﻿146 14. dennstaedtjA. 



« (14) D. siiiiiatraiia, v. A. v. R. 



Fronds large, 3-pinnate; stipe and rachis stout, brownish, naked. Pinnae 

 erecto-palent, 83 c.M. long or longer, + 15 c.M. broad at the base. Pinnulae 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, + 2 c.M. broad at the base, the apex pinnalifid, 

 the rachis very narrowly winged. Tertiary divisions oblong, bluntly rounded, 

 + spreading, + 5 m.M. broad, the margin cut '/s — ^/3-way down, the upper 

 base truncate, slightly auricled, the lower cuneate and decurrent, the lobes 

 close, bluntish or rounded. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; veins rather 

 visible. Sori marginal, 1 at the top of each sinus ; indusium distinctly cupuli- 

 form. — '■ This plant was determined by Baker as a xaLvielj oi Dnvallia Speluncae, 

 Bk., (Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 210). 



Sumatra (Beccari, No. 436). 



* (15) I>. iscaiideiiiS, Moore, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. 

 Fam., I*, 218; Dicksonia scandens, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 122; Dick. Zippeli ana, 

 Kze, Bot. Zeit., d845, 838. 



Rhizome creeping. Fronds to 8 M. long, distant, at least 3-pinnale, 

 scandent or twining; main rachis aculeate. Pinnae opposite, distant, to 1 M. 

 long or longer, scandent, the rachis aculeate. Pinnulae + sessile, lanceolate 

 or oblong, acuminate or bluntish, cut down to the rachis into deltoid-oblong 

 or unequally ovale leaflets ± 2 c.M. long, blunt, the base narrowed, + de- 

 current, the edge more or less deeply pinnatifid into several roundish, blunt, 

 entire or crenate lobes. Texture semicoriaceous or membranaceous, rather 

 flaccid; surfaces naked, or slightly hairy on the veins. Sori small, roundish, 

 near the siimses; indusium cupuliform. 



Malaya; Samoa. 



(16) D. inoliiccaiia, JWoorc, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Pam., 

 P, 218; Dicksonia moluccana, BL, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 53. 



Near I), scandens, Moore, but firmer. Ultimate leaflets less deeply lobed, 

 the lobes deltoid-oblong. Texture coriaceous. Indusium subglobose. 

 Malaya; Formosa, Fiji. 



(17) 11. goinpliophylla, C. Chr., Ind. Fil; Dicksonia gomphophylla, 

 Bk., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XXII, 223. 



Fronds large, naked, deltoid, decompound; rachises unarmed. Lowest 

 pinnae largest, 45 — 60 cJI. long, ± 30 c.M. broad, deltoid, inequilateral. 

 Pinnulae oblong-lanceolate. Tertiary divisions multijugate, oblong, quater- 



