Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 177 
The Malay Peninsula, Penang, &c. 
(Also in the Malay Islands.) 
6. DiPLAZiUM BANTAMENSE. {Bl.) Rhizomc Creeping ; stipes 
6-12 inches long, with lanceolate caducous scales ; fronds up to 
1 1 foot long, simply pinnate ; pinnae generally 3-5 on each side, 
alternate or subopposite, with one terminal one, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous, generally shaiply serrated towards the apex, otherwise 
nearly entire, 6-9 inches long, by 1-2 broad, somewhat narrowed 
at the base ; apex acuminate or 
often caudate ; veins pinnate ; 
sori slender, irregular, starting 
from near the midrib and ex- 
tending nearly to the margin, or 
only half-way towards it. Bl. En. 
Fl. Jav, Fil. 1 90-1 9 1. Hook. 
Syn. Fil. p. 231. D. fraxinifo- 
lium (Wall), Bedd. F B. I. t. S9- 
Madras Presidency, on the 
Tinnevelly and Travancore Hills. 
Khasya Hills, 4,000 feet elevation ; 
Cachar 500 feet elevation; Malay 
Peninsula. 
(Also in Malay Islands and 
Southern China.) 
7. DiPLAZIUM SYLVATICUM. 
{Presl.) Caudex decumbent ; 
stipes I foot long, firm, erect, 
naked except at the base, where furnished with scales; fronds 1-3 feet 
long, simply pinnate, ovate-'anceolate in outline ; pinnae numerous, 
about 6 inches long by i inch broad, the apex acuminate or caudate, 
the margin nearly entire or slightly waved or serrated, particularly to, 
wards the apex, but not to more than one line deep (at least in the 
type) ; base truncate or narrowed ; texture thin, herbaceous ; veins 
pinnate, fine ; sori long, linear. Fresl. Rel. Ifcenk. 1-42, U7ider Asple- 
nium. Hook. Syn. Fil. 232. Bedd. F. S- I. a small specimen. 
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DIPLAZIUM BANTAMENSE. {BL) 
