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(B) D. Barberi, JBedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 298; Ferns Br.L, II, 

 taL. CCCXXIII; Phegopteris Barberi, Melt., Linn., \lsXS\,\^^; AsfAdiimiBarberi, 

 C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Copel., Polypod. Philipp., 34; Polypodium Barberi, Hk., Hk. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., 317; Tectaria Barberi, CopeL, Philipp. Journ., II, 414. 



Stipes tufted, 15 — 30 c.M. long, slightly scaly at the base. Fronds pal- 

 mately 5-lobed or simply pinnate with a large, simple or 3-fid terminal seg- 

 ment and 1 — 4 pairs of lateral pinnae, the upper ones oblong-lanceolate, 

 10 — 15 c.M. long, + 21 '/j c.M. broad, nearly entire, the lowest pair with a 

 large, lanceolate lobe at the base on the lower side. Texture subcoriaceous; 

 both surfaces naked; areolae rather large and regular, with copious free vein- 

 lets. Sori copious, principally in 2 rows near the main veins. 



Malaya. 



(6) IB. Beccariana, r. A. «?. JE.^ Polypodium Beccarianum, Ces., 

 Fel. Becc. Polin., 5 & 8; Aspidium Beccarianum, Diels, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Stipes paleaceous, strong, the unwinged lower part S'/^ — 5 c.M. long, 

 the higher part broadly winged, + 30 c.M. and more long. Fronds 60 — 90 

 c.M. long, + 60 c.M. broad, deeply pinnatifid. Lobes 7 — 8 c.M. broad, linear 

 oblong, acuminate, subrepand, the terminal one ovate-lanceolate, 3-fid at the 

 base, with narrowed lobes. Texture membranaceous; lateral veins of the lobes 

 numerous, distinct to the edge ; transversal veinlets arcuate ; areolae hexagonal ; 

 free veinlets rather numerous. Sori small, in 1 row on each side of the 

 costulae. 



New Guinea. 



(7) D. iSaxicola, ». a. ». «„• D. petrophya, Moore, Ind., 318; Phe- 

 gopteris petrophya, MetL, Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., I, 225; Polypodium petrophyum, 

 BL, Flor. Jav., II, 163, tab. LXXI; Aspidium saxicola, BL, Enum., 160; C. 

 Chr., Ind. Fil. 



Stipes ± 30 c.M. long, fusco-purpureous, paleaceo-furfuraceous like the 

 rachis, sulcate above, minutely tomentose in the groove. Fronds 30 — 75 

 c.M. long, to i 30 c.M. or more broad, ovate, 2-pinnatifid. Terminal 

 pinna ovate, deeply lobed; lobes erecto-patent, falcate, blunt, the lowest 

 again lobed. Pinnae 5 — 12 on each side, sessile, + 4 c.M. broad, ± falcate, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or acute, cut Yj — ^/3-way down into oblong, erecto- 

 patent, entire, blunt lobes; lowest pinnae 6 — 12 c.M. broad, with the lobes on 

 the lower side (except the basal ones) produced, the base sessile, sub truncate 

 or broadly cuneate; higher pinnae slightly decurrent. Texture membranaceous; 



