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DRYNABIA. 
DRYNARIA RIGIDULA. (Sw.) Rhizome stout creeping, the scales fibrillose dark glossy brown ; fronds dimorphous the 
‘barren ones sessile, 6-9 inches long 3-4 inches broad, cut down 4, 4 way to the rachis into blunt lobes, the fertile ones 2-4 feet long 
12-18 inches broad, long-stalked pinnate ; pinnæ 1 inch or more apart articulated on the rachis, oblongo-linear narrowed and stalked at 
the base 6-12 inches long 1-3 inch broad, the point acuminate, the edge more or less deeply inciso-crenate, texture subcoriaceous, rachis 
and both sides naked, main veins not distinct to the edge, veinlets forming copious areoles, free venules few ; sori immersed ina 
single row nearer the costa than the margin, with corresponding pustules on the upper side, Sw. ;— Hook. Sp. Fil. v. p. 98 ;—Syn. Fil. 
p. 368 ;—Polyp. diversifolium. ZR. Br. | 2 
The specimen figured is from Malacca. 
Hab. Malacca and Malay Islands, Tropical Australia, Tropical Pacific Islands, Norfolk Island. 
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