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^.'^. Costae and coslulae paleaceo-asperous. 



(46) D. prionophyllum, 

 a.a.a.a.a. Fronds 3-pinnate to 4-pinnatifid. 



f. Tertiary divisions crenalo-pinnafi/id at the base. (47) D. ceramicum. 

 •{•.•i*. Tertiary divisions deeply pintialifid. (48) D. Hutloni. 



* (1) D. subiserratuiii, Moore, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 174; 

 Ferns Br.L, II, tab. CCLXXXIX; Asplenium subserratum, BL, Rac, Flor. Biz., 

 I, 220 ; Hk., Spec. Fil., Ill, tab. CLX[V, B. 



Rhizome short, erect, (after Bedd. creeping & elongated). Stipes firm, 

 erect, naked, 2^2 — 20 cM. long. Fronds 20—30 c.M. long, 1 — 4 c.M. broad, 

 narrowed gradually towards both ends or rounded at the base, the apex 

 acuminate, toothed or bluntly crenate. Texture herbaceous or firm-membra- 

 naceous; surfaces naked; costa slender, firm, prominent, scaly beneath; main 

 veins pinnate with few veins. Sori linear, occupying + ^l^ of the space 

 between the costa and the edge. 



Java, Malacca. 



(2a) I». llerrilli, Copel., Philipp." Journ., II, 128, tab. II, A. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes clustered, 2 — 5 c.M. long, densely clothed 

 with narrow, horizontal, black-brown scales. Fronds IS — 25 c.M. long, nar- 

 rowed towards both ends, acuminate, deeply pinnatifid, the sinuses narrow 

 or the lobes often imbricated. Lobes oblong, nearly horizontal, the central 

 ones the largest, + 1 c.M. broad, the apex rounded, the edge sometimes 

 denticulate. Texture herbaceous; costa densely scaly beneath, but slightly 

 so above; veins forked, minutely scaly beneath; upper surface black-greenish, 

 lower olive-coloured. Sori linear, not reaching the costulae. 



Mindoro. 



* (25) D. zeylanieum, Moore, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; 2). Ceylanicum, 

 Christ, Frankr. d Erde, 216, fig. 679; Asplenium zeylanicum, Hk., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Fil., 230 ; Hk., 2nd Cent, of Ferns, tab. XVI. 



Rhizome creeping, slightly covered with lanceolate, brownish scales. Stipes 

 erect, firm, scaly, '/a — ^ c.M. apart, to 10 — 20 c.M. long. Fronds 15 — 30 

 c.M. long, 2 '/a — 5' c.M. broad, lanceolate, the apex acuminate, the upper '/4 — 

 '/j slightly lobed, the lower ^/j — ^/^ more or less deeply lobed to pinnatifid, 

 the base cut down to the rachis into 1 — 4 sessile or subsessile pinnae, with 



