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264 TONQUIN FERNS.
68. A. Phijllitidis D. Don.
(17*), 1919. Asplenium melanolepis, n. sp.—Stipes densely
tufted, 1-2 in. long, clothed with copious small linear dark brown
paleas. Frond simple, entire, lanceolate, a foot long, under 2 in.
broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to both ends, very acute,
moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on both surfaces.
Veins lax, erecto-patent, forked. Sori medial, parallel, ^-^ in.
apart, distant from both margin and midrib. Indusium narrow,
glabrous.—Near A. serratum L.
1914, 1915. A. Griffithiamm Wall.
1832. A. normale Don.
1850. A. tenerum Forst.
98. A. falcatian Jjdim.
99. A. (Hmidiatum. Sw., var. A. comptum Hance.
95, 1830, 1831. A. resedwn Smith.
1956. A. heterocarpum Wall.
97. A. lasetyitiifolium Lam.
116, 1851. A. Belangeri Kunze.
1852. A. nitcefolium Kunze.
76. A. umbrosum J. Sm.
67, 1920. A. lanceum Thunb.
(209*), 1833. Asplenium (Diplazium) lepidorachis, n. sp.
Stipes tufted, 4-5 in. long, rough up to the top with minute paleae.
Frond oblong-lanceolate, simply pinnate, 1-1^ ft. long, 3-4 in.
broad, membranous, bright green and glabrous on both surfaces,
minutely scaly on the rachis and midrib. Pinnae sessile, lanceolate,
20-30-jugate, 1^-2 in. long, ^ in. broad, subentire, minutely
auricled on the upper side at the base. Veins lax, very distinct,
usually forked. Sori ^-^ in. long, running up from the midrib
more than half-way to the margin. Indusium broad, glabrous.
Near A. Seemanid Baker,
(216*), 1836, 1846. Asplenium (Diplazium) megaphyllum,
n. sp. — Stipes 1^ ft. long, thinly paleaceous throughout ; paleae
linear, dark brown. Frond oblong, simply pinnate, 2-2^ ft. long,
a foot broad, moderately firm in texture, green and glabrous on
both surfaces ; rachis brown. Pinnae lanceolate, subsessile, the
largest 8-9 in. long, 2 in. broad, with shallow rounded lobes and a
subtruncate base. Veins pinnate, opposite the lobes ; veinlets
5-6-jugate, very ascending. Sori narrow, beginning at the base of
the veinlets. Indusium narrow, glabrous. — Near A. celtidifolium
Kunze.
35, 96, 1835. A. syhaticum Presl.
1842. A. japonicum Thunb.
1843, 1844, 1839. A. ladfolium Don.
104. A. bantam ense'Bokex,
93, 1845. A, esndevtum Presl.
(275*), 1847. Asplenium (Anisagonium) platyphyllum, n. sp.
•— Stipe dull broAviJ, naked, above a foot long. Frond deltoid,
bipinnatc, 2 ft. long, thin, green and glabrous on both surfaces ;
rachises brown, naked. Lower pinnae (two pairs) oblong-lanceolate,
nearly a foot long, with distinct sessile oblong pinnules an inch