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each side of the main veins, the lowest pair anastomosing. Sori suhterminal 

 on the veins. 

 Malacca. 



(110) D. jSUiuatrana, ». A. ». n,.,' N. molle, R. Br., var. major, 

 Bedd., Handh. Ind. Ferns, Suppl., 76. 



Rhizome erect or somewhat creeping. Fronds large, often 120 — 150 c.M. 

 long, 20 — 50 c.M. hroad. Pinnae very numerous, cut down '/g — ^j^-^^J 

 towards the costa, the lower ones gradually reduced to hutterfly-like auricles 

 down the hase of the stipe. Texture herbaceous ; rachis and surfaces not 

 very hairy, often quite glahrous except the costae ahove; veins 7 — 8 pair, the 

 2 — 3 lower pair anastomosing. Sori medial, generally on all the veins except 

 the I — 2 highest ones. 



Sumatra, Malacca; Ceylon, Br. India. 



* (111) D. !S(i|»ellata, O.Stme, C. Chr., Ind. Fil; Nephrodium sii- 

 pellatum, Moore (not Hk.), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 188; Aspidium stipellatum, Bl., 

 Enum., 152. 



Rhizome short-creeping or erect. Stipes tufted, 30 — 100 c.M. long, hairy 

 above, naked below. Fronds linear-lanceolate, 60 — 100 c.M. long, 15 — 25 c.M. 

 broad. Pinnae sessile, linear-lanceolate, the apex acuminate, the base truncate 

 or broadly cuneate, 1 — 2 c.M. hroad, provided with a short, thick gland beneath, 

 the edge cut about ^3 — Vi'^^Y down into oblong, suhfalcate lobes; reduced 

 pinnae numerous, often occupying nearly the whole stipe. Texture her- 

 baceous to semicoriaceous ; rachis, midribs and apices of the veins villose 

 beneath; main veins pinnate in the lobes; veins 6 — 9 on a side, only 

 the lowest ones anastomosing. Sori in rows, medial or nearer the main 

 veins than the edge. 



Sumatra, Java, Celebes. 



* (112) D. truncata, O.Ktme, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium 

 truncatum, Pr., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 190; N. eusorum, Bedd., Ferns Br. I., I, tab. 

 CXXX; N. abruplum, J. Sm., Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, tab. CCXLI, B; Aspidium 

 truncatum, Gaud, (not Pr.), Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 248. 



Rhizome erect or suberect. Stipes tufted, stout, erect, 60 — 80 c.M. long, 

 greyish, naked, or slightly villose above. Fronds 60 — 120 c.M. long, 30 — 48 

 c.M. broad or broader, lanceolate-oblong. Pinnae sessile, 2 — 5 c.M. broad, 

 lineai'-lanceolate, the apex acuminate, the base more or less broadly cuneate 



