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* (1) Ij. Pater§>oni, Spt-., var. elongata; L. elongata, BL — Insert: 

 Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. XXVIII— XXVIII, A. 



(4) L. areolaris, Ilarr. — Omit this, it being referred to Stenochlaena 

 further on. 



S3. I>ir»LAJZIXJIM[, Swartz. 



$ 1. EUDIPLAZIUM. 



* (26) O. zeylanicum, Moore. — Insert: Bedd. Ferns S.I., tab. 

 CCXXVIII. 



* (7) 1>. isilvatieum, Sw. — A form found in Java (Depok, v. A. 

 V. R.) has the sori on the pinnae small and irregular. 



(30) D. Preiscottianum, Moore. — Insert: Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 

 II, tab. CCXLIII ; D. silvalicum, Sw., var. Prescoltianum, Bedd., Handb. Ind. 

 Ferns, 178. 



* (42a) O. umbroisuni, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 188; Asplenium 

 umbrosum, J. Sm., Rac, Flor. Btz. I, 228; Alhyrium umbrosum, Pr., Christ, 

 Farnkr. d. Erde, 225; C. Chr., Ind. Pil. ; A. australe, Bedd, Ferns S.I., tab. 

 GLVIII; Polypodium umbrosum. Ait., (oldest name). 



Caudex erect, to 25 c.M. high, densely covered with the bases of fallen 

 stipes, roots and brown, lanceolate scales. Stipes 30 — 80 c.M. long, firm, 

 scaly at the base. Fronds often 90—160 c.M. long, 60—120 c.M. broad, 

 ovate-lanceolate to deltoid. Pinnae ovate- to deltoid-lanceolate, 7 — 20 c.M. 

 broad. Pinnulae close, pinnatifid at the apex, cut down nearly or quite to 

 the costa into unequal-sided, elliptico-rhomboidal segments 5—15 m.M. long, 

 2 — 5 m.M. broad. Segments sessile, the apex rounded, the edge toothed to 

 deeply inciso-crenate, the base narrowed or broad and decurrent. Texture 

 herbaceous; surfaces naked; central ribs of the segments pinnate; veins sim- 

 ple or forked. Sori copious, oblong, the lower often double; iudusium inflat- 

 ed, entire. — Variable. 



Trop. Asia ^ Australia, New Zealand, Africa. 



