176 



ANTBOPHYUM. (See « Ferns of Southern India," p. 17.) 



ANTROPHYUM LATIFOLIUM. (Bl.) Stipites 3-6 inches long compressed 2 lines wide, fronds subcarnoso-coriaceous 

 3-7 inches long 3-5 inches wide ovato-subrhomboidal or obovate suddenly and sharply acuminated and sometimes subinciso- 

 lobate below the acumen, the base cuneate and rather suddenly attenuated into the stipes, costa none, venation manifest, areoles very 

 large oblongo-hexagonal subflabellately directed, most elongated in the disk, sori chiefly occupying the disk, very superficial elongated 

 simple or branched rarely reticulated. Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 172. Bl. En. Fil. Jav. p. 75, en note.;-*.. Boryanum -—Bl. Fil. Jav.p.U 

 t. 31. excl. Syns. ,•— Hemionitis Blumeana, — Br. Tent. Fter. p. 221. 



The specimen figured is from the Khasya Hills. 



Hab. Java, Khasya lower ranges, Mountains North of Assam. 



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