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jugate, spreading, the highest ones the shortest, the lower ones the large 

 short-stalked, broadly lanceolate, + 3 cJtt. apart, + 2 c.M. broad, cordate 

 truncate at the base, the upper base auriciilate to hastate, the apex acute 

 acuminate, the edge regularly but slightly crenate to serrate. Texture fir 

 chartaceous or subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked ; costae distinct ; veins 2 — 3-juga 

 inconspicuous. Sori + 25 on each side of the costa, ± 1 c.M. long, oi 

 double near the margin. 

 Borneo. 



D. liobbianum, Moore, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; Asplenii 

 Lobbianiim, Hk., Spec. Fil., Ill, 244 ; ^"^ Cent, of Ferns, tab. XVII. 

 ^ Rhizome suberect, clothed with black, subulate scales. Stipes approximi 



2 or subtufled, 15 — 30 c.M. long, scaly at the base. Fronds oblong-ovate, 20 — 



a 

 a 



+2 



02 



C.M. long, with a pinnatifid apex and to 20 or more pinnae on each si( 

 s Pinnae subhorizontal, linear-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, ?'/» — 15"c.M. lor 



5, 2-^4 c.M. broad, stalked, subfalcate, acuminate, the edge more or less serra 



M the base + truncate and subauriculate. Texture thinly coriaceous; surfac 



naked; veins 2 — 3X forked. Sori not reaching the margin or the midrib. 

 Java, Philippines, New Guinea. 



* (23) D. japonicum, Beda., Christ, Farnkr. d. Erde, 21 

 D. decussatum, Bedd., Perns Br.L, II, tab. CGXCII ; Asplenium japmicum, Th 

 Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 234. 



Rhizome slender, wide-creeping. Stipes 15—30 c.M. long, stramineo 



or brownish, slightly scaly towards the base. Fronds 20—55 c.M. loi 



g 10—15 c.M. broad, ovate-lanceolate to subdeltoid. Terminal pinna pinnatif 



1 narrowed gradually towards the point; lateral pinnae 8— 10 on each side, rati 

 g; distant, to Z'/j c.M. broad, short-acuminate, cut down in the lower part 



02 of the way to the costa, the base broadly cuneate or subtruncate. Lob 

 oblong, rounded or bluntish, slightly toothed, approximate. Texture herbaceoi 

 surfaces slightly hairy; rachis ± naked; veins 4—6 on each side in t 

 lower lobes. Sori short, not reaching the margin. 



Trap. Ada, China, Japan. 



(24) ». shepherdioides, C. Chf., Ind. FU.; Asplenium sh, 

 herdioides, Bk., Ann. of Bot., VIII, 126. 



Stipes 20—26 c.M. long, slender, green, naked. Fronds oblong-lanceola 

 30 c.M. and more long, 2-pinnatifid; surfaces naked; rachis slender, gre( 



