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Pinnae ± 1 — 2 '/a c.M. broad, linear, the base + truncate, the edges cut + 

 '/4 — Va'^^y down to the costa, the apex acuminate. Lobes numerous, sub- 

 triangular, ± acute, slightly recurved at the edge. Lower pinnae more or 

 less gradually reduced into mere auricles. Texture firm; rachis naked or 

 pubescent ; surfaces pubescent or pilose on the costae and veins ; veins + 

 8 — 11 on each side of the main veins, resinous beneath, the secretions minute, 

 oblong, brown or semetimes yellow, pellucid, the 3—6 lower veins anasto- 

 mosing. Sori small, + medial on the veins; iudus'ium slightly hairy, + 

 fugacious; sporangia naked, 

 Malaya; North. India. 



* (74) D. eucullata, Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 194 ? D. unita, 



0. Ktze, C. Chr., Ind. Pil.; Nephrodium cucullatum, Bk., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 

 184; N. tmilum, Bory, Bd., Voy. Bot., II, 61; Bedd., Perns S.I., tab. 

 LXXXVIII; Aspidium cucullatum, BL, Christ, Farnkr. d, Erde, 247; A.unilum, 

 Sieb., Mett., Farng., IV,- Phegop. & Aspid., No. 257. 



Rhizome creeping. Stipes distant, 10—35 c M. long, strong, erect, brown- 

 ish, more or less villose like the rachis, scaly at the base. Fronds ovate- 

 lanceolate, 35—80 c.M. long, 18—50 c.M. broad. Pinnae rather close, + 

 1—2 c.M. broad, linear, erecto-patent, the base + truncate, the edges cut 

 + Vj-way down to the costa, the apex acuminate. Lobes triangular or 

 oblong, bluntish or acute," subfalcate, the margin slightly recurved. Lower 

 pinnae dwindling down suddenly into mere auricles. Texture coriaceous; 

 costae hairy; under surface hairy on the veins, glandular between or on 

 the veins, the glands minute, globose, brown or more commonly yellow or 

 pale-yellow, impellucid; veins 7—10 on each -side of the main veins, the 

 3_g lower ones anastomosing. Sori sublerminal on the veins ; indusium naked. 



Malaya; Polynesia, Ceylon, South. India, Mascarenes, Seychelles. 



* (75) D. appeniliculata, C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodium ap- 

 pendiculatum, Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 186: Gymnogramme appendiculala, BL, Flor. 

 Jav., II, tab. XXXIX. 



Rhizome creeping, clothed at the extremity with narrow, lanceolate, 

 ciliated scales. Stipes 13 -18 c.M. long, densely villose. Fronds oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, 20—40 c.M. long, 10—16 c.M. broad. Pinnae linear-lanceolate, sessile, 

 to 15 m.M. broad, commonly cut ± Vs'^ay down into entire, oblong, sub- 

 falcate, bluntish or acute lobes to + 5 m.M. long and 3'/s m.M. broad. 

 The lower, not-reduced pinnae deflexed, the reduced ones ± 2 c M. nparl. 



