Ferns of British India and Ceylon. 
Madras Presidency, throughout the Western forests up to 
4,500 feet. Ceylon, central provinces; Malay Peninsula. 
(Also in Mauritius, Fernando Po, Java, and Borneo.) 
Var. ft Prescottianum. {IVall.) Pinnae narrower than the 
type, more deeply serrated or cut, and more or less lobed towards 
the base. Wall. Cat. 235. Hook. Sp. Fil. iii. 251. Bedd. F. B. I. 
t. 243. 
Singapore and Penang (perhaps a distinct species). 
8. DiPLAziUM sPECiosuM. {Mett.) Stipes tufted, i foot or 
more long, firm, erect, straw-coloured or brownish, nearly naked ; 
fronds 1-2 feet long, 8-12 inches broad, with 10-20 pairs of pinnae 
below the pinnatifid apex, the lower ones often stalked, 4-6 inches 
long, about f inch broad, the apex much acuminated, the edge lobed, 
the lobes reaching down half to two-thirds of the way to the rachis, 
generally falcate acute, obscurely crenate ; texture herbaceous but 
firm ; rachis erect, naked ; veins pinnate in the lobes ; sori slender, 
reaching nearly to the edge ; rachis 4-sided with sharp angles. A. 
acuminatum, Wall. Mett. {non H. and A). Hook. Syn. Fil. p. 235. 
Bedd F. B. I. t. 290. 
The Malay Peninsula ; Tinnevelly Mountains. Mr. Clarke 
considers it a form of sylvaticum. 
9. DiPLAZIUM PINNATIFIDO-PINNATUM. {Hook.) StipCS 6-12 
inches long, firm, erect, naked; fronds 9-12 inches long, 6-9 inches 
broad, pinnate, with a pinnatifid apex ; pinnae 3-4 only on each side, 
3-4 inches long, i inch broad, the apex acute, the margin sharply 
serrated; basecaneate; texture coriaceous, drying a dull blackish 
colour ; veins obscure, pinnate ; sori irregular, beginning at midrib, 
not reaching the margin. Hook. Sy?i. Fil. 231. Bedd. F. B. L 
t 244. 
Mishmee ; Mr. Clarke has united it with the Philippine Lobbi- 
anum, of which there is only one authentic specimen at Kew, and 
though this does not represent the whole frond, it has numerous 
pinnae of a lighter colour and more prominent venation ; it appears 
to me to be quite a different plant. 
