— I05 — 



Loralit\-. Dambu, Garo Hills. 



Altitude. 800 ft. 



Date. Decembcr 1886. C:oll. Gustav Mann. 



9. Ferns of Assam, India. 

 Niphobolus stigmosus, Sw. 

 Locality. Tura Peak, Garo Hills. 

 Altitude. 2000 ft. 

 Date. November i88g. Coli. Gustav Mann. 



IG. Ferns of Assam, India. 

 Niphobolus stigmosus, Sw. 



Locality. Bishops Falls, Shillong, Khasi Hills. 

 Altitude. 4500 ft. 

 Date. August 1888. Coli. Gustav Mann. 



11. 265. Apalophlebia costata Prsl. Epimel. p. 138. 



Polypodium costatum Wall. 

 Comcvt. I3r. N. Wallich. 

 Napalia 1820, com. Dr. Schultes, fol. IL 



12. Niphobolus stigmosus, Sw. 



North Western India. 



Brothers Mackinnon. 



No. 4. Niphobolus pannosus. 



Diagnose aus Kuhn, Reliquiae Mettenianae. Linnaea 36, p. 141. 



Polypodivnn pannosum Mett. 



Rhizoma repens , elongatum , paleis rufitlulis lanceolatis , acuniinatis 

 vix ciliatis squamosum; folia tenuiter coriacea, 2 — 4'" distantia, supra denique 

 glabra, infra tomento pallide rufescente pannoso obtecta, subconformia; 

 sterilium petiolus Y<, — 3" longus, lamina ad 4" longa, i" lata lanceolato- 

 oblonga obtusiuscula \'el breviter acuta; costulae prominulae s. panno de- 

 raso infra leviter prominulae ad (Y" distantes, sub angulo 30 — 40 ^ decur- 

 rentes; maculae utrinque ad costam 5 seriatae, transverse oblongae, radiatae 

 et appendiculatae vel in maculas minores divisae; fertilium petiolus ad 4" 

 longus lamina 3Y2" l<->nga, g'" lata, lanceolata; costulae vix prominulae; 

 sori inter costulas pluri inter arcus macularum primariarum irregulariter 

 biseriati, densi, contigui, tomento immersi. 



Niphobolus flocculosus, PI erb. Hook, et Thoms. — Polypodium 

 Lingua Thwait. Ceyl. pl., p. 395, Bedd. F. S. Ind., p. 81, T. 240, Hook, 

 spec. fil. V, p. 43 et Hook. Bak. syn. , p. 350 partim. Ceylania (Walker 

 Thwaites 1294). 



Paleis rhizomatis a P. sphaerosticho et abbreviato Mett. di\'ersum, a 

 pritjre porro tomento pannoso, costulis foliorum sterilium eo obtectis, lamina 

 angustiore , a posteriore forma laminae et soris inter arcus macularum 

 biseriatis recedit. 



