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` Diprazıum POLYPODIOIDES. (Mett,) This species differs from the plant figured at Plate CLXIII of the Ferns of x 
Southern India in the midrib of the segments, being given off at an acute angle instead of at nearly a right angle, and the segments of —— 
the pinnules being wider, it is named by Mr. Moore at p. 335 of his “ Index Filicum.” Diplazium polypodioides var. 6۰ major, but there — | 
is evidently some confusion in the species or varieties of this group as Mr. Moore gives D. asperum and arborescens and two varieties of 
polydioides as from Ceylon or Southern India, Plate No. CLXIII. above alluded to is I believe the D. asperum of Blume (and the name ٢ 
on the plate should be altered); it is however included by Sir W. Hooker under “ polypodioides,” it has numerous asperities on the main and — 
secondary rachis, which are wanting in this species, and has more veinlets in each segment. Authentic specimens of D. arborescens, which 
1 have received from the Mauritius do not differ from some Indian forms of the plant here figured, and I have certainly only two varieties 4 
or species (if they are distinct) trom Southern India. 
The specimen fond: is from the Hina (Col. Dyas.) 
Hab; Himalayas, Ceylon (C, P. 1852), Southern India. 
š PLATE No, COXCUI, 
