﻿APPENDIX. 55. DIPLAZIUM. 829 



* (43c) U. breviisoruiii, J. Sm., Journ. of Bot., Ill, 408, Asple- 

 nium hasilnre, Moore, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 229; A. woodwardioides, Bk., Hk. 

 Bk., Syn. Fil., 229; Aihyrium woodwardioides, Christ., Fil. Saras., Ill, 233;^. 

 silvaticum, Milde, Bot. Zeit., i866, 376; C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Allantodia sylvaticn, 

 BL, Enum., 173. 



Rhizome erect. Stipes firm, erect, naked, dark-brown, to + 70 c.M. or 

 more long. Fronds lanceolate-triangular, 60 — 100 c.M. long, 50 — 60 c.M. 

 broad. Lower pinnae largest, to 30 c.M long, 7^2 — 10 c.M. broad, pinnate. 

 Pinimlae subpetiolate, 1 — 2 c.M. broad, narrowed towards the apex, cut + 

 ^/^-way down or more to the costa into + close, linear-oblong, blunt, toothed, 

 subfalcate segments to + 1 c.M. long, to ± ^2 c.M. broad. Texture herba- 

 ceous; rachis and surfaces naked; main veins pinnate in the lobes; veins 

 simple or forked, + 4 — -5 on a side. Sori short-oblong, close to the costulae, 

 the lower ones often double, close to the costae, not reaching more than '/j- 

 way the edge; indusium ciliate or eroso-firmbriate. — Resembles in habit 

 D. polypodioides, Bl. The javan form has the dimensions not rarely 2 X as 

 large. 



Java, Celebes, Philippines. 



(45c) D. murlca-tuilt, v. A. r>. M.} Asplenium muricalum, Melt., 



Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., II, 259 ; Aihyrium umbrosum, Pr. var., C. Chr., Ind. 

 Fil. 



Stipes nodulous or aculeate. Fronds + 60 c.M. long, deltoid, + 5-pin- 

 natisect. Lowest pinnae distinctly stalked, + 20 c.M. long, oblong, acuminate. 

 Pinnulae to + 5 c.M. long, ^j^ c.M. broad, short-stalked, oblong, narrowed 

 towards the blunt apex, the base truncate, not rarely oblique. Lobes oblong, 

 obtuse; upper edge slightly toothed, lower subpinnatifid. Texture firm-mem- 

 branaceous; colour opaque-green; upper surface naked, lower sparingly scaly; 

 veins forked. Sori near the costulae; indusium curved, pale, membranaceous, 

 entire. — Near D. umbrosum, Bedd. 



Java. 



$ 2. ANISOGONIUM. 



* (55) O. proliferuan, TUouars; CalUpteris prolifera, Bory. — 

 Insert: Bedd., Ferns Br.I, I, tab. LXX. 

 Pinnae often proliferous in the axils. 



