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226*. A. (Dipl.) grammitoidea, Hk, ; rhizome wide-creeping ; scaUs copions, 

 lanceolate, brown, membranous ; St. grey-stramineous, 3-4 in h, scaly throngbout ; 

 fr. lanceolate, 6-9 in. I., bipinnatifid ; rachis stramineous, copiously scaly, winged 

 in upper half ; lower ^'nnffi distant, free, subpetiolate, lanceolate, |-1 in. 1., J in. br., 

 much reduced on lower side, cut down to a broad wing into close oblong subentire 

 lobes, lowest anterior largest ; texture moderately firm ; ribs below rather scaly ; 

 veins pinnate in lower lobes ; sori oblong, most in a row obUq^ue close to midrib 

 of pinnsB.— Si. Sp. 3. p. 228. ex parte. Hk. Ic. t. 913. 



Hab. Philippine and Malay Isles. — D. Solanderi, Carrutk. Fl. Vit, p. 356, from the 

 Sandwich Isles, diifers by its nearly naked stem and rachis. 



231*. A. (Dipl.) Schkuhri, Thwaites ; caud. erect ; scales dense, small, lan- 

 ceolate, dark-brown; St. f-lj ft., grey-green, naked; fr. deltoid, l|-2 ft. 1., tri- 

 pinnatifid ; lower pinna distant, oblong-lanceolate, 6-8 in. 1., 1^2 in. br., their 

 rachis winged to base ; pinnl. ligulate-oblong, f in. br., sessile, cut into shallow 

 close oblong blunt lobes ; texture moderately firm ; suifaces bright-green, naked ; 

 veitis pinnate only in lowest tertiary seem. ; sori J in., medial in a single row in 

 the pinnules. — Diplazium Schkuhri, Bedd. F. 8. 1, t. 230. D. microphyilum, 

 Desv.? 



Hab. Ceylon, C. P., 3100. — General habit and cutting just that of some of the forms 

 of American crenulatum. 



235*. A. (Dipl.) Mildei, Kuhn ; st. 4-6 in., tufted, dull-brown, naked ; fr. 

 oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 in. 1., bipinnate ; pinn<B close, stalked, lanceolate, ascend- 

 ing, under 1 in. br., produced on upper, cuneate-truncate on lower side at base, 

 several lower subequal ; lower pinnl. ascending-rhomboid, distinctly stalked, 

 I5-2 lin. br., auricled on upper, subdimidiate on lower side ; texture moderately 

 firm ; surfaces naked, dark-green ; venules distinct, erecto-patent ; sori f-J in., 

 produced from midrib nearly to edge. — Kuhn, lAnn. 36. p. 95. 



Hab. Andes of Ecnador, Jamescn, 727 ; ^pnux, 5335. — Perhaps a variety of 

 Franctmis. 



244. A. (Dipl.) seeheHarum, Baker ; arborescent ; sf. and rachises brown-stra- 

 mineous, glabrous, muricated ; basal scaies firm, lanceolate, brown, i in. ; fr. 

 5-6 ft. L, subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnce oblong-lanceolate, 1^2 ft. 1. ; pinnl. 

 lignlate-lanceolate, sessile or short-stalked, 2-3^ in. 1., f-l in. br., cut down to a 

 narrow wing into close ligulate toothed segm. 1-1^ lin. br. ; texture subcoriaceous; 

 surfaces bright-green, naked ; veins 8-12-jugate, simple, with sori rnnning nearly 

 from midrib to edge. 



Hab. Seychelles, freqnent in damp, shady woods, Bouton, Borne, 165 ; Madagascar, 

 £oimn. — Trunk 6 feet high. 



251*. A. (Difl.)membranaeeum,Meit. ; arborescent; racAises dull-brown, naked, 

 not muricated ; fr. 4-5 ft. 1., subdeltoid, tripinnatifid ; pinnae oblong-lanceolate, 

 1 ft. or more 1., 5-6 in. br. ; pinnl. sessile, ligulate-lanceolate, |- j in. br., cut down 

 to a broad wing into close denticulate blunt lobes 2-2^ lin. br., base on lower side 

 slightly oblique ; texture chartaceous ; surfaces green, naked ; reins distinct, dis- 

 tant, 5-6-jngate, simple ; sori slender, reaching nearly from midrib to edge.— 

 Kuhn, Linn. SS.p. 103. 



Hab. Pitoaim's Island, Matthems, Cuming; Coral Island, Beechey j and a closely-allied 

 plant with pinnules more coneate-trnncate on lower side at base, the lower stalked, 

 from Samoa, gathered by Eev. T. PoweU and J. G. Veitch. — ^Differs from Mascaren 

 wborescens by broader segments and fewer veins. 



251*. A. (Dipl.) Gaudichaudii, Mett. ; arborescent ; St. nodulose, purplish- 

 black at base ; basal scales J-| in., lanceolate, blackish ; fr. ample, subdeltoid, 



