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DIPLAZIUM. 
DrPLAZzIUM PnESCOTTIANUM. (Wall) Caudex? stipes a foot and more long tawny-brown, frond 13 foot and more 
long subdeltoideo-ovate, sub-coriaceo-membranaceous acuminate pinuate, pinnæ 5-6 inches long, 4 an inch or a little more wide from an 
obliquely cuneate and rather long petiolated base linear-lanceolate acuminate very patent, lower ones dentato-pinnatifid, intermediate ones 
with 3-4 of the superior basal lobes cut down to the costa (almost pinnules), superior ones with a solitary auricle at the base above, 
terminal ones short entire confluent into a lanceolate pinnatifid acumen, veins patent pinnate each fascile corresponding with a lobe 
dichotomous most of the branches bearing diplazioid sori of unequal lengths. Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 251. Wall. Cat, n. 235,—var. f. 
superior pinne only with a solitary prominent auricle—var, y, pinnules destitute of auricle or any deep lobes. 
The specimen (var. 8.) figured is from Singapore—(Wallich. ) 
Hab.—var, 8, Singapore, var, y. Penang. 
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