2. PI. Nephbodiitm. ] OLYPODIACE&. [ 2. Aspidium. 



Caudex erect often projecting considerably above tbe ground. Stipes 

 short almoBt glabrous. Pinnce about 4J" by £". Rachis and sec rachis 

 with fine hairs. Lobes oblong-lanceolate or falcate with prominent 

 costs. SoH small, indusium reniform. 



3. N. molle, Desv. 



Fronds tufted oblong -lanceolate 1-3 ft. more or less? 



softly hairy all over, pinnate. Pinnae caudate cut about 



half-way down into rounded lobes. Lowest one or two veins 



of each costa uniting with an intermediate nerve opposite 



the sinus. 



Common near streams. Fr. Nov.-Dec. 



Stipes long, somewhat rough below. Lowest one or two pairs of 

 pinna* shorter and often deflexed. Cost© Btrong, veins rather obscure. 



4- N. moulmeinense, Bedd. Syn. Polypodium multilinea- 

 tum, Wall. 



A large fern with tbe pinnate fronds 3-5| ft. long 

 arising separately from the underground rhizome. Pinnae 

 sharply serrate. Easily recognized by the strong parallel 

 costee, and the regular veins uniting obliquely with an inter- 

 mediate zig-zag or nearly straight nerve joining their apices. 



Damp shady places near rivers, Singbhum. Tundi hills. Campbell. Fr. 

 Nov.-Dec. 



Stipes not scaly. Pinnce attain 12" by \\", linear-lanceolate 

 caudate, often with a large gland at the base. Pairs of veins 11-16 

 conjugate, and 5-8 in the eerrature on the larger pinnae, and with n. 

 marginal nerve. Indusium can only sometimes be found in nearly mature 

 Bori. 



5. W. aridum, Don. Somewhat resembles the last. Fronds attain 

 5 ft., but the lower surfaco is hairy, and the pitrnaa cut about £rd of the 

 way down, and indusium present. 



8. N. truncatum, Presl. Has also fronds about 5 ft. Pinnae cut 

 aboot half way down and the lobes shallowly crenate. Indusium reni- 

 form. ChoU Nagpur, Wood. 



3. Aspidium, Swartz. 



Fronds more membranous than in Nephrodium, simple 

 to pinnate, Feitile and barren similar. Venation reticu- 



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