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A. (Athyrium) woodwardioides — Ath-yr'-i-um ; wood-ward-i-o-i'-des 

 (Woodwardia-like), Baker. 

 A stove species, native of Java and the Philippine Islands, and somewhat 

 like A. polypodioides in general habit. Its handsome, ample fronds, 2ft. to 

 oft. long and 1ft. or more broad, are borne on firm, erect stalks of a peculiar 

 dark-chestnut colour ; their leaflets, 6in. to 9in. long and 3in. broad, are 

 cut into spear-shaped, slightly -stalked pinnules (leafits) ljin. long that are 

 again divided into somewhat sickle- shaped lobes of a soft, papery texture. 

 The oblong sori (spore masses) are confined to the lower lobes close to the 

 midrib and do not reach more than half-way to the edge. — Hooker, Synopsis 

 Filicum, p. 229. 



A. (Euasplenium) zamioides — Eu-as-ple'-m-um ; za-mi-o-i'-des (like 

 a Zamia), Hooker. 



A thoroughly distinct and somewhat coarse -growing, stove species, native 

 of Java, Sumatra, and Penang, with fronds 1ft. to 2ft. long and 6in. to 9in. 

 broad, borne on stout, fleshy stalks of a somewhat scaly nature. These fronds 

 are composed of a terminal broadly-oblong leaflet and of ten or twelve lateral 

 ones of leathery texture on each side of the midrib, the lowest of which are 

 5in. to 6in. long, ljin. broad, with a sharp point and slightly toothed, the 

 lower part wedge-shaped at the base, and the two sides unequal, the upper 

 one narrowed suddenly almost to a right angle, and the lower one obliquely 

 cuneate. The sori (spore masses), elongated and sometimes lin. long, are 

 almost parallel with the midvein and reach nearly to the margin. — 

 Hooker, Species Filicum, hi., p. 114, t. 170. Beddome, Ferns of British 

 India, t. 193. 



A. (Diplazium) zeylanicum — Dip-laz'-i-um ; zey-lan'-ic-um (Cingalese), 

 Hooker. 



A very distinct, stove species, native of Ceylon, with fronds Gin. to 12in. 

 long and lin. to 2in. broad, which are slightly lobed at the summit, the lower 

 two-thirds or middle being deeply pinnatifid, and quite pinnate (divided to the 

 midrib) at the base, where the divisions thus formed are blunt, about Jin. 

 to Jin. across, and horizontal. These fronds, of a thin, papery texture and pale 

 green colour, are borne on firm, upright stalks 4in. to Sin. long, of a somewhat 



