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* (44) Ph. salicifolia, mett., Fil. Lechl., II, 22; Meniscium sali- 

 cifolium, Wall., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 391; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CCVII; 

 Hk., Icon. PL, X, tab. XM; Dryopteris salicifolia, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephro- 

 dium salicifotiuni, Diels, in Engl, k Prantl., Nat. Pfl.Fam., P, 178. 



Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, stramineous or brownish, glossy. Fronds 

 30 --45 c.M. long, to 30 c.M. broad. Pinnae numerous, 2 — 4 c.M. apart; 

 10 — 20 c.M. long, '/z — 2 c.M. broad, narrowed very gradually from the middle 

 to both ends, the edge nearly entire, the lowest the largest. Texture sub- 

 coriaceous; rachis and both surfaces naked; main veins oblique; areolae 5 — 5 

 between the midrib and edge; excurrent veinlels mostly free. Sori oblong, 

 formed of 2 confluent, rounded ones. 



Sumatra, Malacca. 



* (45) Ph. euiiiihlata, Mett., Farng., IV, Phegop. & Aspid., 25; 

 Meniscium cuspidalum, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 65 ; Bl., Flor. Jav., II, tab. 

 XLV; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CCCIX; Nephrodium urophylhmi, Keys., Biels, 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, 178, p. p.: Dryopteris urophtjlla, C. Chr., 

 var., C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; D. cuspidata, Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 205. 



Rhizome creeping, the scales lanceolate. Stipes 20 — 60 c.M. long, stout, 

 scaly at the very base, blackish in the lower part, yellowish above. Fronds 

 30 — 120 c.M. long, 15 — 50 c.M. broad, simply pinnate. Pinnae often short- 

 stalked, 2 — 7'/j c.M. broad, ihe point acuminate, the edge entire or 

 toothed, the base cuneate or rounded. TexLure subcoriaceous ; rachis and 

 both surfaces naked or nearly so, but the upper surface sometimes covered 

 with white, cretaceous dots; areolae 6 — 20 between the midrib and edge. 

 Sori round or oblong, in 2 rows between the main veins, the pairs mostly 

 contiguous, at least the lower or higher pairs confluent, the others not rarely 

 free; sporangia setose. — This species is very near Dryopteris urophylla, C. 

 CAr., but must be specifically distinct, even if the genera were united (Copel.). 



Malaya; North. India. 



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Sori round or suboblong, very rarely more than 2 X ^s long as broad. 

 Indusium wanting. 



Rhizome creeping or erect. Stipes not articulate to the rhizome. Fronds 

 various, commonly with the habit and appearance of Aspidium; veins anasto- 



