828 APPENDIX. 



* (1) Ei. PatePSOni, Spr., var. elongata; L. elotigala, Bl. — Insert: 

 Bedd., Ferns S.I., tab. XXVIII— XXVIU, A. 



(4) L. areolaris, Harr. — Omit this, it being referred to Stenochlaena 

 further on. 



53. jytl^I^LAJZlTJM., Stear*s. 



$ 1. EUDIPLAZIUM. 



* (26) O. zeylanicniu, Maot^. — Insert: Bedd. Ferns S.I., tab. 

 CCXXVIII. 



* (7) D. silvatieum, Sw. — A form found in Java (Depok, v. A. 

 V. R.) has the sori on the pinnae small and irregular. 



(30) D. Prescottianum, Moore. — Insert: Bedd., Ferns Br.I., 

 II, tab. CCXLIII; D. silvaticum, Sw., var. PrescolUanum, Bedd., Handb. Ind. 

 Ferns, 178. 



* (42a) D. iimbrosum, Bedd., Handb. Ind. Ferns, 188; Asplenium 

 umbrosum, J. Sm., Rac, Flor. Btz. I, 228; Athyrium umbrosum, Pr., Christ, 

 Farnkr. d. Erde, 225 ; C. Chr., Ind. Fil. ; A. amtrak, Bedd , Ferns S.I., tab. 

 CLVIII; Polypodium umbrosum, Ait., (oldest name). 



Caudex erect, to 23 c.M. high, densely covered with the bases of fallen 

 stipes, roots and brovFu, lanceolate scales. Stipes 30 — 80 c.M. long, firm, 

 scaly at the base. Fronds often 90—160 c.M. long, 60—120 c.M. broad, 

 ovate-lanceolate to deltoid. Pinnae ovate- to deltoid-lanceolate, 7 — 20 c.M. 

 broad. Pinnulae close, pinnatifid at the apex, cut down nearly or quite to 

 the costa into unequal-sided, elongate-oblong segments 5 — 15 m.M. long, 

 2 — 5 m.M. broad. Segments sessile, the apex rounded, the edge toothed to 

 deeply inciso-ccenate, the base naiTowed or broad and decurrent. Texture 



3-6/ 



herbaceous ; surfaces^ naked ; central ribs of the segments pinnate ; veins sim- 

 ple or forked. Sori copious, oblong, the lower often double; indusium inflat- 

 ed, entire. — Variable. 



Trop. Asia 4" Australia, New Zealand, Africa. 



