﻿53. DIPLAZIUM. § 2. ANISOGONIUM. 425 



(56) D. liiiiithianuiii, Biels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I^ 

 228 ; Asplenium Smilhianum, B/c, Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 245 ; Anisogonium Smith- 

 ianum, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 192; Callipleris Smilhiana, Bedd., Ferns 

 Br.I., II, tab. GCCXXXII. 



Rhizome oblique, decumbent. Stipes thick, ± 50 c.M. long, slightly 

 scaly below, furfuraceous throughout and rather densely muricate. Fronds 

 45 — 60 c.M. long, by nearly as broad, with 4 — 5 pinnated pinnae and 4 — ^5 

 that are only pinnatifid below the point on each side, the lowest 7—8 c.M. 

 apart, + 20 — 25 c.M. long, ± 10 c.M. broad. Pinnulae sessile, 5—8 c.M. 

 long, 1*/^ — 2 c.M. broad, the edge subentire, the point slightly toothed, acumi- 

 nate, the base rounded on both sides. Texture subcoriaceous ; both surfaces 

 and rachis naked, the latter muricate in the lower part; veins in groups of 

 2 — 3 on a side, the groups usually joining half-way across to the edge. 



New Guinea, Batjan, Celebes, Luzon; Ceylon. 



(57) D. ispiniilosuiu, «l., Enum., 193; Asplenium spinulosum. Melt., 

 Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., II, 237 (not Farng., VI, Aspl., 172); A. heleropieron. 

 Melt., Farng. VI, Aspl., 174. 



Stipes + 15 c.M. or more long, scaly and tomentose-chaffy, the scales 

 membranaceous, blackish-brown, lanceolate, acuminate, thinly ciliate, decidu- 

 ous. Fronds ovate, the base slightly narrowed. Pinnae stalked, + 20 — 25 

 c.M. long, ovate or lanceolate-oldong, the lower ones distant, pinnate, the higher 

 pinnatifid. Pinnulae approximate, the lower ones + 7 — 8 c.M. long, I'/i"^ 

 c.M. broad, subsessile, oblong-acuminate or slightly obtuse, the edge truncato- 

 crenate, the base truncate; higher pinnulae adnate to the rachis, sometimes 

 decurrent, the highest confluent. Lobes of Ihe highest pinnae oblong, ± 

 bluntish. Texture membranaceous, rigid, opaque; lowest veins anastomosing; 

 rachis deciduously scaly. Sori 2 — 3 on each side, the lowest acroscopical 

 double; indusium narrow, membranaceous. — (Stipe and rachis aculeate 

 after Blume, 1. c). 



Moluccas, New Guinea. 



♦ (58) I>. ejScnlentuiii, Sw., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 222; Asple- 

 nium esculentum, Pr., Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 251 ; Callipleris esculenia, J. Sm., 

 Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 71; Bedd., Ferns, S. I., tab. CLXIV; Anisogonium 

 esculentum, Pr., Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 192; Gymnogramme edulis, Ces., 

 Fel. di Bor., 28; Hemionitis esculenia, Retz, (oldest name). 



