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Pinnae ± 1 — 2'/2 c.M. broad, linear, the base + truncate, the edges cut ± 

 Vi — Vs'Way down to the costa, the apex acuminate. Lobes numerous, sub- 

 triangular, + acute, slightly recurved at the edge. Lower piunae more or 

 less gradually reduced into mere auricles. Texture firm ; rachis naked or 

 pubescent ; surfaces pubescent or pilose on the costae and veins ; veins + 

 8 — 11 on each side of the main veins, resinous beneath, the secretions minute, 

 oblong, brown or semetimes yellow, pellucid, the 3 — 6 lower veins anasto- 

 mosing. Sori small, + medial on the veins; indusium slightly hairy, + 

 fugacious; sporangia naked. 

 Malaya; North. India. 



* (74) D. cucullata, Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 194; D. miita, 



0. Ktze, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; ISephrodiuin cucullatum, Bk,, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 

 184; N. imiium, Bonj, Bel., Voy. Bot., II, 61; Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. 

 LXXXVIII; Aspidium cucullalum, BL. Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 247; A.umium, 

 Sieb., Mett., Farng., IV, Phegop. k Aspid., No. 257. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes distant, 10 — 55 c M. long, strong, erect, brown- 

 ish, more or less villose like the rachis, scaly at the base. Fronds ovate- 

 lanceolate, 35 — 80 c.M. long, 18—30 c.M. broad. Pinnae rather close, ± 

 1 — 2 c.M. broad, linear, erecto-patent, the base ± truncate, the edges cut 

 + Vs'Way down to the costa, the apex acuminate. Lobes triangular or 

 oblong, bluntish or caute, subfalcate, the margin slightly recurved. Lower 

 pinnae dwindling down suddenly into mere auricles. Texture coriaceous; 

 costae hairy; under surface hairy on the veins^ glandular between or on 

 the veins, the glands minute, globose, brown or more commonly yellow or 

 pale-yellow, impellucid ; veins 7 — 10 on each side of the main veins, the 

 5 — 5 lower ones anastomosing. Sori subterminal on the veins ; indusium naked. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Ceylon, South. India, Mascarenes, Seychelles. 



* (75) n. appendiculata, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium ap- 

 pendiculalam, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 186: Gyinnogramme appendiculata, BL, Flor. 

 Jav., II, tab. XXXIX. 



Rhizome creeping, clothed at the extremity with narrow, lanceolate 

 ciliated scales. Stipes 13—18 c.M. long, densely villose. Fronds oblong-Ian 

 ceolate, 20—40 c.M. long, 10 — 16 c.M. broad. Pinnae linear-lanceolate, sessile 

 to 15 m.i\I. broad, commonly cut ± Vs^way down into entire, oblong, sub 

 falcate, bluntish or acute lobes to ± 5 m.M. long and 3^2 m.M. broad 

 The lower, not-reduced pinnae deflexed, the reduced ones + 2 c M. apart 



