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a. 



'1) D. rhombifolia. 

 (2) D. resinifera. 



f3) D. 



erythrorachis. 

 (4) D. ampla. 



Fronds neither scandent nor (wining. 

 b. Fronds 2-pinnate or 3-pinnati/id. 



§. Pinnalae rhomboidal, entire or lobed. 

 §.§. Pinnulae lanceolate, pinnalifid. 

 b.h. Fronds S-pinnate. 



if.. Rachis naked; surfaces glaucous. 

 >(c.^. Rachis pubescent; surfaces nalted. 

 .Sor..:^:. Rachis and under surface tomentoso-glanduhir. (5) D. Smilhii. 

 b.h.h. Fronds at least 4-pinnatifid. 

 c. Rachis more or less hairy. 



d. Rhizome creeping. Fronds 4-pimiatifid. 

 e. Ultimate lobes eiitir<'. 

 e.e. Ultimate lobes crenato-pinnatifid. 

 d.d. Caudex arborescent. Fronds 4-pinnafiftd. 



(6) D. scabra. 

 (7) D. samoensis. 

 Lobes toothed. 

 (8) D. javanica. 



e.c. Rachis naked. 



1. Fronds to 90 c.M. broad. 

 2. Texture herbaceous. 



3. Rachis orange-coloured, slightly scabrous. 



(9) D. remota. 

 3.3. Rachis stramineous, smooth. 

 2.2. Texture coriaceous. 

 1.1. Fronds more than 90 c.M. broad. 

 %. Texture herbaceous. 

 $.§. Texture coriaceous. 



%. Stipes ebeneous, muricate. 

 %.i(i. Stipes brownish, smooth. 

 a.a. Fronds scandent or twining. 



•^. Rachis aculeate. Texture rather papyraceous. 

 •{•.-J*. Rachis aculeate. Texture coriaceous. 

 -^.-J-.-J-. Rachis smooth. 



(10) D. cuneata. 

 (11) D. Kingii. 



(12) D. flaccida. 



(13) D. glabrata. 

 (14) D. sumatrana. 



(15) D. scandens. 



(16) D. moluccana. 



(17) D. gomphophylla. 



(1) W. rliombifolia, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Dicksonia rhombifolia, Bk., 

 Journ. of Bot., XXVIII, 105. 



Stipe and rachis slender, naked, caslaneous. Fronds oblong-lanceolale, 

 2-pinnate, to 30 c.M. long. Pinnae sessile, lanceolate, cut down to the rachis 



