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brown colour. They are once fully pinnate, but their lower leaflets are cut 

 down into numerous sharply-toothed, oblong segments, each of which bears 

 two to eight spore masses obliquely placed between the midvein and the 

 margin. — Hooker^ Sj^ecies Filicum, i., p. 159, t. 5oa. Beddome, Ferns of 

 British India, t. 98. 



D. (Microlepia) moluccana — Mi-crol-ep'-i-a ; mol-uc-ca'-na (from the 

 Moluccas), Blume. 



This is a very robust, stove species, native of the Malayan, Philippine, and 

 Polynesian Islands. Its triangular fronds, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 1ft. to IJft. 

 broad, and borne on strong, erect stalks Ift. high, are four times pinnatitid 

 (cut nearly to the midrib) ; they are of a somewhat leathery texture, and the 

 ultimate segments of their pimiules (leafits) are cut into broadly-toothed, 

 oblong lobes, each of which bears from one to six small spore masses in the 

 teeth. — Hooker, Species Filicum, i., p. 180, t. 58a. 



D. Mooreana — Moor-e-a'-na (Moore's). The most popular name for 

 D. pallida. 



D. (EudaYallia) Moorei — Eu-dav-ar-li-a ; Moor'-e-i (Moore's), Hooker. 



A small-growing, stove species, discovered by Mr. Charles Moore, in I^ew 

 Caledonia. Its fronds are 4in. to 6in. long and Sin. to 4in. broad, their 

 lowest leaflets being cut down into bluntly-toothed, oblong lobes of a leathery 

 texture. The sori (spore masses), which are produced four to six to a lobe, 

 are placed in the teeth at a little distance from the edge, and covered by 

 half- cup -shaped involucres. — Hooker, Second Century of Ferns, t. 53. 



D. (Leucostegia) multidentata — Leu-cos-teg'-i-a ; mul-tid-en-ta'-ta 

 (many times toothed). Hooker. 

 A strong-growing, greenhouse species, native of the Sikkim Himalayas 

 (where it is found at elevations of 5000ft. to 7000ft.), Assam, &c. Beddome, 

 who figures a plant of it from the Khasya HiUs, says : " It is a delicate, 

 finely-cut species with much the appearance of Asple?iium tenuifolium, easier 

 understood from the figure than by description." Its fronds, 2ft. to 3ft. long 

 and 1ft. broad, are bipinnate (twice divided to the midrib) ; they are of 

 a soft, papery texture, and the pinnules (leafits) of the lower leaflets are cut 



