260 53. DIPLAZIUM. § 1. EUDIPLAZIUM. 



bulbiferous below the apex; pinnae stalked, subfalcate, + 9 cm. long, + 

 '/4 cm. broad, acute, serrate. 

 Mindanao. 



{lib) 9. ta.B>£aeliiiisis, Copel.} Athyrium fabacinum, Gopel., in 

 Philipp. Journ., 111°, 299. 



Upper surface dark-green, lower yellowish-green. 



(116*) ». C^rashoffii, nst., in Fed., Rep., XIII, 215. 



Bhizome woody, the scales ferrugineous, narrowly lanceolate, firm 

 fusco-denticulate, simple, or forked with 2 recurved branches. Stipes 

 tufted, + 20 cm. long, brown, scaly at the base, clothed like the rachis 

 and costae with short, gland-like hairs. Fronds ovate, to 32 cm. or 

 more long by 25 cm. broad, pinnate. Pinnae + 2 on each side below 

 the terminal one, short-stalked, ovate or oblong, ±17 cm. long by 7 — 8 

 cm. broad, acuminate, entire or subrepand, rounded at the base ; lateral pinnae 

 subhorizontal, the lower not rarely a little larger than the higher. Texture 

 chartaceous, copiously pellucid-dotted; colour olive-green; surfaces naked; 

 veins placed in groups of 6. Sori mostly short and single, the lower 

 anterior, however, long and double; indusium pale, membranaceous. 



Sumatra. 



(12) D. confcrtiEiai, C. Chf.s Athyrium confertum,, Copel, in 

 Philipp. Journ., VIF, 62. 

 Also in Borneo. 



(12ff.) O. ISaiulcrlaiiuui, Mst., in Fed., Rep., X, 329. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales scattered, small, lanceolate, minu- 

 tely spinoso-denticulate. Stipes close, + 15 — 20, cm. long, clothed with 

 scattered, lacerate, spinoso-fimbriate, spinoso-stellate or serrato-lanceolate 

 scales, as is the rachis. Fronds to ± 20 cm. long, to 7 cm. broad, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, pinnate. Pinnae simple in the smaller fronds, pinnatifid 

 in the larger, to + 12 on a side, alternate,^ubapproximate, erecto-patent, 

 the lower short-stalked, the higher sessile; largest pinnae + 3'/^ cm. 

 long, hardly 1 cm. broad, straight or subfalcate, linear-lanceolate, subacute, 

 the edge cut more than ^j^-^&y down to the costa, the base truncate 

 shortly auricled oh the upper side; lower pinnae hardly shorter than the 

 following; terminal pinna lobed at the base, serrate towards the apex. 

 Lobes linear, rounded, toothed on the upper side. Texture chartaceous- 



