il DKYOPTERIS. § 1, LASTtlAEA'. 191 



(29) O. Beddoiuei, O. m^e, C. Ghr., Ind. Fil.; Aspidium Beddomei, 

 Prantl, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges, XXXI, 119; Nephrodium Beddomei, Bk., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Fil., 267; Lastraea^gr^cilescens, Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. CX. 



Rhizome slenderrwi^e-creeping. Stipes 15—25 c.M. long, slender, glossy. 

 Fronds 15—30 c.M. long, 7—10 c.M. broad, oblong-fanceolale. Central pinnae 

 the longest, 3 7,-5 c.M. long, + 1 c.M. broad, ± spi'^^ing, cut down to 

 the costa into close, rather acute, entire lobes under 'i% m.M. broad. Lower 

 pinnae distant, dwindling down gradually. Texture firm; main veins villous 

 beneath; veins 4 — 5 on a side. Sori close to the incurved margin. 



J^va^,JPkil^pines ; South. China, South. India, Ceylon. 



* (30) D. adnata, ». A. ». n.,- D. filix mas, Schott., var., G. Chr., 

 Ind. Fil; Aspidium paleaceim, Rac. (nol BL), Flor. Btz., I, 171; A. adnalum, 

 Bl., Enum., 162. I See Supplement 1. 



RhJTnmn fntinrnct Hpticaly /-l^tlinrl »tU>. Trey l^r.g y"|lpT1" hrOlYn, thin, 



lanceolate, entire scales. Stipes 25—35 c.M. long, the lower balfgcaiflike 

 the rhizome, the upper half like the rachis. Fronds linearJ^BceoIate, 35 — 100 

 c.M. long, 15—30 c.M. broad. Pinnae sessile^UpmffVI^—^^l^ c.M. broad, 

 the apex acuminate, toothed, the edgejatt-'flown nearly to the costa; lower 

 pinnae shorter, but not reduc^ij-'l^es linear-oblong, close, blunt, toothed 

 at the apex, 3'/, — -5^p*:MrDroad, the edge entire or slightly crenate. Tex- 

 ture coriaceoijs^'rachis scaly; veins forked, bearing the sori at the base of 

 the^jitefior branches, in 1 row on each side of the costulae. 



(31) D. sagenioides, O.Ktse, C. Chr,, Ind. Fil.; Aspidium sage- 

 nioides, Melt., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 265; Lastraea fuscipes, Moore, Bedd., 

 Handb. Ind. Ferns, 243; L. melanopus, Bedd., Ferns Br.L, I, tab. XXXVIII; 

 Nephrodium melanopus, Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, 110; N. sagenioides, Bk, Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Fil., 271. 



Rhizome short, erect. Stipes tufted, slender, 15 — 50 c.M. long, dark-- 

 coloured, polished, scaly at the base. Fronds 30 — 60 c.M. long, 15 — 30 c.M. 

 broad, oblong-lanceolate. Pinnae + 8 — 10 on each side below the pinnatifid 

 apex, ± 3 — 4 c.M. broad, the base subtruncate, the apex short-acuminate, 

 the edge cut down nearly to the midrib into linear-oblong, crenate or entire 

 lobes; the lowest ones deflexed, rather shorter than the others with some of 

 the lobes on the lower side sometimes prolonged. Texture papyraceo-herba- 

 ceous; surfaces naked; rachis polished; veins 6 — 10 on a side, forked, or 



