22. DRYOPTERIS. § 1. LASTRAEA. 19S 



nearly as broad. Lower pinnae 10—15 c.M. long, more than 5 c.M. broad, 

 lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, erecto-patent. Pinnulae rather distant, spreading, 

 connected at the base, oblong, obtuse, + 5 c.M. long, with oblong, obtuse, 

 entire lobes. Texture thinly herbaceous; colour deep-green; under surface 

 fibrillose on the main veins, the rest naked; veins 1 to each lobe. Sori close 

 to the costae, 1 — 2 to a lobe; indusium thin, glabrous, persistent. 

 Java. 



* (40) D. Haccida, O.Stme, C. Chr., Ind. Pil. ; Aspidium flaccidmn, 

 BL, Rac, Plor. Btz., I, 176; Nephrodium /i^acarfum, ///c., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 274. 



Rhizome erect, densely clothed with lineai'-lanceolate scales. Stipes 

 tufted, 15 — 30 c.M. or more long, slender, stramineous, slightly scaly 

 below, naked or villose above. Fronds linear-lanceolate, slightly narrowed 

 towards the base, + 50—45 c.M. long, 15 — 20 c.M. broad. Pinnae sessile, 

 linear-lanceolate, 2'/2 — 4 c.M. broad, cut down nearly to the rachis with a 

 narrow, distinct, straight wing into linear-oblong lobes + 5 m.M. broad. 

 Lobes lobed again + ^j^-waj down or more to the costa. Ultimate segments 

 entire, blunlish or acute, the edge + hairy. Lowest pinnae distant and often 

 deflexed. Texture herbaceous; rachis and both surfaces villose, the under 

 surface commonly copiously; veins forked, or subpinnate in the lower lobes. 

 Sori about midway between the edge and the midribs. 



Malacca, Java, Philippines; South. China, North. India, Ceylon. 



(41a) M. splendens, O.tUme, C. Chr., Ind. Pil.; Aspidium splendens, 

 Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 259; Lastraea splendens, Bedd., Ferns Br.I., I, tab. 

 XLII; Nephrodium splendens, Hk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 282, 



Very large. Rhizome creeping {?). Stipes 60 — 100 c.M. long, stout, 

 slightly scaly, polished, dark-brown or nearly black like the rachises. Fronds 

 90 — 120 c.M. long, 45 — 60 c.M. broad. Lowest pinnae stalked, to + 30 c.M. 

 long, ± 5—6 c.M. broad, numerous, elongate-lanceolate. Pinnulae numerous, 

 unequal-sided, oblong, blunt, the lowest short-stalked, the base dilated and 

 slightly auricled, Che edge lobed, the lobes blunt, often toothed. Texture sub- 

 coriaceous; rachis naked like both surfaces; veins forked. Sori large, near 

 the midribs; indusium coriaceous, brown. 



Malacca; North. India, South. China. 



(416) D. phcgopteroidea, C. Chf., Ind. Pil.; Hypodematium 

 phegopteroideum, Kuhn, Porschr. Gaz., IV, Parne, 8.. 



