CYATHEA. 

 CYATHEA. (See c< Ferns of Southern India," p. 19.) 



CYATHEA BRUNONIS. (Wall.) Stipes 1 to 2 feet long, fronds 2-3 feet, pinnated-pinnae 6-8 inches long alternate, between 

 membranous and coriaceous, oblongo-lanceolate acuminated with a long narrow point, obliquely truncated at the base and shortly 

 petiolate, sinuato crenate often serrated at the margin above. Sori copious from the middle of the forked veins or veinlets. Involucre 

 globose or slightly depressed, bursting very irregularly at the top so as to become cup-shaped with a lacerated and lobed margin. 

 Capsules stalked. Hook. Sp. Fil. i. lo, Wall Cat. n. 179 ;— C. Loingifolia etensiformis. Wall, in Herb. 1823 ;•— -Cyathea Moluccana, 

 E. Br. Desv. Prod. 322; — Cyathea pinnata, Roxb. Cal. Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. 517; — Schizocana Brunonis ;— Hook, Gen. Fil. L 2 ;-- 

 Schizocana G audichandii . Fee. Gen. Fil. 354. 



The specimen figured is from Pcnaiig. 



Hab. Penang, Malacca, Molucca Islands, Borneo. 



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