140 13. DIPLAZIOPSIS. 



Rhizome short. Stipes not articulate to the rhizome. Fronds simph 

 pinnate; veins anastomosing, forming 2 — 5 rows of + hexagonal areolae neai 

 the margin. Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., tab. IV, fig. 39; Diels, in Engl. & Prantl 

 Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig. 121, E. {Allantodia). 



Paleotropical. 



* O. ja'va.niea, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Allanlodia javanka, Trev. (noi 

 Bl.), Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 232; A. Brunoniana, Wall., Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab 

 CLIX; Bau. & Hk., Gen. Fil., tab. CXX; Asplenium javanicum, Bl. (oldesl 

 name). 



Rhizome erect, covered with lanceolate scales. Stipes 15 — 35 c.M. long 

 slightly scaly at the base. Fronds oblong-lanceolate, 50 — 100 c.M. long, 18 — 3E 

 c.M. broad, pinnate. Pinnae sessile or short-stalked, linear, the apes 

 acuminate, the base truncate, the longest ones 10 — IS c.M. long, 2 — 4 cM 

 broad, the margin entire or irregularly crenate. Texture membranaceo-her 

 baceous; surfaces naked; veins anastomosing, forming several rows of long and 

 short, nearly hexagonal areolae neai- the margin. Sori confined to the anterioi 

 veinlets of the primary forkings. 



North. India,! Australasia . Polynesia. 



c/- - 



X4. I>EIVIVST^^\JE13TIA^ Bennhardi, 



Sori submarginal, terminal on the veins, + globose; indusium inferior 

 united with the margin of the frond to form a distinctly cup-shaped, mem 

 branaceous involucre to the sorus, the lop open, sometimes slightly 2-lippec 

 or 2-valved. 



Rhizome creeping, hairy or fibrillose. Stipes not articulate to the 

 rhizome. ,o tho rhiaomo or the oaudox. Fronds rather large, at least 2-pin 

 nate, superficially resembling Dicksonia; veins free. Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., tab 

 II, fig. 13, c (as Palania); Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, fig 

 117, C— E. 



Pantropical. 



