margin often slightly crisped. Sori 2-12 to a pinnula, small; 
indusium more or less exserted, the mouth slightly dilated. — 
V. Alder. v. Rosenb., Malayan Ferns 103. 
Hab.: Bellenden-Ker, K. Domin. A widely distributed species, 
found in Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Comores, Seychelles, and 
Tropical Asia. 
HYMENOPHYLLUM, Sm. 
H. Shirleyanum, Domin, Prodr. p. 22. From the dis- 
tinctions of this species given by the author, the present plant 
can only be considered as a form of H. javanicum, Spreng. 
H. gracilescens, Domin, Prodr. p. 23. Rhizome filiform, 
creeping. Frond on a slender stipes of about } in., oblong- 
elliptical, about 13-2 in. long or rarely more and about | in. 
or more broad, pinnate; rhachis slender, glabrous; pinn® 
loose, distant ; the lowest 2-3 furcate, short ; the middie ones 
the longest, pinnate-furcate ; the upper ones bifurcate ; the 
uppermost simple; segments narrow linear, serratulate- 
dentate. Sori terminal, indusium divided to the base, valves 
smooth about 4 line long, ovate, denticulate in the upper 
portion. 
Hab. : Bellenden-Ker, K. Demin. 
H. ciliatum, Swartz; Domin, Prodr. p. 23. Stipes 1-2 in. 
long, ciliated and decurrently winged above; frond oblong- 
acuminate, tripinnatifid, 2-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad at the centre 5 
main rhachis broadly winged throughout and ciliated ; lower 
pinne oblong or rhomboidal, with a broad central undivided 
portion, and numerous erecto-patent simple or forked ciliated 
Jinear segments 2-3 lines long; sori 2-12 on a pinnae, placed 
at the end of the lateral segments on both sides ; in volucre 
immersed, suborbicular ;, valves divided about halfway down, 
and conspicuously ciliated —Hook-Bak., Syn. Fil. p. 63. 
Hab. : Southern Queensland (without specific locality), 0- Warburg- 
A widely spread tropical species. 
DAVALLIA, Sm. 
D. epiphylla, Blume (non Forster); Domin, Prodr. p- 7 
Rhizome thick, fibrillose ; stipes 4-6 in. long, erect, firm ; fron 
12-15 in. long, 6-9 in. broad, deltoid-lanceolate, tripinnatifid ) 
main rhachis hardly at all winged; pinnules of the lowest 
pinne lanceolate, 1} in. long, } in. broad ; segments narTow> 
