THE FERNS OF NORTHERN INDIA. 415 . 
Forma anomala; soris in facie superiore frondis sitis, involucro 
eaduco aut forsan interdum obsoleto.—Thwaites, C. P. n. 3504. 
Polypodium anomalum, Hook. in Kew Gard. Misc. vol. viii. p. 360, 
t. 11. 
Zeylania ; alt. 5000-7000 ped. (Thwaites). 
26. NEPHRODIUM CUSPIDATUM, Hook. et Baker ; C. B. Clarke in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. vol. i. p. 512. 
Adde: rhizoma horizontale breve, stipitibus approximatis. 
27. NEPHRODIUM GRACILESCENS, Hook.; C. B. Clarke in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. vol. i.p. 512. Varietates et forme a C. B. 
Clarke sub unica specie enumerate, ex sententia Beddomei 2 vel 
3, ex sententia Bakeri 3 vel plures species bonas constituunt : 
sed species a Baker proposite cum speciebus Beddomei non con- 
termine sunt. Sequitur enumeratio formarum :— 
a. ASPIDIUM GRACILESCENS, Blume!; rhizomate horizontali, 
stipitibus approximatis robustioribus, venis indivisis.—Nephro- 
dium gracilescens, Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 262, typ. 
Ab India boreali nondum recepta. 
b. AsPIDIUM GLANDULIGERUM, Kunze!; rhizomate elongato 
tenui, stipitibus sepe distantibus, fronde tenuiore in superficie 
inferiore glanduligera, involucris ciliatis, venis indivisis.—Ne- 
phrodium gracilescens, var. 3, Hook. et Bak. Syn. Fil. p. 262. 
In China. In Khasia vulgaris, alt. 4000 ped., C. B. Clarke 
nn. 37395, 44338, 42908, &c. &c. 
€. NEPHRODIUM GRACILESCENS, var. HIRSUTIPES, C. B. Clarke, 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. vol. i. tab. 67. fig. 1; rhizomate 
brevissimo, stipitibus subcespitosis robustioribus basi hirsutis, 
venis indivisis.— Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 253, fide Beddomei ips. 
Hane plantam Beddome mecum ut var. N. gracilescentis wsti- 
mat: Baker autem pro specie maluit. 
Nephrodium gracilescens, var. didymochlenoides, C. B. Clarke, 
l. c. tab. 67. fig. 2, est Airsutipidis mera forma (Beddome, Baker, 
C. B. Clarke). 
d. NEPHRODIUM FLACCIDUM, Hook. Sp. Fil. vol. iv. p. 133, 
t. 263; stipitibus subcaspitosis, fronde flaccida molli, rhachide 
pinnarum quasi-alata, pinnarum segmentis pinnatifidis, venis (fere 
omnibus) furcatis. 
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