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distant patent pinnules ^-1 inch long from a broad always 

 adnata but not decurrent base oblong obtusely acuminated 

 always more or less deeply pinnatifid at the margin, basal pair 

 often more elongated, superior pinnoe deeply pinnatifid with 

 oblong obtuse generally entire segments, veinlets rather dis- 

 tant simple or forked, sori rather large not numerous inter- 

 mediate Jjetween the costule or primary vein and the margin, 

 rachis costoe costules and principal veins often hirsute. — Bl. 

 Fil. Jav. p. 1 1)2. t. 90. Phegopteris, Metten. Pheyopt. p. 29. 

 Polyp, brunneum, IVall. Cat. n. 333. P. longipes, Wall. Cat. 

 n. 316. P. adnatum, JVall. Cat. n. 328. 



Hab. Java, Blume, De Vriese (the specimens from this locality are among the 

 largest I have seen, and are well represented in Bl. Fil. Jav.). Ceylon, Mrs. 

 Genl. Walker, Gardner, n. 1151 and 1288. Probably common all over Northern 

 India, from the West, Edgworth, Slraclipy aiul W'interbottom, Thomson, to Sik- 

 kim, Khasya, and Assam, in the East, Wallich, Griffith, Hooker fil. et Thomson 

 (800-1000 feet in East Himalaya). Nilghiries, G. Thomson, Beddome. — A really 

 well marked and very common Indian Fern, when seen in a perfect state, inva- 

 riably bipinnate. In habit it much resembles our Nephrod. (Lastrea) microste- 

 gium (see p. 112, Tab. CCL.), but it wants the connecting wing to the pinnules, 

 and is quite destitute of involucre. 



175. P. (Phegopteris) Phegopteris, L. ; caudex very long 

 creeping, stipites distant a span to a foot high stramineous 

 glossy brovvn and paleaceous at the base, fronds about equal 

 in length to the stipes membranaceous triangular-ovate acu- 

 minate pinnated deeply pinnatifid above, pinnae generally 

 opposite approximate narrow-oblong-lanceolate horizontal, 

 lowest pair remote deflexed and pointing forward hairy and 

 ciliated, all of them pinnatifid more than halfway down to 

 the rachis, segments oblong-ovate obtuse nearly entire, the 

 basal ones decurrent and adnate, veinlets simple or forked, 

 sori marginal inserted below the apex of the veinlets. — 

 Linn. Sp. PL p. 1550. Sw. Syn. Fil. p. 40. JVilld. Sp. PL 

 V. p. 269. Schk. Fil. t. 20. Engl. Bot. t. 2224. Hook, et 

 Am. Brit. FL ed. 8. p. 580. Gray, Man. FL U. S. Illnstr. p. 59. 

 Hook. Brit. Ferns, t. 3. P. connectile, Mich. FL Bor. Am. ii. 

 p. 271. Phegopteris xuh^aris, Metten. Phegopt. p. 15. Pheg. 

 polypodioides. Fee. 



Hal). Mountain districts in Great Britain, and generally throughout Europe, 

 from Iceland to Switzerland and Savoy; in Altai, Siberia, and Kamtchatka, 

 Manchuud {JVilford). Japan, Babitigton. Northern United States, Canada to the 

 Rocky Mountains, Greenland, and Labrador. North-west America, Barclay. 



176. P. (Phegopteris) hexagonoptermn, Mich. ; caudex 

 long creeping, stipites 1-1 2 foot long very glossy stramineous 



