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6. D. multiflora, R. Icon. Roxb. 14, t. 98, (sub nomine 

 Polypodii Davallioidis.) D. parallela. Wall. Cat. 63, No. 251, 

 (quod nomen delendum.) 



Fronds linear and linear-lanceolate, pinnate ; leaflets al- 

 ternate, crowded, sessile, linguiform, minute toward the top 

 and base ; margins crenulate ; anterior angle of the trun- 

 cated base enlarged. Fructifications in a single line of se- 

 parate spots near the margin. Involucre reniform, sepa- 

 rating outwards. 



Nat. of the interior parts of Bengal, Nepauly &c. The 

 leaves are always erect, but when forced to rest on the 

 ground, their tips take root and produce other plants. 



Root fibrous, perennial. 



Stem scaly, creeping under the surface of the earth. 



Stipes short, channelled, covered with brown woolly scales. 



Fronds linear, or linear-lanceolate, nearly a foot long. 

 Fertile and barren nearly alike. 



PinncB alternate, sessile, tongue-shaped, rather obtuse, 

 serrulate, smooth on both sides, truncated at the base, and 

 there the anterior angle is enlarged into an obtuse process ; 

 general length about an inch and a half, and less than half 

 an inch broad towards the base, and apex ; of the young 

 greatly smaller. 



Fructifications in numerous, (almost one for each serra- 

 ture,) distinct spots, near the margin. 



Involucre reniform, separating on the anterior and ex- 

 terior edges. 



Capsules very numerous, chesnut-coloured. 



7. D.pilosa. R. Icon. Roxb. 14, 102, (sub nomine Poly- 

 podii ciliati.) 



Fronds alternately bi-and-tripinnate, hairy ; leaflets deep- 

 ly crenate, or pinnatifid ; ultimate segment thereof semicir- 

 cular, somewhat crenulate, and generally three-flowered. 

 Involucre ciliate and separating outwards. 



