[pOa^ t>HEGOPTERIS. § 8. MEMSCltJM. 811 



* (44) Ph. salicifolia, Heft., Fil. Lechl., 11,^^; Meniscium sali- 

 m, Wall., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 591; Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CCVII; 

 Icon. PI., X, tab. XM; Dryopleris salicifolia, C. Clir., Ind. Fil.; Nephro- 

 salicifolium, Diels, in Engl. & Prantl., Nat. Pfl.Fam., P, 178. 



Stipes 30 c.M. or more long, stramineous or brownish, glossy. Fronds 

 iB c.M. long, to 30 c.M. broad. Pinnae n^mo^ouo^ ^ 2—4 c.M. apart; 

 20 c.M. long, '/i — 2 c.M. broad, narrowed very gradually from the middle 

 )th ends, the edge nearly entire, the lowest the largcot . Texture sub- 

 ;eous; rachis and both surfaces naked; main veins oblique; areolae 3—5 

 jen the midrib and edge; excurrent veinlets mostly free. Sori oblong, 

 id of 2 confluent, rounded ones. 

 Sumatra, Malacca. /1^vkw«^» 



* (45) Ph. cuspidata, lirett., Farng., IV, Phegop. & Aspid., 25; 

 cium cuspidatum, Bl., Rac, Flor. Btz., I, 65; Bl., Flor. Jav., II, tab. 



Bedd., Ferns Br.I., II, tab. CGCIX ; Nephrodium urophyllum. Keys., Diels, 

 igl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl.Fam., I*, 178, p. p.; Dryopleris urophylla, C.Chr., 

 C. Chr., Ind. Fil.; D. cuspidata, Christ, Philipp. Journ., II, 205. 

 Rhizome creeping, the scales lanceolate. Stipes 20 — 60 c.M. long, stout, 



at the very base, blackish in the lower part, yellowish above. Fronds 

 120 c.M. long, 15 — 50 c.M. broad, simply pinnate. Pinnae often short- 

 !d, 2 — 7'/i C.M. broad, the point acuminate, the edge entire or 

 ed, the base cuneate or rounded. Texture subcoriaceous ; rachis and 



surfaces naked or nearly so, but the upper surface sometimes covered 



white, cretaceous dots; areolae 6 — 20 between the midrib and edge. 

 'YO\ma i/sf oblong, in 2 rows between the main^^veins, th.o paicii moctly 

 we«s^ at joaet^tho lowor or higher pairs V comluent;Yt 6o'^othorc nbt raroly 



sporangfa setose. — This species is very near Dryopleris urophylla, C. 



but must be specifically distinct, even if the genera were united (Copel.). 

 Malaya; North. India. 



GOb. OICTYOE'TEIMS, J»fc*I. 



5ori round or suboblong, very rarely more than 2 X ^s long as broad, 

 ium wanting. 



Rhizome creeping or erect. Stipes not articulate to the rhizome. Fronds 

 js, commonly with the habit and appearance of Aspidium; veins anasto- 



