200 



scarcely visible, no midrib ; fertile spike i inch 

 or more long on a stalk 2-6 inches long. 



2. Ophioglossum aitchisoni d'Almeida. 

 Spec. nov. 



Rhizome elongated, not tuberous, with several 

 fibrous rootlets and crowned with a tuft of 

 brown persistent sheaths surrounding the bases 

 of the fronds ; fronds several on the rhizome, 

 sterile division i|-2j inches long, J-j inch 

 broad, linear lanceolate, acute or mucronate. 

 Veins visible in dry specimens, but not quite 

 distinct, no midrib ; texture stout ; fertile 

 division arising from a little above the base of 

 the sterile lamina, fertile spike i inch long 

 on a peduncle 2 inches long. [Fig. 43.] 



Distribution : Bombay Presidency Siroor 

 Horse-breeding Farm near Poona. N.-W. 

 Himalayas Cherat 9,000 feet, Mount Tilla. 



Africa ; Abyssinia. 



3. Ophioglossum nudicaulc L. 

 Rhizome small, slightly tuberous. Fronds 

 very minute, i inch or more long. Sterile and 

 fertile segments on the same stipe ; sterile 

 segment -1 inch long, 2-5 lines broad, 

 linear to ovate, sessile or slightly stalked. 



