1. Angioptehis. ] SCH.IZMACEM. [1. Cycab. 



Pinnules often crenate-toothed oblongr, linear or lanceolate-oblong 

 minutely serrulate £-1'' wide with truncate or cordate baBe. Fertile 

 lobea H" long. 



Fain. 5. M4RATTI4CEE, 

 1. Angiopteris, Hoffm. 



Sporangia dorsal arranged in ellipsoid sori near the ends 

 of the veins, sessile, opening by a fissure above without an 

 annnlns. About 7-12 sporangia in each soma, somewhat 

 laterally compressed by one another. Indusium 0. Veins free, 

 simple or forked. 



1. A. evecta, Hoffm. 



A magnificent»fern with a very stout, short, erect cand ex 

 and 2-pinnate fronds 5-10 ft. long. Easily recognized by 

 the stipular appendages at the base of the swollen articulate 

 stipes, and by the swollen bases of the pinnae. 



In deep valleys along streams in Singbhum. ^Pr. March-May. 



PHANEROGAMIA 



GYMNOSPERMJE (p. 48). 



Class L Cycadinene. Fam. Cycadacese. 

 1. Cycas. L. 



Woody plants intermediate in appearance between the Ferns 

 and Palms, with an erect usually short trunk clothed with 

 the hardened bases of the leaves and prophylls, and a crown of 

 pinnate coriaceous leaves. Leaves of two kinds, large foliage 

 leaves which appear in pseudo-wborls at intervals of a few 

 months, alternating with similar whorls of scale leaves 

 ('prophylls). Pinnce linear. 1 -nerved circinnate towards the 

 mid-rib in bud. Fl. dioecious. M. in large cones with 



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