146 14. DEKNSTAEDTIA. 



* (14) D. sniiiatrana, «. A..i}. je. 



Fronds large, 3-piiinate; stipe and rachis stout, brownish, naked. Pinuai 

 erecto-patent, 85 c.5I. long or longer, + 15 c.M. broad at the base. Pinnulai 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, + 2 c.M. broad at the base, the apex pinnatifid 

 the rachis very narrowly wiiiged. Tertiary divisions oblong, bluntly rounded 

 + spreading, + 5 m.M. broad, the margin cut % — ^/s'Way down, the uppei 

 base truncate, slightly auricled, the lower cuneate and decurrent, the lobei 

 close, bluntish or rounded. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked; veins rathei 

 visible. Sori marginal, 1 at the top of each sinus ; indusium distinctly cupuli 

 form. — This plant was determined by Baker as a variety of jDamWa Spe/uncae 

 Bk., (Journ. of Bot., XVIII, 210). 



Sumatra (Beccari, No. 436). 



# (15) D. scandenis, Moore, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl 

 Pam., I*, 218; Dicksmiia scandens, BL, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 122; Dick. Zippeliana 

 Kze, Bot. Zeit., d845, 838. 



Rhizome creeping. Fronds to 8 M. long, distant, at least o-pinnate 

 scandent or twining; main rachis aculeate. Pinnae opposite, distant, to 1 M 

 long or longer, scandent, the rachis aculeate. Pinnulae + sessile, lanceolate 

 or oblong, acuminate or bluntish, cut down to the rachis into deltoid-ohlons 

 or unequally ovate leaflets + 2 c.M. long, blunt, the base narrowed, + de 

 current, the edge more or less deeply pinnatifid into several roundish, blunt 

 entire or crenate lobes. Texture subcoriaceous or membranaceous, rathei 

 flaccid; surfaces naked, or slightly hairy on the veins. Sori small, roundish 

 near the sinuses; indusium cupuliform. 



Malaya; Samoa. 



(16) O. moluccana, Moore, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 

 I*, 218; Dicksonia moluccana, BL, Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 53. 



Near D. scandens, Moore, but firmer. Ultimate leaflets less deeply lobed 

 the lobes deltoid-oblong. Texture coriaceous. Indusium subglobose. 

 Malaya; Formosa, Fiji. 



(17) D. gom|»ho|>hylla, C. Chr., Ind. Fil; Dicksonia gomplwpkylla 

 Bk., Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XXII, 223. 



Fronds large, naked, deltoid, decompound; rachises unarmed. Lowes 

 pinnae largest, 45—60 c.M. long, ± 30 c.M. broad, deltoid, inequilateral 

 Pinnulae oblong-lanceolate. Tertiary divisions multijugate, oblong, quater 



