DICTYOPTERIS. | | — 
DICTYOPTERIS BARBERI. (Hook) Stipe tufted, 6-12 inches long, slightly scaly at the base ; fronds palmately — 
5-lobed or more usually pinnate with a large terminal segment and 1-4 pairs of pinnæ, the upper ones oblong-lanceolate, 4-6 inches * 
long, 1 inch broad, nearly entire, the lowest pair with à deep lanceolate lobe at the base ou the lower side, texture subcoriaceous, | : 
both sides naked ; areole rather large and regular, with copious free veinlets ; sori copious, principally in two rows near the main E U 
veins. Hook. Sp. v. p. 100 ;—Syn. Fil. 317. . a | P 
The specimen figured is from Malacca. 
Hab. Malacca and Malay Isles. 
PLATE No. CCOXXII. 
