GOk DICTtOPTERlS. ^ 1. arctpteMS. SIS 



») D. Barberi, Bead., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 298; Ferns Br.I., II, 

 CGXXll; Phegopteris Barberi, Mett., Linn., XXXSl, 1^^; AspidiumBarberi, 

 r., Ind. Fil.; Copel, Polypod. Philipp., 34; Polypodium Barberi, Hk., Hk. 

 lyn. Fil., 317; Tectaria Barberi, Copel., Philipp. Journ., II, 414. 

 tipes tufted, IS— 30 CM. long, slightly scaly at the base. Fronds pal- 

 ' 5-lobed or simply pinnate with a large, simple or 3-fid terminal seg- 

 and 1 — 4 pairs of lateral pinnae, the upper ones oblong-lanceolate, 

 S C.M. long, + 2'/j C.M. broad, nearly entire, the lowest pair with a 

 lanceolate lobe at the base on the lower side. Texture subcoriaceous; 

 surfaces naked; areolae rather large and regular, with copious free vein- 

 Sori copious, principally in 2 rows near the main veins or scattered irregular] 

 talaya. 



S) II. Steccariana, «. A. «. K.i Polypodium Beccarianum, Ces., 

 lecc. Polin., 5 & 8; Aspidium Beccarianum, Diels, C. Chr., Ind. Fil. 

 tipes paleaceous, strong, the unwinged lower part 2'/j — S c.M. long, 

 gher part broadly winged, + 30 c.M. and more long. Fronds 60 — 90 

 ong, + 60 C.M. broad, deeply pinnatifid. Lobes 7 — 8 c.M. broad, linear 

 r, acuminate, subrepand, the terminal one ovate-lanceolate, 3-fid at the 

 with narrowed lobes. Texture membranaceous; lateral veins of the lobes 

 ■ous, distinct to the edge; transversal veinlets arcuate; areolae hexagonal; 

 reinlets rather numerous. Sori small, in 1 row on each side of the 

 ae. 

 few Guinea. 



7) D. saxicola, ». a. v. n,.} D. petrophya, Moore, Ind., 518; Phe- 

 Is petrophya, Mett., Ann. Mus. Bot. L. B., I, 225; Polypodium petrophyum, 

 i'lor. Jav., II, 163, tab. LXXI; Aspidium saxicola, Bl., Enum., 160; C. 

 Ind. Fil. 



tipes ± 30 C.M. long, fusco-purpureous, paleaceo-furfuraceous like the 

 , sulcate above, minutely tomentose in the groove. Fronds 30 — 75 

 long, to + 30 c.M; or more broad, ovate, 2-pinnatifid. Terminal 

 ovate, deeply lobed; lobes erecto-patent, falcate, blunt, the lowest 

 lobed. Pinnae 5 — 12 on each side, sessile, ± 4 c.M. broad, ± falcate, 

 f-lanceolate, acuminate or acute, cut '/a — ^/s -way down into oblong, erecto- 

 , entire, blunt lobes; lowest pinnae 6 — 12 c.M. broad, with the lobes on 

 wer side (except the basal ones) produced, the base sessile, subtruncate 

 )adly cuneate; higher pinnae slightly decurrent. Texture membranaceous; 



