DATAT.T.TA. 469 



36*- D. Iqptocarpa, Mett. ; rhizome wide-creeping ; scales large, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, adpressed ; St. 3-5 in. 1. ; fr. deltoid, 5-6 in. L, tripinnatifid ; main rachis 

 winged throughout ; pinnas ^ort-stalked, ovate-lanceolate ; pinnl. snbsessile, 

 rhomboid-ohlong, with segm. of sterile £r. cuneate-oblong, toothed, of fertile 

 deeply pinnatlfid, with linear-spathnlate lobes bearing the sorus on the dilated 

 base ; texture tb^y coriaceous ; surfaces naked ; int. narrow-oblong, with a 

 horn beyond. — Kihn, Linn. 36, p. 144. 



Hab. Aneitemn, MacgUlivray, 56. 



40*. D. dissecta, J. Sm. ; rhizome stout, wide-scandentj clothed with dense 

 linear-snbnlate ferruginous scales •,st.\ft. 1., straimneous,'iiaked ; fr. \-l\ ft. )., 

 deltoid, 4^pinnati£d ; pinnos stalked, lanceolate, the lowest deltoid, 5-6 in. 1., 

 produced on the lower side ; pinnl. close, deltoid, sabsessUe, cuneate-truncate on 

 lower side at base ; segm. oblong cuneate at the base, deeply pinnatlfid, with 

 erecto-patent ligulate simple or bifid lobes ; texture snbcoriaceons ; surfaces green, 

 naked ; venules fine, immersed ; sori minute, oblong, with 1-2 horns beyond. — 

 Moore, Gard. Chron. 1855, p. 469. cum ieone. 



Hab. Jara. — ^A smaller less coriaceous plant than elegans, with deeper final lobesL 



40*. D. pallida, Mett. ; rhizome as thick as a finger, wide-creeping ; scales lan- 

 ceolate, dark-brown ; st. 1-1^ ft. 1., naked, stramineous ; fr. 2-3 ft. 1., subdeltoid, 

 4:-pinnatifid ; pinnae deltoid, lowest largest, 6-8 in. br., produced on lower side ; 

 pinnl. and totiaty segm. deltoid, stalked, cuneate-tmncate on lower side at base ; 

 nit. foSes oborate-cuneate, blunt, I-I5 lin. br., bearing the sorus on the upper 

 side at the base ; texture firm-membranous ; surfaces naked, bright-green ; teinlets 

 erecto-patent, immersed ; inn. marginal, ftinnel-shaped, i lin. br. and deep. — 

 Kuhn, Linn. 36. p. 142. D. Mooreana, Masters, Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 964. cum 

 icone. 



Hab. Aneiteum, MacffiUivna/, 93. — ^Habit of D. immersa, with a veiy di£ferent in- 

 volncre, and fronds not dying down in winter. The Javan D. KorthahU, Mett. 1. c, of 

 which the fmit is unknown, is like Uiis, bnt has rhomboid-oblong blnnt pinnules and 

 tertiary segments. 



44*. D. spedosa, Mett. ; rhizome wide-creeping, 2 lin. thick ; scales ferru- 

 ginous, dense, linear-subulate ; st. 3-5 in. 1., naked, brown-stramineous ; fr. 

 deltoid^ 4r-pinnatifid, 1-lJ ft. 1. ; rachis winged in upper half ; pinna lanceolate- 

 deltoid, long-stalked, lowest largest, 3-4 in. br. ; pinnl. and segm. deltoid, with 

 rachises winged to base, cuneate-truncate on lower side ; final lobes lanceolate- 

 falcate, under 1 lin. br., with sorus on upper side at base ; texture subcoriaceous; 

 surfaces naked ; inr. cnp-shaped, broader than deep, ^ lln. br., oblique close to 

 final sinnses. — Kuhn, Linn. 36./'. 145. 



Hab. Mouhnein, PanA, 32. 



47*. D. Lorraimi, Hance ; rhizome thick as a quiU ; scales linear-subulate 

 nearly black, densely grey-ciliated ; st. 3-4 in. 1., naked, brownish ; fr. \.\ ft.l . 

 deltoid, 4-pinnatifid ; pinnee stalked, deltoid, lowest largest, produced on lower 

 side, their rachises winged to base ; pinnl. and segm. snbsessile, crowded, deltoid, 

 much reduced on lower side ; final lobes ligulate, ^ lin. br., with sorus at base 

 of inner side ; texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked ; barren lobes l-veined • iwc. 

 subcylindrical, ^ lin. L — Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5. vol. 5. p. 25i. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sir W. Norris. 



49*. D. Madeayi, Baker ; rhizome woody, glaucous, as thick as a quill ; scales 

 anceolate, acuminate, dark ferruginous ; st. lJ-2 in. 1., grey, naked ; fr. deltoid 

 4-5 in. L, 4-5-pinnate ; lowest pinnoi laigest, deltoid, rather produced on the 



