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Sori reaching both midrib and. 
Margin. 
3. D. latifolium. 
1. Diplazium sylvaticum 
Caudex somewhaterect. Stipe scaly. Frond 
1~3 feet long, 4-8 inches broad, ovate-lanceolate 
and simply pinnate ; pinnz about six inches long, 
one inch broad, tapering to a fine point from a 
broad base ; margin entire or broadly lobed or 
slightly waved orserrated. Rachisand surfaces 
naked. Texture thin, herbaceous. Veins pin- 
nated in the lobes. Sori in long slender lines, 
Cultivated. 
Distribution: Madras Presidency, throughout 
the western forests up to 4,500 feet ; Ceylon, 
Central Provinces; Malay Peninsula.—Mauri- 
tius; Fernando Po; Borneo. 
2. Diplazium asperum Metten and Blume 
Caudex often arborescent. Stipes and all 
the rachises prickly and scaly. Fronds large, 
two-pinnate ; pinnules cut down nearly to the 
rachis into obtuse, crenate or serrate segments. 
Texture rather leathery. Veins 8-12 toa 
segment, simple or forked. Sori reaching the 
