inch broad, the apex acuminate or caudate, 

 the margin nearly entire or slightly waved or serrated, particularly to, 

 wards the apex, but not to more than one line deep (at least in the 

 type; ; base truncate or narrowed ; texture thin, herbaceous ; veins 

 pinnate, fine ; sori long, linear. Presl. Rel. ETcenk. 1-42, under Asple> 

 nium. Hook, Syn. Fit. 232. Bedd. F. S- I. 161, a small specimen \ 



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N?86. 



DlPLAZIUM BANTAMENSE. {Bl.) 



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