Peranema cyatheoides Don. 



Stipes scaly. Fronds 4-6 feet long, decom- 

 pound, ultimate pinnules sessile, linear oblong,- 

 cut down deeply into 

 narrow segments having 

 a wavy or crenate 

 margin. Rachis and 

 costa of the segments 

 scaly or hairy. [Fig. 9.] 



Distribution : Bombay 

 Presidency In shady 

 places at Mahablesh- 

 war. 



Nepal and Bhotan, 

 6,000-10,000 feet; 

 K h a s y a, 4,500-6,000 

 feet ; Anamalais, 6,000 

 feet. 



TRIBE III. HYMENOPHYLLE^E 



Sporangia globose or ovate, furnished with 

 a transverse ring ; indusium inferior, two-valved 

 or tubular. Filmy ferns, usually epiphytic in 

 habit. 



GENUS V. HYMENOPHYLLUM L. 



(Deriv. Hymen, membrane ; phyllon, leaf 

 in allusion to the filmy texture.) 



FIG. 9 Peranema 

 cyatheoides Don. 



(a) Pinnule (nat. size). 



(b) Segment (5 times nat. size). 



(c) Sporangium (magnified). 



