570 MR. C. B. CLARKE ON THE FERNS OF NORTHERN INDIA. 
Subgenus IV. Selliguiea. Stipes articulated on the rhizome. Fronds undivided 
or scarcely 1-pinnate. 
9. G. LANCEOLATA, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 156. Rhizome creeping, not very stout; frond 
1-$ in. wide, simple, linear, entire, coriaceous, all the veins obscure; sori often 
nearly parallel with the main rhachis.—Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 387. Grammitis 
lanceolata, Swartz, Syn. Fil. 22, 212, t. 1. fig. 4; Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. Fil. 117; 
Hk. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 48. Antrophyum lanceolatum, Blume, Fl. Jav. Fil. 84, 
i. 36. Loxogramme lanceolata, Presl; Hk. & Bauer, Gen. Fil. t. 73 B; Bead. 
Ferns South. Ind. t. 51. Polypodium Loxogramme, Mett, Farngatt. Polypod. 112, 
t. 3. fig. 25. Selliguiea lanceolata, Carr. in Fl. Viti. 371. 
Khasia, alt. 4000-5000 feet, frequent. —Distrib. South India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, 
Japan, Africa with its eastern islands. 
10. G. rNvonvTA, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 155. Rhizome stout, shortly creeping; frond 3-23 
in. wide, simple, linear, entire, coriaceous, all the veins obscure; sori usually 
oblique to the main rhachis.—Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 387. Grammitis involuta, 
Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 14; Hk. & Grev. Ic. Fil. t. 53; Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. Fil. 
87. G. cuspidata, Zenk. Pl. Ind. i. £. 2. OG scolopendrina, Bory in Voy. Coq. t. 30. 
fig. 1. OG flavescens, Wall. Cat. 6. G. acuminata, Wall. Cat. Y. G. macrophylla, 
Wall. Cat. 10. Antrophyum involutum, Blume, Fl. Jav. Fil. 87. A. coriaceum, 
Blume, Fl. Jav. Fil. t. 37. fig. 1.  Loxogramme involuta, Presl; Bedd. Ferns South. 
Ind. t. 50. Polypodium involutum, Mett. Fil. Hort. Lips. 97, t. 25. figs. 26, 27. 
P. Blumei, Mett. Farngatt. Polypod. 118, t. 3. fig. 27. Selliguiea Wallichana, 
Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 204. 
Himalaya, alt. 2000-7000 feet; from Gurwhal to Bhotan, very common. Khasia, 
alt. 1000-5000 feet, very common.—Distrib. South India, Ceylon, Malaya, Polynesia. 
I do not know how this fern differs from G. lanceolata, except by its larger size; the ` 
scales on the rhizome, the venation, and the texture are (so far as I can make out) 
exactly the same. 
11. G. Haminronrana, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 160. Rhizome creeping; fronds linear, simple, | 
with conspicuous venation, the fertile smaller on much longer stipes.—Hk. & Baker, E 
Syn. Fil. 389. Grammitis Hamiltoniana, Wall. Cat. 9. Ceterach pedunculata, ` 
Hk. & Grev. Ic. Fil t. 5. Selliguiea Hamiltoni, Presl, Tent. Pterid. 216, t. WC 
fig. 16; Bedd. Ferns Brit. Ind. t. 239. Polypodium pedunculatum, Mett. in Herb. 
North and East Bengal, alt. 0-4000 feet ; from Nepaul to Mishmee and Chittagong, 
common; extending also some way into the plain, as at Chattuck, C. B. Olarke— 
Distrib. Yunan. : 
12. G. znurPriCA, Hk. & Baker, Syn. Fil. 389. Rhizome creeping; fronds deeply pin: 
. natifid (sometimes 1-pinnate) or deeply 3-5-lobed ; main veins of the lobes distinct- 
— 4G. decurrens, Hook. Sp. Fil. v. 161; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 457. Poigpodiem 6 eli s 
