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ones, nearly all anastomosing. Sori medial on the veins; indusium fugacious 

 or undeveloped. 



Vai*. Piii¥vlHei: Pinnae very broad in the middle, considerably 

 attenuated at both ends, often long-caudate at the apex. 



Malaya; North. India, South. China, Trop. Australia, Polynesia; — var. 

 Pinwillei: Malacca. 



* (84) O. inoulmeiuBnsis, C. Chr., Ind. Fil; Nephrodium 

 moulmeinense, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 275 ; Polypodium mullilineatum, Wall., 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 516; Aspidium multilinealum, Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 

 249; A. moulmeinense, Christ, Ann. Btz., XIX, 39; Goniopleris lineala, Bedd.. 

 Ferns Br.I., I, tab. Ill ; G. multilineata, Bedd., 1. c, II, tab. CCXXXI. 



Rhizome short-creeping. Stipes erect, 60 — 120 c.M. long, naked. Fronds 

 60 — 120 c.M. long, 40 — 60 c.M. broad. Pinnae broadly linear, usually more 

 than 6 on each side, 20 — 40 c.M. long, + 3 — 4'/.^ c.M. broad, the apex 

 acuminate to subcaudate, the edges subparallel, entire, crenate or with sharp, 

 falcate teeth reaching about 2 — 3 m.M. deep, the base broadly cuneate or 

 subtruncate. Texture coriaceous or subcoriaceous : rachis and surfaces naked 

 or nearly so, ± verruculose; veins prominent, + IS — 20 on each side of 

 the main veins, nearly all anastomosing. Sori medial on the veins; indusium 

 fugacious. 



Celebes, Philippines; Fiji, China, Br, India. 



(85) II. latipiiina, O.Htxe, Rev. Gen. PI., II, 813; D. parasitica, 



0. Ktze, var., C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Nephrodium latipinna, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. 

 Fil., 292; Aspidium latipmna, Ilance, Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XIII, 141. 



Rhizome + erect. Stipes tufted, 10 — 15 c.M. long, slender, naked. Fronds 

 20 — 30 C.3I. long, 7 — 13 c.M. broad, the upper '/^ or '/g lanceolate, pinnatifid 

 vi^ith broad, oblong lobes. Below this several pinnae on each side, the largest 

 5 — 7 c.M. long, 1 — 2 c.M. broad, cut to + ^4 of the way down into broad, 

 oblong, subfalcate lobes. Lower pinnae much reduced and distant. Texture 

 papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked; main veins pinnate in 

 the lobes with 3 — 5 distant veins on each side. Sori medial on the veins. — 

 Hardly different from D. parasitica, 0. Ktze. 



Java, Philippines; Hongkong. 



(86). D. abortiva, O.Utxe, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodinm aborti- 

 vum, J. Sm.., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 292; N. pennigurum, Moore, Bedd., Handb. 



