202 22. DRYOPTERIS. § 1. LASTRAEA. 



reddish- or blackish-brown; surfaces naked; secondary rachises slightly scaly 

 beneath: veins 4 — 6 on each side. Sori + medial, mostly 1 to each lobe. — 

 Resembling D. sparsa, 0. Kize, but larger and more divided. 

 Malaya. 



* (57) O. ci'enata, O.Ktsie, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Asindium crenaluin, 

 Kuhn, Christ, Farukr. d. Erde, 262 : Laslraea crenata, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 

 258; L. cviocarpa, Pr., Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab..XCV; [Nephrodiuin crenaluin. Bis., 

 Diels, in Engl. & Praatl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, 175; N. odoratum, Bk., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Fil., 280; Polypodium crenaluin, Forsk., (oldest name). 



Rhizome erect, stout, short ; the scales dense, bright-brown, lanceolate- 

 subulate, + 3 c.M. long. Stipes tufted, 20 -50 c.M. long, pale-coloured, glossy, 

 the base scaly like the rhizome Fronds 20 — 40 c.M. long, deltoid. Lowest 

 pinnae much the longest, + 10—25 c.M. long, 5 — 10 c.M. broad. Pinnulae 

 lanceolate, often imbricate. Tertiai7 divisions oblong, decurrent, pinnatifid, the 

 lobes rounded. Textm-e herbaceous ; colour pale-green ; rachis and surfaces densely 

 furnished with greyish hairs. Sori copious; indusium large, pale-grey, hairy. 



Malacca, Philippines; Cape Verde Islands to China. 



> » (5 8 ) P. phodolepi i S, — C. Ofci - ii Ind. Fil.; Aepidium iHtcimediu^, 



Christ (not BL), Farnkr. d. Erde, 263; Laslraea Blumei, Moore, Bed^.^'^rns 

 S.I., tab. CCIL; Nephrodiuin Blumei, Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, ISSTp.p.; N. 

 intermedium, Bk., Hk Bk., Syn. Fil., 283; N. rhodolepis, Gierke, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc, Bot., 2<» Series, I, tab. LXXU. ^y^ 



S Stipes 50— 60 c.M. long, stout, erect, detJ^y clothed at the base with 



S long, bright-brown, silky fibrils. Fron^^'6t5— 100 c.M. long, 30 — 50 c.M. broad, 



g; subdeltoid. Lower pinnae lanceojjtt^^ often 30 c.M. long, 10 — 15 c.M. broad. 



CO Pinnulae close, lanceolate, witftaistinct, oblong-lanceolate segments, with small, 



® ligulate, subentire lobjjs'^ about 2^2 m.M. broad. Texture herbaceous, firm ; 



rachises slightlv^.'flfirillose like the stipe ; under surface slightly haii-y or scaly 

 on the midnbs. Sori small, copious, medial or nearer the midribs than the 

 e(te^<^dusium thin, fugacious. 

 Tropi Aeia; China i, JapaHi 



* (59) I>. setigera, O.Xtsie, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Aspidium selvjerum, 

 Kuhn, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 178; Lastraat tenericaulis, Moore, Bedd., Handb. Ind. 

 Ferns, 266; Nephrodium tenericaule, Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, /tab. GCLXIX ; N. seli- 

 gerum, Bk., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 284; — var. pallida; .See the Appendix.!, 

 Brack., Ilk. Bk., 1. c. ; D. (f f itala, C. Chr., var., G. Chr., ] See Supplement 1. 



142 (not "tab. CCLXLX); 



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