22. DRYOPTERIS. § 2. NEPHRODIUM. 217 



ones, nearly all anastomosing. Sori medial on the veins; indusium fugacious 

 or undeveloped. 



Var. Pinwillei: Pinnae very broad in the middle, considerably 

 attenuated at both emls, often long-caudate at the apex. 



Malaya; North. India, South. China, Trop. Australia, Polynesia; — var. 

 Pinwillei: Malacca. 



* (84) D. moulmeinensis, C. Chf., Ind. Pil; Nephrodium 

 moulmeinense, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 275; Pohjpndium multilineatum, Wall., 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 316; Aspidium multilinealum, Christ, Parnkr. d. Erde, 

 249; A. moulmeinense, Christ, Ann. Btz., XIX, 39; Goniopleris lineata, Bedd., 

 Perns Br.I., I, tab. Ill; G. multilineata, Bedd., 1. c, II, tab. GCXXXI. 



Bhizome short-creeping. Stipes erect, 60—120 c.M. long, naked. Pronds 

 60 — 120 c.M. long, 40—60 c.M. broad. Pinnae broadly linear, usually more 

 than 6 on each side, 20 — 40 c.M. long, + 3— 4'/^ c.M. broad, the apex 

 acuminate to subcaudate, the edges subparallel, entire, crcnate or with sharp, 

 falcate teeth reaching about 2 — 3 m.M. deep, the base broadly cuneate or 

 subtruncate. Texture coriaceous or subcoriaceous : rachis and surfaces naked 

 or nearly so, ± verruculose; veins prominent, ±15^20 on each side of 

 the main veins, nearly all anastomosing. Sori medial on the veins; indusium 

 fugacious. 



} Malaya, Philippines ; Fiji, China, Br. India. 



(85) II. latipiiina, O.tUme, Bev. Gen. PI., II, 813; D. parasitica, 

 0. Ktse, var., C, Ghr., Ind. Pil.; Nephrodium latipinna. His., Ek. Bk., Syn. 

 Pil., 292; Aspidium latipiima, Ilance, Journ. of Linn. Soc, Bot., XIII, 141. 



Bhizome + erect. Stipes tufted, 10 — 15 c.M. long, slender, naked. Pronds 

 20 — 30 c.M. long, 7 — 13 c.M. broad, the upper '/^ or '/s lanceolate, pinnatifid 

 with broad, oblong lobes. Below this several pinnae on each side, the largest 

 5 — 7 c.M. long, 1 — 2 c.M. broad, cut to + '/4 of ^^^ ^^J down into broad, 

 oblong, subfalcate lobes. Lower pinnae much reduced and distant. Texture 

 papyraceo-herbaceous ; rachis and both surfaces naked; main veins pinnate in 

 the lobes with 3—5 distant veins on each side. Sori medial on the veins. — 

 Hardly different from D. parasitica, 0. Ktze. 



Java, Philippines; Hongkong. 



(86). D. abortiva, O.KIme, C. Ghr., Ind. Fil.; Nephrodinm aborti- 

 vum, J. Sm., Hk. Bk., Syn. Pil., 292 ;JV. pemigurum, Moore, Bedd., Handb. 



